The aim of this contract was to sign a multiple framework contracts for extramuros services for the development, maintenance and operations of Spatial Data Infrastructure software. It concerned mainly the Geoportals of the EC but could also apply to other SDI projects of the European Commission. This involved activities such as project management, requirements analysis, prototyping, design, programming, data management, testing, installation, customisation, documentation, training and consultancy, hosting and operational services, all related to SDI software. It included technical support for SDI software (e.g. ArcGIS server, Geonode, GeoServer, MapServer, Geonetwork OpenSource, OSM related software). One important task was the maintenance, bug fixing and further development of operational SDI software. Whenever opportunities arose, software modules of existing systems were replaced, leveraging new technologies.
In general, the services comprised the development, implementation, maintenance and operations of SDI software and data for the Commission. Typical examples of SDI software are: Geoportals; Map viewers; INSPIRE services middleware; Harvesters, ETL software; Geodatabases. The service concerned new developments, evolutionary maintenance and operations of existing operational software. Over the lifecycle of software, this generally involved the following activities:
- Take-over;
- Analysis and design;
- Prototyping;
- Development;
- Deployment and configuration;
- Acceptance testing;
- Technical documentation and training;
- Corrective maintenance;
- Hand-over;
- Technical support
- Routine operations
The following tasks described the services and activities that the experts carried out:
- Project management
- Development of tools for spatial data, metadata and services development
- Secure Development of SDI software
- Corrective maintenance of SDI software
- Operational support with occasional on-site interventions
- Routine operations and technical help desk
Client: Eurostat
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