The Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM), through its Secretariat, has applied for financing from the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) to support the development of Component 2 of the enhancement and operationalization of ZAMWIS, and invites expression of interest to provide consulting services (“the Services”) for supporting the modernization of the Zambezi Water Information System (ZAMWIS) to meet the needs of the Zambezi Riparian States.
ZAMWIS is a tool for sharing and analysing data and the intention is to increase its accessibility and interactivity through the Internet with a web-interface with the ZAMCOM website. The ZAMWIS system is envisaged as being comprised of three primary components, supported in part through this assignment. These include:
1) ZAMWIS 1: Knowledge Portal- comprising documents, policies, historical records, reports etc.;
2) ZAMWIS 2: Spatial Portal- comprising GIS spatial data, digital surveys, earth observation information, and interactive, web-based modeling tools; and,
3) ZAMWIS 3: Hydro-met and Decision Support Systems- comprising the hydro-meteorological data, standards, information and models required to support scenario planning, forecasting and decision making in the basin.
These tendered services are for ZAMWIS 2 as described above. This assignment will involve upgrading and enhancing the functionality of the ZAMWIS to make it fully compatible with upgraded GIS and webpage interfaces and allow for integration of other modules, including the archival data and hydro-met database and decision support tools/system being developed under other separate assignment components.
Eligible applicants for shortlisting should have a combination of the following areas of expertise and demonstrated experience:
— Comprehensive spatial data management (from data gathering/coding, archiving and analysis);
— Information and Communication Technologies;
— Database establishment, management and upgrading;
— Most recent and optimal use of GIS modelling and packages and
— Capacity building and training.
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DC3146
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
11.6.2014
V.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received: 4
Number of offers received by electronic means: 4
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
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