2024-0236 Geospatial Production Manager and Technical Coord (NS) - FRI 1 Nov

Deadline Date: Friday 1 November 2024

Requirement: Geospatial Production Manager and Technical Coordinator

Location: Off-site at contractor’s premises, with meetings at NATO premises as required

Note: Please refer to your Subcontract Agreement, article 6.4.1.a, which states “Off-Site Discount: 5% (this discount is applicable to all requirements, and applies when the assigned personnel are permitted to work Off-Site, such as at- home)". Please be sure to price this discount in your overall price proposal when submitting bids against off-site RFQs

Period of Performance: 2024 BASE: As soon as possible and not later than 02nd of December 2024 – 31st December 2024 with possibility to exercise sprints from the following options:

• 2025 Options: 1st January 2025 until 31st December 2025

• 2026 Options: 1st January 2026 until 31st December 2026

• 2027 Options: 1st January 2027 until 31st December 2027

• 2028 Options: 1st January 2028 until 31st December 2028

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Part I – Bidding Instructions

1. Bidding Instructions

1.1. Technical Proposal

Bidders shall include in the Technical Proposal:

1. CVs of candidates of the proposed team, clearly indicating relevant experience for the requirements, section 11 and qualifications, section 12 in the Statement of work (SoW).

2. Compliance matrix referring how each candidate meets each of the stated requirements, section 11 and qualifications, section 12 of the SoW, justified by relevant (project) experience.

1 INTRODUCTION

The JISR Centre’s Vision is to assure information superiority for NATO. Our Mission is to deliver, support and protect valued Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, expertise and services, to maximise operational effectiveness for NATO.

The GeoMetOc Services Branch within the JISR Centre is responsible for the full lifecycle support of the GeoMetOc Application Services and requires a GIS Subject Matter Expert to provide leadership and technical advice for the execution of geospatial production tasks in support of NATO operations.

The role includes the implementation of rapid mapping techniques as well as custom geospatial solutions using advanced programming languages. With a focus on Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Control (QC) and data management the candidate will ensure the delivery of high-quality GIS products that align with the NATO`s geospatial standards.

2 SCOPE OF WORK

Scope of this project is to provide the relevant services for the management and execution of geospatial production tasks consisting of:

• Project coordination and resource management of GIS/cartographic production teams;
• Design and deployment of tailored geospatial solutions utilizing programming languages Perl and C, alongside object-oriented languages such as Python and C++. This also involves the use of OpenCV, GDAL, PDF, libjpeg, zlib libraries, and the suite of libraries available within the SDK ESRI SW environment;
• Development of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) procedures for GIS and mapping projects;
• Technical leadership for the production/update of Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program Topographic Maps (MTMs);
• Development and implementation of rapid mapping techniques for the update of NATO Standard mapping series;
• Configuration and customisation of ESRI SW product suite;
• Design, development and implementation of imagery processing workflows;
• Development of add-ins for ArcGIS desktop and geoprocessing tools;
• Quality control of photointerpretation and feature classification upon aerial imagery and ancillary military mapping;
• Quality control of GIS products to agreed standards;
• Documenting GIS workflow at technical level;
• Investigating improvements of quality and procedure;
• Managing data holdings as per guidance;
• Investigating in automation processes;
• Advising supervisor on technical aspects and trends;
• Performing ad-hoc geospatial production support tasks;

The list of activities may expand as urgent operational requests emerge and qualification of the candidate allows.

3 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This work will be carried out at the contractor’s premises. Access to the relevant NCIA networks and software can be established as needed. The work will be conducted during normal office hours following the NCIA The Hague calendar, as well as outside office hours and on weekends, if necessary.

The Contractors will be part of a team under the supervision of the NCIA project manager (PM) and will provide services using an agi