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Dear colleagues,<br>
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<p>I'd like to share with you a call sent out by Roger Longhorn,
Secretary-General, GSDI Association.<br>
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<p>Best regards
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Franz-Josef <br>
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<p>The Namibian government is seeking offers to develop and prepare
a Quality and Metadata Practical Handbook for the Namibia Spatial
Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Delivery of the handbook, including
practical execises, is requested within 2 months of signature of
contract. The official Call for Proposals can be downloaded at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://m1e.net/c?143462361-d/si53t.P2gQs%40392108146-YyEK2v2AOoEEk">http://m1e.net/c?143462361-d/si53t.P2gQs%40392108146-YyEK2v2AOoEEk</a>
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<b>CALL FOR PROPOSALS</b><b><br>
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</b><b>DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAMIBIA SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
(NSDI) QUALITY AND METADATA PRACTICAL HANDBOOK</b><b><br>
</b><br>
20 October 2017<br>
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<b>1. BACKGROUND </b><br>
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As part of the roadmap to certification of national spatial data
as official, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) which is
coordinating the establishment of the national spatial data
infrastructure (NSDI), is formulating a structured capacity
building plan for participating government institutions. The two
parts programme consists firstly of a focused annual capacity
building programme in mapping and Geographical Information Systems
(GIS) provided to regional and national technical personnel of
different government bodies. Secondly is the development of
standards practical implementation guidelines which are to be
structured into a focused capacity building programme.<br>
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The NSA has formulated two standards on spatial data quality and
metadata for describing geospatial data and services in Namibia.
The standards guide both data quality assessment and metadata
documentation of government spatial datasets. All custodians of
government spatial data shall comply with the specifications
provided in the two standards. The implementation of the two
standards necessitate the development of a practical handbook to
serve as a Practical guide: The NSDI Spatial Data Quality and
Metadata Practical Handbook.<br>
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It is against this background that the NSA requires proposals,
both technical and financial, from suitably qualified individual
consultants/ academic institutions / firms to compile the
different modules of the handbook as indicated in the Indicative
Curriculum.<br>
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<b>2. INDICATIVE PRACTICAL HANDBOOK</b><br>
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The practical handbook must document both quantitative and
qualitative spatial data quality elements as per the NSDI standard
using Namibian examples. The handbook should also provide
simplified explanatory notes with examples where possible on each
of the metadata elements of the metadata standard. The envisaged
training material must cover, but not limited to the following
topics:<br>
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Chapter 1: Practical Assessment of Positional Accuracy <br>
Chapter 2: Practical Assessment of Thematic Accuracy (both
qualitative and quantitative)<br>
Chapter 3: Practical Assessment of Temporal Quality<br>
Chapter 4: Practical Assessment of Completeness<br>
Chapter 5: Practical Assessment of Logical Consistency
(topological, domain and conceptual consistencies)<br>
Chapter 6: Documenting Quality Overview Elements <br>
Chapter 7: Namibia Metadata Elements Explanatory Notes<br>
Annex 1: Overall Data Quality Assessment Checklist<br>
Annex 2: Complete Data Quality Assessment Report Template<br>
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<b>Products:</b><br>
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The first five (5) chapters should be accompanied by a standard
template for Spatial Data Quality Assessment Report. A data
quality checklist and complete quality assessment report must be
provided as annexures to the handbook. These shall be used by the
NSA and NSDI institutions in the quality evaluation of datasets. <br>
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The consultant shall submit 2 printed book-bonded format handbooks
and all the digital copies including practical exercises on a USB.
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Delivery: Two (2) months from the date of signing the contract.<br>
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<b>3. QUALIFICATIONS OF CONSULTANTS</b><br>
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Consultants are expected to have the following minimum
qualifications and experience:<br>
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- At least a Master’s degree in Geo-Informatics, Land Surveying,
GIS and Geography or related fields from a reputable tertiary
institution<br>
- Five years of technical geo-information industry work <br>
- Grounded knowledge of the area(s) of interest as listed in the
indicative curriculum above<br>
- Practical experience in developing training material will be an
added advantage<br>
- Knowledge and exposure to NSDI technical development globally
will also be an added advantage<br>
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</b><b>4. DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS</b><br>
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Technical and financial proposals must be submitted on or before
Friday, 24 November 2017, 16H30. Proposals in sealed envelopes and
clearly marked as: NSDI Spatial Data Quality and Metadata
Practical Handbook, can be hand delivered or emailed to the
addresses below.<br>
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Physical Delivery Address: Tender Box<br>
NSA Head Office<br>
Post Street Mall<br>
FGI House<br>
Windhoek<br>
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Email Delivery Address and Enquiries:<br>
Ms Rosalia Paulus<br>
Tel +264 (0)61 431 3293<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:RPaulus@nsa.org.na">RPaulus@nsa.org.na</a> or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AMudabeti@nsa.org.na">AMudabeti@nsa.org.na</a> <br>
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Note: Late proposals will be rejected.<br>
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