National Elevation Service Research and Design
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Geoscience Australia is seeking specialist professional consulting services to undertake research, discovery, stakeholder engagement, service design and strategic analysis relating to a potential National Elevation Service (NES). Purpose The engagement will assess whether there is sufficient strategic, economic and operational justification for establishing a nationally coordinated elevation service and, if so, develop recommendations regarding future service delivery, governance, stewardship, nationally coordinated capture, investment and implementation arrangements. The procurement does not seek delivery of a technology platform or implementation of a National Elevation Service. Rather, it seeks specialist advisory and design services to investigate, define and evaluate future options and provide recommendations for consideration by Geoscience Australia and its partners. Scope The scope includes: Stakeholder and user research Co-design facilitation Governance and operating model development Benefits and economic assessment Investment and funding analysis Service and delivery architecture design Implementation planning Business case foundations Production of a suite of evidence-based, implementation-ready artefacts to support future decision-making regarding Australia's national elevation capability Instructions to Tenderers Tenderers are strongly urged to review the supporting documentation pack for detailed information about this opportunity.
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