Labor Market Information Software Platform

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is seeking a qualified vendor to provide a labor market information software platform. The platform should provide features such as 24/7 access, historical and current employment/unemployment statistics, staffing patterns, projected growth, replacement demand, occupational wages, demographic data, job posting analytics, and a database of regional employers. The vendor will be responsible for maintaining and operating the platform, providing training and technical support, and ensuring the security and integrity of the data. The contract will be for a term to be specified in the subsequent contract awarded, and the vendor will be required to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Some key features and requirements of the platform include: • 24-7 access to the platform and all features via commonly used web browsers • Historical and current employment/unemployment statistics by NAICS and SOC • Staffing patterns and inverse staffing patterns • Projected growth according to user-defined intervals • Replacement demand (exits and transfers) • Occupational wages • Demographic data such as population counts, age, gender, and race/ethnicity, educational attainment • Job posting analytics including original job ad text and the ability to query postings by keywords, dates, industries, occupations, skills, certifications, employers, etc. • A database of regional employers including company names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, industry, estimated employees, etc. • Historical and current postsecondary educational institution awards • Commuter patterns/employment by place of work and place of residence • The ability to export data, maps, and images in various file formats (Excel, .csv, word, PDF, .png, .jpg) • Easy access to technical documentation describing data reference periods, sources (unless proprietary), variables, definitions, etc.