VocBench Support and NALTerms Integration

The USDA’s National Agricultural Library seeks a contractor to provide ongoing operational support and limited development for the open‑source VocBench platform and its NALTerms integration. The effort includes migration to cloud servers, configuration, testing, user training, troubleshooting, workflow enhancements, and up‑to‑five‑days‑per‑year of optional development for workflow automation, data format extensions, and visualization tools. The contract is structured for a one‑year base period with four one‑year options, not to exceed five years in total. The incumbent, Lore Star S.R.L., is suggested due to its deep knowledge of the customized implementation. • Provide migration assistance from the current sandbox to USDA‑managed cloud infrastructure. • Maintain and train NAL staff on VocBench configurations and editorial workflows. • Troubleshoot system, workflow, and user issues; evaluate and apply open‑source updates safely. • Administer user access and multi‑group editorial processes. • Offer up to five days per year of optional development: workflow improvements, automation aligned with USDA indexing, enhanced data export formats (SKOS, TTL, NT, XML, JSON‑LD), and visualization/quality‑control pipelines. • Contract length: 1‑year base + up to 4 option years (max 5 years).