Boundaries and Sovereignty Encyclopedia (BASE)

The Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research is seeking information from qualified vendors to provide services for the Boundaries and Sovereignty Encyclopedia (BASE). The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to identify vendors capable of providing BASE-related services, including operation, maintenance, and sustainment. The desired outcomes for customers and end-users are to obtain information on BASE-related corporate experience, required functionality, software utilization, geospatial data, security, compliance, and risk management. Vendors are asked to provide information on their capabilities, services, and experience meeting requirements similar in scope and complexity to the draft Statement of Work. Some key aspects of the RFI include: • BASE-related corporate experience in a Federal Government environment • Required functionality, such as architecture toolset used to map and analyze political entities or boundaries • Software utilization and geospatial data, including experience with open-source software and geospatial data services • Security, compliance, and risk management, including supply chain risk management and information assurance • Rough order of magnitude estimate for the cost of providing the services