The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has identified a strategic need for a Basin-wide information infrastructure that will provide:
• a consistent Basin-wide platform for analysis and modelling;
• a Basin-wide platform for visualisation;
• a capability to underpin Basin-wide planning, and support operational delivery of MDBA programs;
• a consistent geospatial framework across the Basin, within which to nest localised, site specific geospatial data.
The characteristics of such a Basin-wide information infrastructure are:
• a digital surface model and elevation model showing, with a high degree of granularity, the structure
of the land surface, vegetation and cultural features; and
• associated imagery from which can be extracted added-value information such as: vegetation extent,
structure, and type; land cover, water bodies, etc.
• the ability to undertake future quantitative monitoring at a range of spatial and temporal scales.
To address this the MDBA is looking to the market to submit innovative proposals that offer consistent data quality, the capability at Basin scale, while also contributing to regional and local levels, thereby demonstrating real value for money.
This project is seeking to procure infrastructure data for a significant area of the Basin, which would include DSM and DEM data with vertical accuracies ≤ 0.5m, and imagery with a resolution ≤ 1m. The MDBA is also seeking to procure ancillary services that will assist in demonstrating the utility of the information infrastructure at Basin, regional, and local scales.
The key objectives of the project are to:
• procure information infrastructure data for a significant area of the Basin;
• procure any ancillary services that may be required to enable an assessment of the data utility;
• undertake an assessment of the data utility; and the potential to extract value added products and information.
Closing Date: 11 Aug 09 5:00pm ACT local time
Link to Tender Documentation
