Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2021-12-10
Buyer: Aarhus Universitet
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 114000 EUR
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Development of an online web-portal for interactive digital maps of Europe-wide restoration needs and potentials, and river basin scale restoration scenarios
The Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University wishes to purchase the development of an online web-portal for interactive digital maps of Europe-wide restoration needs and potentials, and river basin scale restoration scenarios. The development of the web-portal is part of a larger EU project (MERLIN).
As part of an EU project (MERLIN) The Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University needs to be able to display interactive online maps of Europe-wide restoration needs and potentials, and river basin scale restoration scenarios. This must be done by developing a new web-portal, which allow integration, display and interaction with GIS maps and SWAT+ catchment model outputs. Once developed, the web-portal should be accessible and applicable for Aarhus University and project partners. The web-portal must be able to:
• Integrate and display Europe-wide maps of restoration needs and potentials, including the ability to toggle on/off different maps and to manipulate their opacity.
• Generate an overview by interactive plots of the outcome of different restoration scenarios at river basin scale, intended for communication and discussion amongst stakeholders across Europe.
It is a requirement that the web-portal is fully compatible with the complex SWAT+ hydrological model used by Aarhus University. The SWAT+ model is a process-based eco-hydrological model, which in the MERLIN project will be used to simulate a series of river basin scale restoration scenarios. The outputs and formats produced by the model is unique to SWAT+. Outputs format are relatively complex ranging from ascii files to database structures, and the outputs in question must be transferable to the web-portal for further analysis and visualization. It is a requirement that the web-portal can integrate and interpret output data from SWAT+, including output at landscape unit (LSU) scale and individual streams. In order to maximize the utility of the web-portal, a CMS system, which will allow individual researchers to upload specific SWAT+ GIS files and outputs must be developed and be supported by the web-portal. On the basis of the minimum requirements outlined above, the Department of Ecoscience wishes to extend the contract with C-Consult, which is the only provider with experience with development of web-portals that can integrate SWAT+ models, and has knowledge on the specific GIS, database and ascii files produced by SWAT+. The Department of Ecoscience has examined the market for other providers, and it has not been possible to find providers with competences that will be able to meet the minimum requirements at this point.
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Winner: C-Consult
Award value: 114000