The vendor is required to provide created a public-facing state broadband map, which utilizes, as its basis, the federal communications commission (“FCC”) national broadband map fabric structure and includes additional state-data and speed-test data layers, among other inputs.
- Program moves from planning to implementation and monitoring, the corporation requires assistance in maintaining, updating, and expanding the state broadband map, as well as completing mapping-related reporting to relevant federal funders and to the state.
- Developing an updated state broadband map
• Build an updatable, public-facing, multi-layered map that displays location (based on FCC’S national broadband map fabric and the current state broadband map), federal funding deployment by location, services and speeds advertised as available by location, and speeds experienced by census block group.
- Maintaining and updating the state broadband map
• Integrating updated data into the state broadband map based on new deployment activity and local, regional, and national datasets, such as, but not limited to, the FCC’S national broadband map fabric and Ookla speed test data.
• Ensuring the accuracy of all data on the state broadband map through regular monthly control checks, as required by the corporation.
o providing data quality reports on a monthly basis to the corporation.
• Identifying, analyzing, and submitting inaccurate information regarding locations in state in the broadband data maps created by the FCC under section 802 of the communications act to ensure alignment with the approved state broadband map locations.
• Creating and updating detailed process documentation.
• Generating static or dynamic maps, applications, or reports as requested by the corporation to support connect state reporting to the governor’s office, corporation leadership, general assembly membership and committees, and the public.
• Completing additional activities which may include the build out of additional mapping layers with new and existing administration and fund tools (e.g., national environmental policy act, etc.).
• Ensuring integration with and inclusion of all open-source mapping layers into the state broadband map within the state geographic information system (“RIGIS”) data distribution clearinghouse.
- Supporting reporting requirements and subgrantee monitoring
• Identifying and understanding the mapping and data analysis requirements for connect state funders, including the administration bead program and the fund program.
• Compiling, analyzing, and formatting for submission of GIS mapping data for the administration final proposal in alignment with the corporation’s final proposal submission and compliance guidance.
o This task will be done with direction from the corporation.
• Reviewing and analyzing for accuracy location data provided by vendors in monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports.
• Compiling and, as needed, formatting fund and bead build progress data quarterly for reporting to us treasury and the administration, respectively.
• Updating the state broadband map as necessary based on required guidance from the administration, us treasury, or state.
• Providing recommendations to the connect state team aligned with current or new guidance related to the administration bead and act programs and us treasury’s fund program.
- Providing expert GIS consultation
• Providing on-going technical support, analyses and recommendations to the connect state team related to the state broadband map.
- Developing a transition document and plan for ongoing broadband GIS mapping
• Providing recommendations, in written report form, for the ongoing maintenance of the state broadband map as well as the transfer of the map/app/files to the RIGIS open data distribution clearinghouse at the conclusion of the contract.
• Providing underlying databases and code created to enable the state broadband map at the conclusion of the project as well as on-demand throughout the project at the request of the corporation.
- The corporation anticipates the one-year contract not to exceed $100,000.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: April 15, 2025