NATO - Open source intelligence services

Description

It wants available and open source intelligence capability in specific and general areas.

You will have to follow existing infrastructure and applications to provide the information in the required format or through an API (Application Programmable Interface) to fit with standards.

The information will allow NATO customers to query all the documentations related to key words listed/recorded and receive a continuous flow of information on specific or general areas as soon as it is available.

You will need to provide the information through a secured point-to-point connection, to an server managed by the Agency or identified accounts in the Agency network.

You must ensure that you have and use the most exhaustive data in the area you could be contracted and will have to precise the source/owner/writer of the document.

List of sources

- media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television and computer-based information
- web-based communities and user-generated content: social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis and blogs
- public data: government reports, official data like budgets, demographics, hearings, legislative debates, press conferences, speeches, marine and aeronautical safety warnings, environmental impact statements and contract awards
- professional and academic: conferences, professional associations, academic papers, and subject matter experts

NATO’s intent is to have all content be delivered and enriched with metadata. Geographic areas of interest can be required to receive pre-filtered information.

It should be in a structured format, preferably using XML. All schemes, dictionaries, DTDs, taxonomies should be made available.

Metadata criteria. The date should be:

- accurate and represent the real-world entity of event
- consistent, it should not contain contradictions and say who prepared it
- available so that it can be accessed for the period defined by the contract
- complete and include all data items representing the entity or event
- conformance to standards, like European Broadcasting Union (EBU), International Press Telecommunication Council (IPTC)
- credible as there must be a level of trustworthiness of the source
- machine-readable
- relevant the data should include an appropriate amount of data
- timeliness, the data should represent the actual situation

It should:

- use standard vocabularies for metadata and data where they exist
- specify the license under which the data may be re-used
- adhere to legal requirements concerning protection of personal and other sensitive data
- represent metadata and data according to the Linked Data principles using persistent URIs for identifying things

The contract will be a firm fixed price contract.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your proposal to the Department for International Trade.

Once your eligibility is confirmed you will be issued with a declaration of eligibility and NATO will contact you directly with more information.

If you apply, please include the reference number IFB-NCIA-JISR-18-05.

Opportunity closing date

12 May 2018

Value of contract

to be confirmed