National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency × Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded a sole-source task order to Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri) with a value of $37.1 million for a 12-month period. [45, 62] The contract is to establish an Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) as a platform-as-a-service, aimed at consolidating various GIS tools into a single unified platform. [62, 84]
The asset
A sole-source GSA Task Order for an Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) platform-as-a-service (eGIS PaaS) and maintenance of mission-specific capabilities.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Geographic Information System (GIS) software
- Modalities
- geospatial data, software platform, platform as a service
- Jurisdiction
- US
What it means if you hold data
This contract shows the continued reliance of top-tier intelligence agencies on a single commercial provider (Esri) for core geospatial infrastructure, even as they move toward modern platform-as-a-service models. The sole-source nature underscores the high barrier to entry in the foundational government GEOINT market. [84, 85]