Ardent Awarded USGS Contract for GeoPlatform Support

Ardent Management Consulting (ArdentMC) has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) from U.S. Geological Survey in support of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

The task orders on the IDIQ are to provide a full range of application and service design, development, and maintenance support for the FGDC as the coordinating interagency body for the Geospatial Platform (GeoPlatform). Among awards to other companies, ArdentMC was awarded a one-year, $1 million task order on the IDIQ to provide FGDC with GeoPlatform programmatic support.

The GeoPlatform is an Internet-based capability providing shared and trusted geospatial data, services, and applications for use by the public, government agencies and partners to meet their mission-critical needs. According to Ardent, it embodies the principles and spirit of Open Government, emphasizing government-to-citizen communication, accountability and transparency.

“ArdentMC is very excited about partnering with FGDC, its member agencies and the geospatial community to support the management and collaboration of geospatial data sharing and provide a mission tool that is accessible and easy to use by stakeholders at the federal, state, local and private sector levels,” said Brandon LaBonte, ArdentMC president and CEO.