Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified service providers to provide broad based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services on an annual contract arrangement with four (1) one year options to renew. The purpose of the services is to provide GIS services such as data development, application development, application customization and other services as required to further develop the County’s existing GIS. The primary emphasis will be on GIS related improvements and projects, therefore the prime service provider submitting proposals should be engineering firms, GIS consulting firms, GIS Development firms and GIS software firms. Typical projects that may be assigned include the provision of services for geographic database and graphic design; application development; application specific configuration; software upgrade assistance; writing specifications for applications; and business analysis, including procedure development for implementing GIS for County business needs. The emphasis will be on implementing the initiatives in the current or future GIS Strategic Plan.