The Gateway system is a PHP/Oracle-based web application built in 2003, linked
to the PHP/Mapserver/Oracle NT GoMap web application. Together with our
website at www.nwtgeoscience.ca, they act as our primary means of interaction
with the public for providing discovery and delivery of scientific reports and
maps. The Gateway web application requires ongoing maintenance and enhancement
to improve performance and level of service to our client base.

NTGO has
standardized on Windows 2003 Server as the operating system, network, and
domain controller, IIS 6 for website hosting, and PHP and Mapserver along with
various standards based web technologies such as Javascript and JSP for our web
application programming environment.

The Contractor shall perform the
following to the satisfaction of the Departmental Representative:

1. Provide
the Gateway working group with access to a web-based tracking system for
logging and managing issues during testing and usage, and monitor it
daily.

2. Address maintenance and enhancement issues in order of priority as
identified in the Detailed Deliverables section.

3. Participate in weekly
conference calls with the Departmental Gateway working group to review project
progress, manage bug fixes and issues.

4. Make one onsite visit to meet
with the Departmental Gateway working group to review project progress, manage
bug fixes and issues.

5. Perform the following practices throughout the
project:
a) professional version management;
b) change
documentation;
c) adhere to standards of programming and procedures already
established for the web application.