Our primary list services in the areas of Smart Cities are focussed on:
Review and validate RFP responses. Assessment of
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Pricing – competitiveness and the overall economy. Comparison with best practice prices.
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Scope – key deliverables to be covered and percentage compliance.
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Level of service commitments. Service level agreements to be on par with the best in the industry.
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Milestones, measurement KPI of success.
Review and validate RFP design. Assessment of
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The validity of the scope. and overall objective and vision.
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Fitment with an overall plan and integration with other projects.
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Any possible gaps in the scope of an individual RFP and in integration with other RFPs.
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Identification of key services and service levels.
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KPI for project success.
Develop a roadmap
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Identify the set of the transformative initiatives in two or three phases, incorporating
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Citizen’s largest concerns, the overall vision of the Municipal leadership.
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Cost and affordability.
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Progression to be backward compatible. Ensure no rework.
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Prioritize within each phase based on
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Impact of the largest number of lives. People-centric.
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Timeframe – prioritize high impact projects with fast turnaround time.
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Cost – prioritize based on low cost and high visibility.
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Develop financial models
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Assessment of opportunities for funding the projects.
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Work with rating agencies in getting a Credit rating of the Municipalities.
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External funds engagements.
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Valuation of projects
Develop partnership models and contracts
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Develop the contractual framework.
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Develop executable service agreements along with measurable service levels.
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Fair and executable terms and conditions, yet ensuring performance and compliance.
Project governance, program governance, reporting
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Develop a governance framework for each project, their integration with each other and integration with the larger roadmap.
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Develop an integrated program management structure.
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Identify key stakeholders at various levels for each project and programs, and ensure their engagement and inputs.
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Develop report structure for each project, program and the roadmap. These reports to reflect the true status of progress.
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Report structure for reporting to the public and to the governing councils.
Technology advisory
- Selecting the right technology that has the largest impact at the lowest cost
- Assessment of the integration of technology areas – from electronics to civil engineering to data management. Integration of disparate technologies for a directed result.
- Provide guidance on leading technologies for Smart cities – IoT devices, sensors, low power radio connectivity, broadband connectivity, energy efficiency, automation.
- Assessment of technologies for computing and data management, and command and control centre. Applications of these technologies. Key city functions to be integrated. Their service levels.
- Sizing of the data centres and the control and command centres.