The McHenry County Purchasing Department issued a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) for an External Virtual Dashboard—a public‑facing, interactive health‑data visualization platform. The award was made to Metopio. The project requires a cloud‑native, ADA‑compliant solution that can ingest various data formats, support map‑based visualizations (heat and bubble maps), allow multi‑user editing, and provide storytelling capabilities, with a contract term of five years.
• Functional scope: data uploads (XLSX, CSV, SharePoint, SQL Server), interactive dashboards, permission management, ADA compliance, Business Associate Agreement for HIPAA data, optional domain usage.
• Technical scope: cloud‑native, 99.999 % availability SLA, containerized/serverless architecture, auto‑scaling, multi‑zone redundancy, support for 1,000+ concurrent viewers, SSL, web/desktop/mobile responsive UI.
• Procurement details: competitive RFP, 5‑year term, mandatory PDF submission, bid security ≥10 % of bid amount, evaluation weighted 40 % qualifications/approach, 40 % cost, 20 % experience.