FL Contract

Information and Technology (IT) Consulting Services (State of Florida)
Agency: State of Florida – Department of Management Services
TIN: 061619955
D&B: 127-349-228 CAGE: 3DK02
Effective Date: September 15, 2009
End Date: August 31, 2012
Products on Contract:

• Project Area 1, Analysis & Design
• Project Area 2, Development & Integration
• Project Area 3, Operational & Support
• Project Area 4, Staff Augmentation

This Contract provides a broad range of IT Services in two ways (The Contract Project Areas are defined below):

• To provide Staff Augmentation services (Project Area 4, no RFQ required) through the issuance of Time and Materials Task Orders (purchase orders) to the State of Florida.
• To provide a streamlined, flexible RFQ process to procure more complex IT Services (up to $10 million in scope) that are project oriented in nature, and can be quoted by vendors by offering a fixed price for the entire project solution. In this second approach, the Agency will provide a statement of work and solicit the minimum number of quotations required from vendors awarded in the appropriate Project Area (1, 2, and 3) in order to select the vendor providing the Best Value to meet the Agency's needs.

After determining which of these two approaches is most appropriate, the Buyer will use the Contract in the following steps:

1. IDENTIFY STAFFING NEEDS or PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: Develop a detailed Statement of Work with clear definition of Deliverables and Benchmarks. See Contract Section 3a for Job Title Descriptions (note Job Title and Job Numbers to quickly find Descriptions and Staff Augmentation Prices) including the required experience and education for each position.
2. PREPARE THE RFQ: An Agency may use its own RFQ format or borrow another agency's RFQ format
3. SELECTION OF VENDORS for RFQ: See Price Sheets to review and select awarded vendors by Project Area.
4. ISSUE THE RFQ: See Contract Section 6 for Task Order and Quotation Requirements. The Agency will solicit quotations per Contract Section 6 (see the Table Below) and select the quotation that provides the Best Value to the State. See "QUOTATION REQUIREMENTS" below to determine how many quotes are required.

PROJECT AREAS

1. Project Area 1 Analysis and Design - Encompasses IT Planning, Studies, and Assessment to assist organizations in both information technology capital planning and assessment, including but not limited to:

1. Business case analysis (e.g. costs/benefit and risk analysis)
2. Performance measurements
3. Independent validation and verification of systems development
4. Estimating return on investment and/or earned value
5. Compliance with State interoperability standards as defined by the State Technology Office

2. Project Area 2 Development and Integration - The services offered under this area include project management of systems development that organizations consider important. The services include but are not limited to the following:

1. Management of systems integration
2. System and software development
3. Modernization of legacy systems to web enabled applications
4. Software development, customization of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software packages, and migration to modular applications
5. Development and integration internet/intranet/web applications
6. Development and integration of security, firewalls, and critical infrastructures
7. Development, integration and implementation of the following:
• Networks (e.g. LAN/WAN/MAN)
• Data warehousing
• Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data interchange
• Groupware
• Next generation internet
• Client/Server computing
• Workflow and imaging

3. Project Area 3 Operational and Support - The services offered under this area include a broad range of IT related to Operations and Support Services. Anticipated services include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Management and support of Local Area Networks (LANs), Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
2. Computer systems administration, management and maintenance
3. Data entry, data storage, data retrieval, and electronic records management
4. Specialized workstation (i. e. CAD, CAD/CV, GIS) support
5. Computer equipment maintenance (both on-going and on-call)
6. Desktop support
7. Production Support
8. Database generation and database management
9. Data and/or media management
10. Document Imaging Services
11. Disaster Recovery Services
12. Orientation and training
13. Information center/help desk

4. Project Area 4 Staff Augmentation - This Project Area differs greatly from the previous three, in that it does not relate to a particular part of a project life cycle. Unlike work performed within the previous three Project Areas, Staff Augmentation is not generally project-oriented. See the Index Award for a listing of awarded Staff Augmentation vendors which includes the vendor's Contract Price listing for each Position its company provides under. For project Area 4, simple staff augmentation efforts, the customer may also issue the Task Order to a Contractor Awarded in Project areas 1, 2, 3 and/or 4.

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