Question Response # Page Question Type 1 As mentioned in the RFP "Offeror's must fully describe The vendor will be provided the period of time from how they will be fully operational by July 1, 2015." contract award start date through June 30, 2015 to complete the transition phase. It is anticipated that this 40 Process We assume that the vendor will be provided a 3 months’ will be three months. time period to complete the transition phase. (i.e. starting from award start date of 03/31/2015 to 01/07/2015). Please confirm. 2 As mentioned in the RFP " How it will confirm it has The State will perform a readiness assessment with the transitioned all assets and materials needed to continue vendor near June 1, 2015 in order to validate Operational systems operations." preparedness. 40 Scope Considering the above Statement, does the State expects the vendor to perform any mandatory activity like: Operational readiness testing (ORT) to ensure Operation Readiness & Business Continuity? 3 We assume that the vendor will be provided with the The vendor will have available all existing test artifacts. existing test artifacts (Manual/automation test scripts, test General Other results, etc.) will help to bring in reusability during the M&O and enhancement testing phase. Please confirm.
# Page Question Type Question Response 1 40 Process As mentioned in the RFP "Offeror's must fully describe how they will be fully operational by July 1, 2015." We assume that the vendor will be provided a 3 months’ time period to complete the transition phase. (i.e. starting from award start date of 03/31/2015 to 01/07/2015). Please confirm. The vendor will be provided the period of time from contract award start date through June 30, 2015 to complete the transition phase. It is anticipated that this will be three months. 2 40 Scope As mentioned in the RFP " How it will confirm it has transitioned all assets and materials needed to continue systems operations." Considering the above Statement, does the State expects the vendor to perform any mandatory activity like: Operational readiness testing (ORT) to ensure Operation Readiness & Business Continuity? The State will perform a readiness assessment with the vendor near June 1, 2015 in order to validate Operational preparedness. 3 General Other We assume that the vendor will be provided with the existing test artifacts (Manual/automation test scripts, test results, etc.) will help to bring in reusability during the M&O and enhancement testing phase. Please confirm. The vendor will have available all existing test artifacts.
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