Department of Information Technology Statewide IT Procurement Office Request for Proposal (RFP) “Form” General Information The information in this form represents the State’s model Request for Proposal (RFP) document to be used to procure information technology (IT) goods and services. The Purchasing Agency must obtain the latest version of the document from the Department of Information Technology Statewide IT Procurement Office website . Instructions Standard and suggested language is provided in normal type. Instructional text is provided in red italicized type. text fields to enter information into the field. Text fields are typically printed in red type. If a section is replace the text but not the headings or numbering with “Reserved”, “Reserved.” Gray highlighted fields are included throughout the document. The Purchasing Agency either fills out the field with the appropriate information or the field can be double-clicked to display a drop-down box. Based on the Purchasing Agency’s need, if the appropriate choice is not displayed in a highlighted drop-down field, select a different item by: double-clicking on the gray highlighted field, moving the appropriate choice to the top of the list using the up or down arrow, and clicking to display the choice in the document. “OK” Add necessary information to the document as needed. Finalize the document to submitting it to IT Strategic Sourcing for review or releasing it to suppliers: Remove all italicized informational text and change text in red type to black type. Delete this instructions page. Update the Table of Contents. RFP Form Change History Revision Date Revision Changes 2/27/2017 Adjusted formatting to more clearly express parent/child list items. Created automatic table of contents that picks up two levels of headers. Corrected and made all headers functional so they display properly in the navigation pane to the left-hand side, and in the automatic table of contents. Made all formatting consistent throughout the documents. Made consistent all mentions of ‘E-Procurement’. Changed all appropriate mentions of to ‘template’ ‘form’. Alphabetized the definitions sections. Verified all links. Corrected numbering glitches and orphans. Clarified 5) CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS (CSPs) paragraph in Section III. an Instructions page to the front of the document. A change history table has been included. the Procurement Schedule Table to the front of Section II, and gave its own sub-section for greater visibility for clients and vendors.
Department of Information Technology Statewide IT Procurement Office Request for Proposal (RFP) “Form” General Information The information in this form represents the State’s model Request for Proposal (RFP) document to be used to procure information technology (IT) goods and services. The Purchasing Agency must obtain the latest version of the document from the Department of Information Technology Statewide IT Procurement Office website . Instructions Standard and suggested language is provided in normal type. Instructional text is provided in red italicized type. text fields to enter information into the field. Text fields are typically printed in red type. If a section is “Reserved”, replace the text but not the headings or numbering with “Reserved.” Gray highlighted fields are included throughout the document. The Purchasing Agency either fills out the field with the appropriate information or the field can be double-clicked to display a drop-down box. Based on the Purchasing Agency’s need, if the appropriate choice is not displayed in a highlighted drop-down field, select a different item by: double-clicking on the gray highlighted field, moving the appropriate choice to the top of the list using the up or down arrow, and clicking “OK” to display the choice in the document. Add necessary information to the document as needed. Finalize the document to submitting it to IT Strategic Sourcing for review or releasing it to suppliers: Remove all italicized informational text and change text in red type to black type. Delete this instructions page. Update the Table of Contents. RFP Form Change History Revision Date Revision Changes 2/27/2017 Adjusted formatting to more clearly express parent/child list items. Created automatic table of contents that picks up two levels of headers. Corrected and made all headers functional so they display properly in the navigation pane to the left-hand side, and in the automatic table of contents. Made all formatting consistent throughout the documents. Made consistent all mentions of ‘E-Procurement’. Changed all appropriate mentions of ‘template’ to ‘form’. Alphabetized the definitions sections. Verified all links. Corrected numbering glitches and orphans. Clarified 5) CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS (CSPs) paragraph in Section III. an Instructions page to the front of the document. A change history table has been included. the Procurement Schedule Table to the front of Section II, and gave its own sub-section for greater visibility for clients and vendors.
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