Total Estimated Hours and Costs Fixed Price Services Schedule Include a summary level schedule (Gantt chart) for the fixed priced services described above. When directed by the task force and/or SCOJD, the Fixed Price Services Section may also include any of the activities described in the Time and Materials Services Section of this document, as well as other services that have historically been considered as time and materials services. Naming and numbering schemes should be adjusted to accommodate all fixed price services and presented in a reasonable and understandable manner similar to that used in the Time and Materials Services Section. Service Units AASHTO has established an arrangement with several of its contractors to offer the opportunity for agencies to acquire special fixed-fee increments or units of contractor-provided service for consultation and support to assist an agency in implementing and/or supporting AASHTOWare products or projects. Service units may be used for the execution of work at an or agency’s site at the site depending upon need. Further details on the purchase and use of contractor’s service units are contained in the annual AASHTOWare catalog. Service Unit Work Description In general, a contractor, on a scheduled or ad hoc basis, may provide additional assistance to users to assist in product/project implementation, support, and/or training processes. Examples of service unit activities include, but are not limited to, the following activities: Planning and conducting training events; Implementation planning; Technical assessment/technical planning; Application installation and configuration; Data mapping and/or interface development of current agency systems data to a product; Configuring of generic field windows; Configuring of custom templates; Conversion development to take data from existing agency systems and load into a product. If service unit work is to be provided as part of the MSE, provide a budget for the work as described in section 4.2.
Total Estimated Hours and Costs Fixed Price Services Schedule Include a summary level schedule (Gantt chart) for the fixed priced services described above. When directed by the task force and/or SCOJD, the Fixed Price Services Section may also include any of the activities described in the Time and Materials Services Section of this document, as well as other services that have historically been considered as time and materials services. Naming and numbering schemes should be adjusted to accommodate all fixed price services and presented in a reasonable and understandable manner similar to that used in the Time and Materials Services Section. Service Units AASHTO has established an arrangement with several of its contractors to offer the opportunity for agencies to acquire special fixed-fee increments or units of contractor-provided service for consultation and support to assist an agency in implementing and/or supporting AASHTOWare products or projects. Service units may be used for the execution of work at an agency’s site or at the contractor’s site depending upon need. Further details on the purchase and use of service units are contained in the annual AASHTOWare catalog. Service Unit Work Description In general, a contractor, on a scheduled or ad hoc basis, may provide additional assistance to users to assist in product/project implementation, support, and/or training processes. Examples of service unit activities include, but are not limited to, the following activities: Planning and conducting training events; Implementation planning; Technical assessment/technical planning; Application installation and configuration; Data mapping and/or interface development of current agency systems data to a product; Configuring of generic field windows; Configuring of custom templates; Conversion development to take data from existing agency systems and load into a product. If service unit work is to be provided as part of the MSE, provide a budget for the work as described in section 4.2.
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