Anne Neville, director of the State Broadband Initiative for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration talks with Christina Gagnier at Government Mobility 2012
Sacramento-based IT consulting firm M Corp recently completed the daunting task of consolidating 10 databases and converting 4 billion rows of disability and unemployment benefits data for the Employment Development Department (EDD), according to a Sacramento Bee profile piece that ran on Sunday.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), entitled CalSTRS.com Redesign, RFP 2P201108. CalSTRS is seeking to procure the services
The Department of General Services, on behalf of the Department of Health Care Services, is soliciting bids from qualified firms to provide Technical Architecture Support Services during the Design, Development, and Implementation of the California Medicaid Management Information System Project (CA-MMIS. Interested Bidders are advised to reference the IFB for additional information regarding the Bidder’s Library. Questions regarding this IFB are to be sent directly to the Procurement Official listed in the IFB
The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to procure knowledgeable consultant services to conduct an independent and comprehensive assessment of the acquisition and contract amendment practices for the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) Office’s prime contract.
The Government Mobility 2012 event, held at the Sacramento Convention Center, featured education and training opportunities, panel discussions and a solution center in which public and private industry met to share current and upcoming applications.
The Department of Consumer Affairs has issued an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to select a contractor to work cooperatively with the department’s Office of Professional Examination Services (OPES) and its regulatory entities to implement and administer an examination program for Computer Based Testing. This IFB shall be awarded as a CBT Services Contract, with each regulatory entity writing individual contracts called “Release Orders” against the CBT Services Contract identifying itw own unique service requirements. The contract shall be valid for three (3) years with the State’s right to extend for an additional two (2) two (2) year extensions. **Please be advised that the Bid Duration (End Date and Time) for this bid is NOT the due date for Final Bids. Please refer to IFB Section I for the Key Action Dates.**.
A procurement policy memo issued last week by the Department of General Services (DGS) has caught the attention of some in the state’s technology industry. The DGS sent a broadcast memo to state agency procurement officers reminding them of certain restrictions under the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) Contract for computer equipment, as outlined by the State of Minnesota. WSCA provides a way for California and 14 other states to participate in cooperative multi-state contracts where they can make cost-effective purchases of computers and other technology commodities. According to online records, under this WSCA contract, the State of California spent more than $326 million on technology equipment in the first three quarters of 2011. This WSCA contract is but one procurement vehicle used by companies such as Cisco Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, NetApp and Xerox to sell technology items to the state. In this case, DGS advised state officials to adhere to the original language cited for categories of servers and storage as well as other computer-related system unit/configurations:
Department of Water Resources (DWR) requires the services of one qualified Oracle Database Administrator in support of DWR’s CAISO Scheduling and Settlements Operation.
