In the Notice to Potential Solution Vendors, the department says it will be using two vendors: "one will deploy a Track and Trace system for medical cannabis while the other will be deploying a licensing system to license cultivators and nurseries."
The project management plan approved July 7 explains that these projects are "time-constrained" and must be completed, according to statute, by Jan. 1, 2018. Vendors have told the department that they will need approximately 16 months to deploy the new systems.
The high-level project schedule is summarized here:
Source: CDFA
Mary Winkley, agency information officer for the Department of Food and Agriculture, will serve as the project director, according to the document. Carol Loney is the project manager.
The new IT systems are required by statute under the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) of 2015.
Because the systems must be functioning by 2018, the project charter assumes that alternative procurement vehicles might be used although some documentation says the approval process will move through the Department of Technology's Stage-Gate life cycle.
Vendors that are interested in submitting proposals (when they're released later in 2016) are encouraged to sign up to receive email updates from the CDFA Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program.
