In a request for offer released Friday, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) seeks assistance from contractors in procuring and standing up an “Ivanti Asset Manager (IT asset management) ITAM Foundation and Data Readiness Workshop Package.” Among the takeaways:
- CDFA’s Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) provides IT services and solutions to the department’s “division/branch/program (customers)” to help them deliver services to the state and residents. OITS’ IT services and solutions include desktop and productivity software support, telecommunications, network, Internet connectivity, data transfer capabilities and electronic file security as well as third-party commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software product installation, configuration and support. CDFA is releasing the RFO, it said, “to acquire an Ivanti Asset Manager Foundation and Data Readiness Workshop Package,” in hopes of identifying business needs, assessing the existing environment, enabling ITAM best practices training, receiving a data readiness scorecard and evaluating “maturity road map recommendations.”
- The contractor selected must do an asset manager foundation and data readiness workshop to help the department prep for a successful ITAM program and understand fully what that requires. The workshop process must deliver “identification of CDFA business needs,” assessment of the existing environment, ITAM best practices training and a “data readiness scorecard” with recommendations for ITAM implementation and development of a maturity plan. The workshop should center on four areas: identifying ITAM business objectives and value drivers; baselining the existing ITAM environment; training on ITAM best practices, including gathering and normalizing asset data; and training on Ivanti Asset Management System components and setting up and managing the system. The contractor must be an authorized Ivanti supplier and is expected to provide products including a two-year subscription to Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud.
- The estimated value of the one-year contract is not stated. Written questions are due by 4 p.m. Friday, and responses will come July 7. Proposals are due by 4 p.m. July 12. The contract award date is July 15, and the start date is July 19, according to the RFO.
