Neos Consulting Group, LLC (Neos) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a contract with the State of Texas through the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide Deliverables-Based Information Technology Services to Texas State and Local governments. Using this contract vehicle, Texas State and Local government agencies can streamline and reduce time in procuring and contracting for deliverables-based information technology services. Agencies can negotiate and contract directly with Neos for deliverables-based information technology services with a contract value of less than $5 million for Texas state agencies and $10 Million for all other eligible DIR customers.
Click here for contract details on DIR-TSO-3925
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Technology Categories
Application Maintenance & Support
Application Maintenance and Support includes the skills and requirements for supporting application systems, including troubleshooting, modifying, maintaining and enhancing legacy systems. Application Maintenance and Support also applies to applications running in a production environment.
Examples of Included Services:
- Research
- Analysis
- Design,
- Programming
- Testing
- Documenting and implementing maintenance changes
- Correcting software errors
- Modifying reports and ensuring accurate report runs
- Making modifications to the applications and documentation
- Writing ad hoc queries
- Loading and applying changes to the software language and/or database in which the application is written
- Providing corrections for production or any changes needed and participation in disaster recovery testing, planning and documentation.
- Services may need to be available 24/7 or on an on-call basis.
Project Management
Project Management service providers may perform any or all of the project management processes identified by the Project Management Institute as published in Table 3-45 of the PMBOK® Guide, Third Edition or most recent.
Examples of Included Services:
- Utilizing the Customer’s tools and processes
- Using off-the-shelf tools
- Using Vendor’s own proprietary tools and processes to manage a project
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
ERP is an amalgamation of an organization’s information systems designed to automate and integrate a variety of functions, commonly referred to as “back office”, including financials, human resources and asset management. Neos is the only HUB providing ERP services on the DBITS contract vehicle.
Examples of included services: planning and assessment; requirements development; business process reengineering (BPR); implementation and conversion services; application programming and support services; database administration, system software administration and support; functional support; and training support.
Technology Upgrade/Migration
Technology Upgrade/Migration may be required to increase business functionality, reengineer a business function, keep current with vendor upgrades or when upgrading existing technology. Technology Transformation may be accomplished by converting/migrating legacy applications to new technology either with or without new business functionality or it may include introducing new technology into the enterprise. Technology Upgrade/Migration may also include providing website content accessibility compliance.
Examples of Included Services:
- Assessments of the current application portfolio
- Evaluation of the technology assets before beginning technology transformation and Business Case development for justification of an initiative.
- Technology transformations, which may include, appropriate Return on Investment (ROI), benchmarks and milestones.
- Planning
- Analysis
- Requirements development
- Proof of concept
- Deployment
- Implementation
- Integration
- Remediation
- Data migration
- Documentation
- Application programming and support services
- Training support
Application Development
Application Development means the development of new applications which may be mainframe, server, network-based, web-based or a combination. The requirements for new applications may require interfaces to existing applications.
Examples of Included Services:
- Researching
- Analyzing
- Gathering requirements
- Designing
- Programming
- Testing
- Documenting and implementing
- Applying changes to the software language and/or database in which the application is written
- Providing corrections for production or any changes needed and participation in disaster recovery planning and documentation
Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse
BI enables an organization to perform in-depth analysis and includes, where required, data mining of detailed business data providing real and significant information to business users. BI may include an integrated group of operational and decision support applications and databases. BI makes use of tools designed to easily access data warehouse data. A data warehouse collects, organizes and makes data available for the purpose of analysis and gives organizations the ability to access and analyze information about its business. The function of the data warehouse is to consolidate and reconcile information from across disparate business units and IT systems and provide a context for reporting and analysis.
Instructions for Placing an Order
The Process
Link to DIR DBITS page with SOW instructions
The value of any one SOW may not exceed $5 million for state agencies (or $10 million for non-state agency DIR customers, including institutions of higher education) including all extensions, renewal, and change orders. In order to be awarded a Purchase Order hereunder, Vendor(s) must respond, in writing, to a Statement of Work (SOW) for services as issued by Customers (State Agencies), consistent with the Terms and Conditions of the DIR DBITS Contract. Vendor(s) shall only respond to SOWs for Technology Categories which Vendor(s) have been awarded in the DIR DBITS Contract.
- The following is a step by step process for executing a procurement from the DIR DBITS contract:
- 1. Customer creates an SOW for release to vendor(s). The SOW must be complete, signed by an authorized representative of Customer and must be in the form contained in Appendix C. Appendix C – Statement of Work
- 2. Customer Releases SOW to one or more approved DBITS vendor(s) of their choice in the selected category. Response timeline is at the Customers discretion.
- 3. Customer evaluates response(s) and selects a vendor.
- 4. Customer issues a Purchase Order. Vendor understands that no work under any SOW issued by Customer shall commence until receipt of Purchase Order.
- Some additional notes on the delivery and negotiation process:
- Service provided under this Contract shall be based on the Statement of Work form set forth in Appendix C.
- Customers may negotiate the terms and conditions of a SOW to suit their business needs, so long as the SOW terms and conditions do not conflict with or weaken the terms of the DIR DBITs Contract. Vendor shall perform its work in compliance with the DIR DBITS Contract and the agreed upon Statement of Work with Customer.
- Customers purchasing services under the DIR DBITS Contract shall negotiate pricing directly with the Vendor in accordance with the Customer’s Statement of Work.
Contact Information
Neos DIR DBITS Contract Number is: DIR-TSO-3925
| Karon Irby | President |
| Phone | 512.913.5450 |
| Fax | 512.233.5200 |
| karon.irby@neosconsulting.com |
For quotes, purchase orders, warranty and more information please contact us at number/email above.