DBITS Contract Awarded To Sistema Technologies
Sistema has been awarded a Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS) contract by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) through its Cooperative Contracts Program.
Sistema was selected for the following categories:
Application Development Projects – Definition: Application Development is 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: web application development; mobile application development; service oriented architecture (SOA); 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.
Technology Upgrade/Migration Projects – Definition: 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. Also included are: technology transformations, which may include, appropriate Return on Investment (ROI), benchmarks and milestones. The following activities may also be included: planning, analysis, requirements development, proof of concept, deployment, implementation, integration, remediation, data migration, documentation, application programming and support services; and training support.
Combining our DBITS (project) contract with our MBE/HUB certified status, you will benefit from a streamlined process allowing you to get more done with one, local vendor at a significantly lower cost and virtually no red tape.
We can’t wait to start working for you. Please contact us through our online email form below.
Customers purchasing services under this contract shall negotiate pricing directly with the vendor in accordance with the Customer’s Statement of Work.
(Source: DBITS Contract Section 4.a – Customer Price)
HOW TO ORDER:
- The customer must complete a Statement of Work (SOW) which must be in the form contained in Appendix C.
- The customer should send the Statement of Work to at least three (3) vendors that offer the Technology Category requested.
- The customer should negotiate pricing of deliverables directly with vendor.
- The customer and vendor(s) may work together to improve the SOW.
- The customer 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 contract.
- The vendor may only provide services in awarded Technology Categories.
- In order to be awarded a Purchase Order hereunder, the vendor must respond, in writing, to a SOW for services as issued by customers, consistent with the Terms and Conditions of the contract.
- The vendor may begin work ONLY after receiving:
- a SOW signed by authorized representatives of both the customer and the vendor
- AND the Purchase Order
- The value of any one SOW may not exceed $10 million for voluntary eligible customers. $5M for state agencies. May reference “Eligibility Overview”:
http://dir.texas.gov/View-Contracts-And-Services/Pages/Content.aspx?id=1
You can find out more about how to obtain quotes and place purchase orders by going to:
Texas DIR Deliverables-Based IT Services – Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS)
Sistema DBITS Contract
DIR-TSO-3912
For quotes, Statements of Work (SOW), to schedule meetings, etc. with Sistema, please contact:
Sistema Technologies:
Ernesto Cantu
Director of Business Development
512-402-7715
ernesto@sistematechnologies.com
1027 E. Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704