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cancelled vendors’ contracts.

In the hearing, Ramos said that while he has learned from how other departments succeed and fail in their projects, the Department of Technology has the authority to change how state departments gain approval for IT projects.

“Our authority is that unless you’re will ing to change those processes, unless you’re will ing to embrace some re -engineering effort, we’re not going to allow this project

The state of California is launching a new effort to overhaul the way major IT projects are designed, approved and implemented, Department of Technology Director Carlos Ramos said in an interview with Techwire’s Christina Gagnier.

In the past, IT projects would require a large amount of paperwork, including a Feasibil ity Study Report (FSR), which could all be time -consuming, redundant and excessively bureaucratic, Ramos said.

“Our effort at remaking the model is to shorten it, make it more focused on those elements of success, and making sure there’s a very good connection between the business need of the department and the eventual technology solution that ’s brought forward,” Ramos said.

Ramos announced some of the changes in a Senate Oversight Committee hearing last month on the failed 21st Century project, a revamped payroll system that was dogged by inaccuracies in payments and

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to be approved or moved forward,” Ramos said in the hearing.

Ramos indicated the first phase of the approval process would be roll ing out in September.

On the same day as the hearing, the State IT Procurement Task Force announced its recommendations to improve large IT procurements. The report contained 21 recommendations, the first of which was that the state departments should abandon the FSR and instead have a two-stage approval process: initial approval and detailed planning approval.

Though Ramos did not specifically address whether the FSR would be removed from the procurement process, he did state in the Techwire interview that the department would be focusing on eliminating redundancies in the procurement process.

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>> Office of Systems Integration Director Deborah Rose talks with Techwire Host Christina Gagnier at the Project Delivery Summit on August 28 in Sacramento. At the end of this year, Rose will retire after more than 24 years with the state. >>

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Date Event Time LocationSeptember 17 WITI Wine and

Unwind5:30 pm - 7 pm Paul Martin’s

American Bistro in Roseville

September 20 Deloitte Fall Classic Golf Tournament

10 am - 5 pm Haggin Oaks Golf Complex

September 23 Techwire Forum with CDCR - Joe Panora

1:30 pm - 3:30 Sheraton Grand

September 26 LISTA NorCal First Annual Conference

All Day Redwood City

October 1 State of California SAS® Users Forum

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October 9 - 10 California Cyber Security Symposium

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Tech Moves

Office of Systems Integration Director Deborah Rose has confirmed she will be retiring at the end of this year. Rose has served as director of the project management office within the California Health and Human Services Agency since August 2012. She has served for more than 24 years in state government, mostly at the Department of Social Services, serving in a variety of areas including fiscal, policy development, information technology, training, facilities, and human resource arenas. And, she is a huge Giants fan, according to her official bio.

Carlos Talamantes has been appointed CIO at the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Talamantes, who has worked in IT positions at Department of Developmental Services, CHP, Department of General Services, Prison Industry Authority and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, started in the new position on August 19. What’s on his agenda? “The Department of Fair Employment and Housing has moved its legal case load management -which numbers in the thousands - into an innovative Cloud system, and my goals here are to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the Department’s operations in order to best provide effective and reliable IT services and solutions,” Talamantes told Techwire.

On September 20, the annual Deloitte Fall Classic charity golf tournament will go into full swing at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento. Last year, technology executives and state officials golfed to raise money for Sacramento-area children’s charities. The event raised nearly $90,000 with technology companies sponsoring the tournement which also

included a dinner and auction. It’s not too late to sign up! See the Techwire events calendar for more information.

Sacramento-area tech companies Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP) and Natoma Technologies both recently announced they won a major federal IT contracts. VIP teamed with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Meridian Knowledge Solutions, to win a $95-million single-award blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide more than 250,000 agency employees with a secure, cloud-based enterprise talent management system.

Natoma was awarded a 5-year prime contract valued up to $17.5 million by the U.S. General Services Administration to support the agency with its enterprise-wide electronic Project Management System, according to the announcement.

The Victims Compensation and Government Claims Board will be hiring a new CIO after the departure of Maida Black who has taken a new position as PMO Director at the Department of State Hospitals. Finally, in case you missed it, M Corp made the Inc. 5000 list the second time in as many years. M Corp was listed at No. 1,161, with a 362% increase in revenue during the past three years.

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Recent Selected *Bids & Contract Awards Techwire.net Recent Selected *Bids & Contract Awards Techwire.net

Department Bid # Bid Title Bid Type Publish Date Deadline

CSU Chancellor's Office

3705 Software Reseller Services RFP 9/4/2013 10/2/2013

DMV 13-153 On-Site Shredding and Recycling Services for DMV Field Offices Various Locations

IFB 9/4/2013 9/24/2013

DMV ISD13-0028 National Change of Address (NCOA) Services RFQ 9/4/2013 9/18/2013

Public Utilities Commission

12PS5153 Strategic Transformatinal Campaign Project RFP 9/3/2013 9/30/2013

Water Resources Control Board

13-051-150 Laboratory Analysis IFB 8/30/2013 9/27/2013

DMV 13-087 On-Site Shredding and Recycling Services Driver Safety & Occupational Licensing

IFB 8/29/2013 9/12/2013

DMV 13-110 Telecom Network Cabling & Related Electrical Services For The Northern CA Region

IFB 8/22/2013 9/12/2013

Social Services IFB 13-16R Formal End User Desktop Training Services IFB 8/22/2013 9/6/2013

Conservation 4013-005 Strategic Management Services RFP 8/21/2013 9/6/2013

DMV 13-086 On-Site Shredding and Recycling Services in three regions.

IFB 8/20/2013 9/10/2013

CSU Chancellor's Office

4052 Student Course Schedule Planning Software RFP 8/19/2013 9/17/2013

Caltrans Project Number 14-1-DPIT

Multi-State Locomotive Procurement RFP 8/9/2013 10/3/2013

Corrections and Rehabilitation

60000001301 Reprogramming FACP Services IFB 8/9/2013 9/10/2013

Department of Technology

IFB STPD 12-001-B

CALNET 3 CATEGORIES 2 THROUGH 7 IFB 7/10/2013 12/12/2013

Department of Technology

RFP DOJ 12-101 RFP for DOJ Unified Communications Project

RFP 7/10/2013 9/11/2013

Board of Equalization

RFP BOE 0860-094

Centralized Revenue Opportunity System (CROS)

RFP 7/1/2013 8/25/2014

Department of Technology

RFQP 12-001.3 RFQP 12-001.3 Continuous Application Process

RFP 6/27/2013 10/28/2015

Department of Technology

IFB 12-136613 CalCloud, IaaS IFB 6/27/2013 9/20/2013

Deptartment of Education

RFP CDE 6110-99 Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) System Replacement Project

RFP 4/9/2013 11/8/2013

Correctional Health Care Services

12265 Health Care Provider Network and Third Party Adminstrator Services

RFP 4/5/2013 9/18/2013

Department of Technology

IFB OTP 12-001-A CALNET 3 CATEGORY 1, VOICE AND DATA SERVICES

IFB 11/28/2012 12/28/2013

*The Information contained in this publication, gathered from official government sources, is intended only as notification of contracting & bid opportunities. Information contained here may not be comprehensive of all bid opportunities. Official contact information has been provided for more information. Techwire.net is not liable to any subscriber or user for any damages or any other costs incurred in connection with the use of and reliance upon information contained within. Information is subject to change without notice or typographical error.

Industrial RelationsMaintenance for Microsoft softwareContract Date: 8/26/2013Software License Program$1,146,182.75Supplier: Insight Public Sector, Inc.

General ServicesMELAContract Date: 8/23/2013Software License Program$585,908.22Supplier: Insight Public Sector, Inc.

State Treasurer’s OfficeProcurement ConsultingContract Date: 8/27/2013Formal Competitive$476,178.28Supplier: Grant Thornton LLP

Department of TechnologyOracle Software Maintenance SubscriptionContract Date: 8/23/2013Informal Competitive$448,407.32Supplier: System Solutions DVBE, Inc.

Franchise Tax BoardApplication Restart Control Family for z/OSContract Date: 8/28/2013Services are specifically exempt by statute$294,765.00Supplier: BMC Software Services

Social ServicesIV&V for CECRIS (County Expense Claim Reporting Information System)Contract Date: 8/21/2013CMAS$265,000.00Supplier: Visionary Integration Professionals, LLC

InsuranceTechnical SupportContract Date: 8/23/2013Informal Competitive$258,000.00Supplier: Department of Technology Services

Correctional Health Care Services Copier Maintenance Renewal for FY 13/14Contract Date: 8/28/2013Statewide Contract$248,581.62Supplier: Smile Business Products, Inc

Secretary of StateIT Consulting Services for senior level functional and technicalContract Date: 8/22/2013CMAS$229,320.00Supplier: Objective Business Solutions, Inc.

Military DepartmentDistributed Learning Classrooms.Contract Date: 8/22/2013SB/DVBE Option$225,953.60Supplier: Alpha Ten Technologies, Inc.

Motor VehiclesRenewal of IBM Maintenance Support Contract for 1 year (24x7 4hrContract Date: 8/29/2013Services are specifically exempt by policy$164,422.91Supplier: IBM

Housing and Community DevelopmentWeb Logic DeveloperContract Date: 8/19/2013CMAS$203,400.00Supplier: Aspect Software Inc.

Correctional Health Care Services Copier Maintenance Renewal for FY 13/14Contract Date: 8/27/2013Statewide Contract$161,168.13Supplier: Smile Business Products, Inc

Health Care ServicesIT NETWORK SWITCHESContract Date: 8/26/2013WSCA/Coop$99,805.93Supplier: Cisco Systems Inc.

Corrections and RehabilitationIon ScannersContract Date: 8/28/2013Formal Competitive$95,180.50Supplier: Smiths Detection, Inc.

Motor VehiclesTivoli Storage (44T7181) Software Accelerated Value Program FocusContract Date: 8/21/2013SB/DVBE Option$98,000.00Supplier: Dataskill, Inc.

Source: Department of General Services

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