Florida Administrative Code › 60 - DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES › 60FF - Technology Program › Chapter 60FF-1 - STATE COMMUNICATIONS DEFINITIONS; USAGE QUALIFICATIONS; EXEMPTIONS AND CLEARANCES › Section 60FF-1.011 - The Department's Criteria for Evaluating Exemption Requests

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The Department shall use the following combination of
				  criteria in evaluating an Exemption Request:
(1) Availability of SUNCOM alternatives: The
				Department shall consider the current availability and expected ability of the
				Department to provide a viable, timely and cost effective alternative to the
				Custom Network Solution.
(2)
				Suitability of a SUNCOM solution: The Department will compare SUNCOM's
				potential solution to the Custom Network Solution to determine if it can
				satisfy the Business Objective as well or better than the Custom Network
				Solution.
(3) Additional benefits
				from the SUNCOM solution: The Department shall consider any additional features
				or value provided by the SUNCOM solution that may go beyond the Business
				Objectives.
(4) Enterprise
				economies of scale: The Department will consider the additional bulk purchasing
				leverage and financial impact on the Department's ability to achieve better
				prices for all of SUNCOM services resulting from implementing a SUNCOM
				solution.
(5) Ongoing costs to the
				Customer: The Department will consider the recurring cost difference between
				the Custom Network Solution and the SUNCOM alternative.
(6) The consequences of transition: The
				Department shall consider the operational, financial and contractual
				consequences if the Custom Network Solution is to be replaced with the most
				appropriate SUNCOM alternative.
(7)
				Compatibility of the Custom Network Solution with the State Network: The
				Department shall determine if the Custom Network Solution creates
				incompatibility with the State Network such that State communications or
				economies of scale shall be impaired. The complexity and cost of maintaining
				conditions where compatibility is sustained for a Custom Network Solution will
				be a factor in this determination.
(8) Security Impact on the State Network: The
				Department shall determine if the Custom Network Solution will comport with the
				Network Protection Standards for State Network established in Rule 60FF-3.004,
				F.A.C. The complexity and cost of maintaining conditions where security is
				sustained for a Custom Network Solution will be a factor in this
				determination.
(9) Congruity
				considerations:
(a) Congruity between the
				Required User's Business Objectives and the associated Custom Network Solution:
				This criterion shall determine if the intended benefits of the Custom Network
				Solution satisfy the Required User's Business Objectives.
(b) Congruity between the Required User's
				estimated costs and the realistic resources required, market conditions and
				scope that drive costs: This criterion shall determine if the cost estimates
				are accurate.
(c) Congruity between
				the Required User's estimated timing and the work effort required: This
				criterion shall determine if the milestones in Part IIA are realistic given the
				description of the Custom Network Solution.
(d) Congruity between the Required User's
				expectations of the Custom Network Solution and the likelihood those
				expectations shall be or have been met: This criterion shall determine if the
				proposed technology described in Part IIA has been used before to satisfy
				equivalent Business Objectives and what is the likelihood of success based upon
				the scope, technological maturity and track-record of similar
				projects.