standard terms and conditions of the State's RFP, including the Standard Contract in Exhibit A, if included herein. As such, Vendors whose proposals, in the sole opinion of the State, reflect a substantial number of material exceptions to this RFP, may place themselves at a comparative disadvantage in the evaluation process or risk disqualification of their proposals. For Vendors who have successfully negotiated a contract with ITS in the past, ITS requests that, prior to taking any exceptions to this RFP, the individual(s) preparing this proposal first confer with other individuals who have previously submitted proposals to ITS or participated in contract negotiations with ITS on behalf of their company, to ensure the Vendor is consistent in the items to which it takes exception. PROPOSAL EXCEPTION SUMMARY FORM List and clearly explain any exceptions, for all RFP Sections and Exhibits, in the table below. ITS RFP Reference Vendor Proposal Reference Brief Explanation of Exception ITS Acceptance (sign here only if accepted) (Reference specific outline to which exception is taken) (Page, section, items in Vendor’s proposal where exception is explained) (Short description of exception being made) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
that will be needed to complete each of the deliverables required by the State. The State will pay the specified percentage (minus retainage) of the not-to-exceed fixed price, upon the State’s approval of each deliverable. How to Respond to Section VII, Item 10.0 – To facilitate the evaluation process, the Vendor’s response to this item should follow the outline below to address the required services and deliverables in the order presented. If the Vendor’s methodology requires additional services and deliverables, those should be noted within the appropriate implementation phase. Each service and deliverable will be addressed in the Statement of Work as part of the final contractual agreement. The response should include a description of the services to be provided, the relationship to other implementation tasks (as appropriate), and acknowledgement of the deliverables to be provided. Finally, unless specifically identified as a task to be led or “owned” by the State, the Vendor should assume that its staff will be in the leadership role for delivery of that service (and completion of related deliverables) with the assigned State personnel participating in a supporting and/or subject matter expert role. Initiation – begins I Project Work Plan - The Vendor must describe proposed approach to developing the Project Work Plan including tasks to be performed by both the State and Vendor personnel. The following elements shall be applied to development of the Work Plan: Tasks, activities and description for the entire implementation project; Dependencies, critical paths, and resources (both Vendor and State staff) assigned to each task; All deliverables; Estimated work efforts; Milestones and events; Review and approval points and All assumptions. The Vendor must provide as part of his proposal a comprehensive work plan for all Phases describing migration approach, specific task analysis, planning, product installation, design, testing, migration, training, and support. The Vendor will be responsible for updating the work plan for each Phase of the project prior to commencing work on the Phase and receiving approval from MDHS. Status Reporting Plan - The Vendor’s Project Manager shall be responsible for providing weekly status reports and shall participate in weekly status meetings with MDHS. The Vendor’s
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