DBITS

If you are a Texas State agency, MIPRO Consulting can show you how easy it is to use DBITS to procure services. MIPRO Consulting is a provider of Deliverables Based IT Services to the State of Texas and is qualified by DIR for Category 3 which includes the following service categories:

• IT Assessments
• Planning
• Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
• Market Research
• Procurement Advisory
• Contract Implementation Services

2.2.3 IT Assessments, Planning, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), and Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services; this category includes, but is not limited to:

A. IT Assessments and Planning may include IT effectiveness, maturity, governance, and architecture. Strategic planning activities may include mission statement development, visioning and goals, objectives, and strategy development. Assessment of staff knowledge, skills and abilities, bandwidth, time and motion studies, and succession planning are included in this category. Strategic planning development and tactical planning may require the provisioning of actionable plans and roadmaps. Organization change management, enterprise architecture, cloud assessments, and network performance assessments are within scope as well.

B. Also included in this category are the independent verification and validation procedures that are used together for in-depth analysis of a product, service, or system for compliance with requirements as well as the independent oversight of software (or systems) development life cycle (SDLC) processes and specifications.

C. Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services activities may include requirements gathering, facilitation activities, scoring criteria development, evaluation criteria development, negotiation guidance and assistance, and contract transition assistance.

i) Cost optimization including software license cost analysis;

ii) Financial planning and pricing structures;

iii) Market reviews/market research;

iv) Market engagement;

v) Transition/implementation assistance; and

vi) IT contract management assistance.

NOTE: When using Procurement Advisory Services under Texas Government Code, § 2155.004, a state agency may not accept a bid or award a contract that includes proposed financial participation by a person who received compensation from the agency to participate in preparing the specifications or request for proposals on which the bid or contract is based. The selected Contract Holder and the employees of that Contract Holder who perform Procurement Advisory Services will be ineligible to respond to any resulting solicitation(s).

View our current DBITS contract, contract number DIR-CPO-5121.

View more information on DIR’s Co-op Contract Program Overview and consult DIR’s Threshold and SOW Quick Reference Guide.

Contact us directly for more information on the DBITS contracting process by phone or email: Chris Birkholz, 320.808.7504, [email protected]

For SOW instructions, please reference DIR’s Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS) page. Resulting Purchase Orders must reference our DIR contract number DIR-CPO-5121.