Agency Public Safety Dept

Contractor TEKsystems, Inc.

SWIFT Contract Number B49527/25970

Project Name Staff Augmentation – Business Analyst (Vivek Iyer)

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Minnesota Justice Information Services (MNJIS) requires a solution for consistently managing application releases and deployments. MNJIS is working on one consistent methodology for defining or implementing releases and deployments, to better protect the integrity of our test and production environments by minimizing risk and enhancing general communication, education, and training both with impacted customer groups and MNJIS technical personnel. In addition, MNJIS resources will be more efficiently coordinated regarding Release and Deployment initiatives and associated activities.

MNJIS has been working toward implementing a Release and Deployment Management solution over the past year that fully aligns with MNJISs ITILv3 strategy and roadmap. The work completed so far includes the research, recommendation and acquisition of a toolset that will meet the needs of the organization. A successful Proof-of-Concept (POC) was implemented in a test environment and a pilot phase is currently underway, with one BCA MNJIS application, BioID, already migrated to the new toolset, IBM Rational Team Concert and Urbancode’s AnthillPro. The pilot phase will include demonstrations and “conference room pilot” simulations to assess and solicit feedback on the pilot implementation. Feedback obtained through this process will be incorporated into the solution. Phased migrations of applications will commence after the pilot phase, and will culminate in a complete cutover to the new solution and subsequent retirement of older processes and technologies.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 10/11/2010 - 00:00

Original end date Thu, 06/30/2011 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 06/30/2013 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $111520.00

Amendments $315976.00

Contract total $427496.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? State

Is this a sole source contract? No

If this was a single source contract, explain why the agency determined there was only a single source for the services (if applicable) {Empty}

Evaluator Name Kurt Augustine

Evaluator Email Address kurt.augustine@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Even though the scope of the project was extended several times, the contractor was able to adjust priorities and complete tasks on time.

Evaluate the contractor's quality Contractor’s quality of work was exceptional.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Overall, the value of the contractor assigned to the project was outstanding.

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Contractor’s overll performance on the project was exceptional. The individual assigned was extremely knowledgeable in subject area, outstanding communicator and extremely influential in driving the project.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

Describe any negative action taken during the duration of this contract (i.e., termination, pursuit of suspension, etc.): {Empty}

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 5 - very satisfied