QUESTION
Were any Requests for Proposals (RFPs) issued for specific vendors, and does the type of service affect the issuance of RFPs?
1:32:13
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Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser confirms that RFPs were issued for certain services, while others do not typically require RFPs.
- For software licenses or hardware, direct quotes and mini bids are utilized instead of issuing RFPs.
- Professional services related to application development work involve RFPs for scopes, build materials, and timing and expense estimates.
- Infrastructure products and services usually do not require an RFP process.
- The need for an RFP depends on the nature of the service being procured.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:32:13
And were there any RFPs issued for these vendors of request for error proposals?
Matthew Fraser
1:32:20
Yeah.
1:32:20
They were.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:32:20
They were?
1:32:21
Oh, okay.
1:32:21
For all of them?
1:32:22
I mean, for
Matthew Fraser
1:32:24
The so it depends on the surface.
1:32:27
So some of these when you hear some of the names, They may facilitate the procurement of software licenses.
1:32:32
Software licenses are hardware.
1:32:34
We don't necessarily issue RFPs for we we go out, we solution, we get quotes around the types of equipment that we're looking for, and then we send out a mini bid to see we get back in terms of that.
1:32:45
But for the professional services, scopes, build materials, times an estimate, timing expense estimates, those are all come in as part of that that process for the application development work.
1:32:57
I just want to separate those 22 worlds.
1:33:00
Infrastructure, products, services aren't typically part of an RFP.
1:33:06
Application development work is.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:33:08
Application.
1:33:08
Okay.
1:33:10
So the sorry.
1:33:14
Sorry.