IT - Data Architecture, Strategy & Technology Consulting Contract Pool
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- Contract number
- 096
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- Point of contact
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- Brandy Bentley blbentley@nd.gov (701) 328-1888
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The North Dakota Data Architecture, Strategy & Technology Consulting Contract Pool (Contract 096) provides comprehensive technology consulting services across twelve distinct categories, including Business Intelligence, Data Science, Application Development, Managed Services, Internet of Things, Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Agile, Digital Transformation, User Experience Design, Data Management & Governance, and Open Data. The vehicle enables state agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 schools, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to procure professional IT services through a pre-negotiated contract. These services span project-based and staff augmentation work, with consulting offerings designed to support technological innovation, strategic planning, and digital transformation initiatives across various technological domains.
The contract, established by the North Dakota Information Technology Department, features multiple prime contractors including 22nd Century Technologies, Applied Engineering, CATCH Intelligence, Da Vinci Software Solutions, Elegant Enterprise-Wide Solutions, Information Resource Group, ISG Public Sector, Krasan Consulting Services, Passerelle, Prominent Technology, RANDA Solutions, S2Tech, Spruce Technology, and Timmons Group. The vehicle's current performance period runs from November 1, 2019, to October 31, 2025, with hourly rates ranging from approximately $39 to $300 depending on the specific role, experience level, and service category. The contract type is a cooperative purchasing contract covering the state of North Dakota, with work orders structured through direct assignment for projects under $250,000 and a competitive process for projects at or above $250,000, requiring proposals from all awarded vendors in the relevant service category.
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The contract is for Data Architecture, Strategy and Technology Consulting services in a variety of categories. The State has an ongoing need for Information Technology (IT) professionals in a variety of categories for both project-based and staff-augmentation work. Multiple vendors have been awarded contracts in each of the categories. State agencies may use the template statement of work to obtain IT professional services through this contract.
Category Definitions Business Intelligence - comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis of business information. Data Science - is a multi-disciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. Application Development - is the process of creating a computer program or a set of programs to perform the different tasks that a business requires.
Managed Services including rebadging, offshore, onshore and near-shore. Internet of Things - is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Robotic Process Automation - is an emerging form of business process automation technology based on metaphorical software robots (bots) or artificial intelligence workers - SEE CONTRACT 096-1 AS WELL AS IT INCLUDES RPA.
Artificial Intelligence - is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans. Agile - is a type of project management process, mainly used for software development, where demands and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customers. Digital Transformation - is the use of new, fast, and frequently changing digital technology to solve problems.
User Experience Design - is the process of manipulating user behavior through usability, accessibility, and desirability provided in the interaction with a product. Data Management & Governance - concept concerning the capability that enables an organization to ensure that high data quality exists throughout the complete lifecycle of the data. Open Data & Open Data Source - is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents, or other mechanisms of control.
The goals of the open-source data movement are similar to those of other "open(-source)" movements such as open-source software, hardware, open content, open education, open educational resources, open government, open knowledge, open access, open science, and the open web. Paradoxically, the growth of the open data movement is paralleled by a rise in intellectual property rights. Citizen Developer - is a user who creates new business applications for consumption by others using development and runtime environments sanctioned by corporate IT.
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