Additional_Questions_21_Feb_18.docx

Additional Questions: 21 February 2018

1. What kind of infrastructure is currently being used? Physical servers or virtual servers to host the application or software to support the current requirements The current system is cloud hosted.

1. What application and/or software is currently being used? A vender name and version # would be great MCN Healthcare ellucid Policy Manager.

1. I read the pricing sheet and I couldn’t understand how many FTE’s are going to be needed for this opportunity.

The solution should provide system access to approximately 2500 employees. The number of vendor FTEs needed to accomplish the task are at the discretion of the vendor. No additional government FTEs are planned within the respective facilities.

1. What is the max ceiling price for the contract of base+option years? There is not a Max ceiling.

1. If a cloud based solution is presented would the government pay for hosting it allow a remote help desk to support you agency?

These costs should be included in the proposal.

1. Are on-site FTE’s required to support the governments mission?

Not in addition to those already tasked with supporting policy management within the organizations.

1. Are there any unanticipated tasks and/or optional services the government has laid out would like to have a solution for?

A healthcare Learning Management System.

1. Is there any surge requirement to ramp on/off? Not sure.

1. Does the application currently sit on a physical server on-site managed by your agency? No.

1. Are there any dependencies with this software to other components within your agencies IT/Infrastructure, for instance, connected to your network for user authentication etc. Not at this time.

1. What suite of software, if any, is the government using on the workstations. For example, is this windows or linux based? Windows

1. Has the government procured licensing for this software. Will the government be open to other software/application solutions and/or products. Is there a budget set aside to pay for licensing.

Please include any fees with your proposal.

1. If we proposal a cloud based solution, would the government allocate costs for hosting this solution in the cloud, or is there monies available to host it?

No. This would be included in the proposal.