2015 - MGC CITL Solicitation for Services - 4-9-15~1.docx

Post to MGC Website April 9, 2015

To MGC Certified Independent Testing Laboratories -

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is seeking bids for services related to the opening of the Plainridge Park Casino. The details of the services and format for reply are detailed in attachment A. The response is due by Monday, April 13th at 5PM.

Certified Independent Testing Laboratories must register as vendors on the Commonwealth’s procurement site: http://www.mass.gov/anf/budget-taxes-and-procurement/procurement-info-and-res/conduct-a-procurement/commbuys/commbuys-training-and-registration.html

All solicitations for services for procurements and contract awards will be posted on the CommBuys site.

MGC staff will review all submissions and notify vendors of an award through Commbuys

Please contact me directly with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely, John R. Glennon Chief Information Officer

Attachment A – Scope of Services

Game and EGD Platform inspections for 1250 slot machines / 1500 gaming positions. Review documentation and inspect physical EGD’s to confirm compliance of all Commonwealth of Massachusetts Technical Standards.

Deliverable is a report of the findings

Inspection of the Slot Floor, the Slot and Player Management System (ACSC), all peripherals such as KIOSKS and other devices that interoperate with ACSC.

· Review of system configuration and architecture. Development of specific test plan.

· Price Calculations Tests – testing of wagering pools offered at the track for accuracy in commission, breakage, and price calculations.

· Terminal Hardware and software testing – sample testing of wagering terminals for intended function, testing for malfunction, and review of security and integrity of the terminal.

· Software Testing – audit of software on wagering terminals.

Deliverable is a report of the findings

GTECH Intelligen System Overview The GTECH Intelligen System is used to configure, manage and control slots. The system is comprised of five main components:

Enterprise Series Connect - The Enterprise Series Connect (ESC) server is the front end processor which all terminal transactions must pass through before accessing any components in the systems.

Enterprise Series Transaction Engine The Enterprise Series Transaction Engine (ESTE) is a collection of products that provides the ability to manage the system. The ESTE processes and logs all transactions and provides backup to secondary and spare systems through N-plexing. The ESTE also handles encryption / decryption functions, commands and system failover recoveries.

Dynamic Game Management - The Dynamic Game Management (DGM) component handles the configuring of slots and GUI functionality.

Multi-Terminal Site Controllers Multi-Terminal Site Controllers (MTSC) are intermediary servers which control, monitor, log and report security and accounting data from all connected slots to the ESTE.

Graphical User Interface The Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides operators and end users the ability to create users, configure the system, control

Testing is to be performed on a simplex Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) system that was configured to mimic the live production environment. The test system is comprised of the Enterprise Series Transaction Engine (ESTE), Dynamic Game Management (DGM) and a Multi Terminal Site Controller (MTSC). During the course of testing, live slot machines will be connected to the MTSC, one of which was a progressive slot, representing a sample of the slots that would be connected in the live environment.

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