Attachment 6 Hosted System Questionnaire.pdf

PDF 180 KB Posted

Attached to
Contact Survey Pilot
Solicitation number
00002671
Issued by
Oregon

About this file

Summary: Hosted System Questionnaire

This is a Hosted System Questionnaire document issued by the City of Portland's Bureau of Technology Services for evaluating vendor-hosted software solutions. The questionnaire is designed to assess contractor products and services across three primary categories: endpoint requirements, system security requirements, and product/environment requirements. Contractors are required to provide detailed information about their hosted systems, including product specifications, supported environments, browser compatibility, and technical infrastructure. The document establishes baseline expectations for system functionality, such as whether client software installation is necessary, administrative access requirements, and technology dependencies including ActiveX controls, .NET frameworks, or Java implementations. Additionally, contractors must document their support model, service outage management procedures, and failover capabilities to secondary sites.

The questionnaire places significant emphasis on security and data protection standards. Contractors must confirm compliance with secured communication protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3), authentication mechanisms through Single Sign-On with Entra ID, and Multi-Factor Authentication details. The document requires disclosure of data types stored, including whether systems handle protected information such as Payment Card Industry data, Protected Health Information, Criminal Justice Information, or other sensitive data subject to Oregon Identity Theft Protection Act requirements. Contractors must identify their data center certifications, confirm that City data remains within United States borders, verify City data ownership and protection from contractor reuse or resale, and explain data comingling practices. Additional requirements include documentation of software origin, licensing and versioning processes, patch and update procedures, backup and disaster recovery responsibilities, planned customizations or integrations, and detailed vendor support models.

View the file

Other files

Show all 13

On GovTribe

Work with this file

  • Download the original file
  • Contacts named in this file
  • Similar government files
  • Ask GovTribe AI about this file

Text version

City of Portland - City Operations - Bureau of Technology Services

Hosted System Questionnaire Date:

Contractor name:

Product web site:

Product name and version:

Primary Contractor contact person and information:

Product Description:

End Point Requirements

1. List or include a link to a list of all environments the System is certified and supported in.

2. Does the System require client software to be installed locally? ☐ Yes ☐ No

3. Except for initial installation, does the System require elevated or administrative access/permissions to function? ☐ Yes ☐ No (If No, please explain.)

4. List all browsers the System runs in. Include details about what cookies, pop-ups, or other extras are needed for the System to function in those browsers.

5. Does the System require technology such as ActiveX controls, .NET framework or other similar technologies? ☒ No ☐ Yes (If Yes, please explain)

6. Does the System require Java (not javascript)? ☐ No ☐ Yes (version _____________)

a. Can OpenJDK be used instead?

System Security Requirements

1. Are login and sign-up portions of a hosted, web-based System running over a secured communications channel?

a. TLS 1.2 ☐ Yes ☐ No

b. TLS 1.3 ☐ Yes ☐ No

c. TLS Certs managed by: ☐ Contractor ☐ City

Bureau of Technology Services Page 2 V3.0 – 8/1/2024 Vendor Hosted Solution Questionnaire

2. Are end users authenticated through SSO with Entra ID? ☐ Yes ☐ No (If No, please explain, including MFA details and authentication requirements.)

3. What type of data does the system store?

4. Will the System utilize or store any of the following protected data types?

(check all that apply, follow links for more information) ☐ Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS) ☐ NACHA ACH Rules (NACHA Enforcement Rules) ☐ Criminal Justice Information (CJI) ☐ Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) ☐ Protected Health Information (HIPAA) ☐ Utility account data ("Red Flag" Rules) ☐ IRS Publication 1075 (Publication 1075) ☐ Data in combinations that are covered by the Oregon Identity Theft Protection Act.

See also Oregon Law regarding breach or compromise of information subject to the Act.

☐ Other sensitive data for which there are no established data handling policies or best practices. (Please explain)

5. Does the data center that hosts the System and data meet the following minimum security certifications? (check all that apply and attach certification reports) ☐ FedRAMP ☐ SOC2 Type 2 ☐ Other – Please list:

☐ N/A - Please explain:

6. Is City data stored within United States borders. ☐ Yes ☐ No (If No, please explain.)

7. Will the City retain ownership of its data? ☐ Yes ☐ No (If No, please explain.)

8. What access will the Contractor have to the City’s data?

9. Will the Contractor assuming or seeking any right to use or to resell the City’s data or metadata? ☐ No ☐ Yes (If Yes, please explain)

10. Is the City’s data comingled with other customer data in a common database?

https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI%20SSC%20Quick%20Reference%20Guide.pdf https://www.nacha.org/content/rules-enforcement https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center http://www.sox-online.com/sarbanes-oxley-act-the-basics/ https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/fighting-identity-theft-red-flags-rule-how-guide-business https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1075.pdf http://dfr.oregon.gov/business/Documents/4117.pdf https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/646A.604

Bureau of Technology Services Page 3 V3.0 – 8/1/2024 Vendor Hosted Solution Questionnaire

☐ No ☐ Yes (If Yes, please explain)

Product and Environment Requirements

1. What is the country of origin for this software?

2. Describe how the product is licensed and new versions received?

3. How does the product receive patches and updates? (include notification process, frequency, and customer controls)

4. What is the Contractor’s response plan for addressing known major software bugs?

5. Data backup responsibility belongs to: ☐ City ☐ Contractor (If Contractor, provide details, including how data recovery is handled)

6. Are customizations or integrations planned? ☐ No ☐ Yes (If Yes, please provide details)

7. How are service outages and return to service managed and communicated?

8. Does the hosted System automatically fail over to a secondary site if the primary site has a failure? ☐ No ☐ Yes (If Yes, please provide details)

9. Describe the Vendor Support Model:

End Point Requirements
System Security Requirements
Product and Environment Requirements

File details come from the government source that posted it. Updated .