Request for Proposal (RFP) for Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)

The State of Missouri Office of Administration, Division of Purchasing is requesting proposals for Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services for the MOVERS (Missouri Vital Enterprise Resource System) Oracle Cloud ERP implementation, with proposals due August 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time through MissouriBUYS (Solicitation STATE 0000000496SL). The contract runs from the effective date through June 30, 2028, with two optional one-year renewal periods at the state's discretion.

The IV&V contractor must maintain strict independence from the implementation contractor (Accenture), software provider (Mythics), project management vendor (BerryDunn), and secondary IV&V vendor (Guidehouse), and is prohibited from bidding if currently providing ERP implementation or project management services. The contractor operates under dual-reporting governance: functional reporting to the MOVERS Oversight Committee and administrative reporting to the MOVERS Program Executive.

Key personnel are a full-time Project Manager with minimum 12 years IT project management experience and 7 years IV&V leadership with PMP or equivalent certification; two full-time Senior Business and System Analysts (one for Finance, one for HCM/Payroll) each with minimum 7 years complex ERP project experience; and a full-time Technical System Architect with minimum 15 years IT experience including 10 years in lead architect roles. All personnel must be based on-site in Jefferson City, Missouri during core business hours, with remote work only by prior written approval. The contractor must pass nationwide fingerprint-based background checks and complete Office of Cyber Security training.

The contractor must meet minimum business qualifications: 10 years in business with 7 years of public sector IV&V services experience and at least three completed public sector IV&V projects on complex ERP systems within the last seven years for entities with annual budgets of at least $4 billion and 10,000 full-time equivalent employees.

Deliverables include Initial Risk Triage Report, IV&V Project Work Plan, Release Entrance Readiness Assessments, Go/No-Go Assessments, User Acceptance Testing validation, Data Migration Validation Reports, Security and Compliance Assessments, and weekly and monthly status reports. Liquidated damages of $25,000 per occurrence apply for unauthorized removal of key personnel and $1,000 per business day for failure to replace key personnel within 15 calendar days. Pricing is firm and fixed on an hourly-rate basis per Exhibit B. Vendors must achieve "Approved" and "Spend Authorized" registration status in MissouriBUYS to be considered. The RFP prohibits use of Generative AI or Machine Learning on state data without prior written authorization and requires full disclosure of any AI utilization before implementation.