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California Releases Solicitation for Agile Pool Qualification

California on Monday afternoon released the final version of a solicitation that will guide the selection process for expanding a pool of vendors pre-qualified to provide state agencies and departments with "user-centric" design and agile software development services.

California on Monday afternoon released the final version of a solicitation that will guide the selection process for expanding a pool of vendors pre-qualified to provide state agencies and departments with "user-centric" design and agile software development services.

The "agile pool" will grow from 11 companies to as many as 30; they all will be eligible to bid on future Request for Offers (RFOs). As part of the process, ownership of the pool is moving from the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) to the California Department of Technology in order to allow a broader range of state agencies and departments to use the qualified developers' services.

As in the process formed the initial pool of vendors, companies have about one month to submit a functional prototype as part of the selection process. The state will be looking for vendors to demonstrate usage of open source technologies.

Here are key action dates (subject to change) in the RFI:

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Vendors chosen for the refreshed and expanded pool will have to complete the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) qualification process within 90 days, if they don't have CMAS already. Interested parties should also piggyback off the General Services Administration's Schedule 70 documentation.

The RFI and other supporting documents are accessible through the state's procurement website, Cal eProcure, under Request for Interest # CDT-ADPQ-0117.

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Matt Williams was Managing Editor of Techwire from June 2014 through May 2017.