The California Department of Technology (CDT) is looking to establish contracts with as many as six vendors that would provide cloud assessment and implementation services for entities interested in moving systems into the state's private cloud, according to state records.
In a Jan. 15 correspondence, CDT said it will soon release a bid solicitation for Cloud Assessment, Planning, and Implementation Services. The state is seeking comment on a draft version of the bid available here.
The assessments will be limited to migrations into the state's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering at CalCloud.
"Assessments will focus on the customer’s IT portfolio (technical infrastructure including, systems, applications, functionality, tools and utilities). Implementation services may only be used to migrate systems to CalCloud IaaS services at CDT. This contract will not provide implementation assistance to Vendor Hosted Subscription Services (VHSS), other hosting providers, or other CDT application hosting services as these IT services are out of scope for IFB," the draft bid says.
When finalized, California anticipates these cloud assessment contracts will extend into 2019.
The Department of Technology in 2014 introduced a "cloud first" policy requiring state agencies and departments to to use cloud technology for IT systems when feasible and particularly the state's private cloud operated at the Office of Technology Services.
In February 2015, the state unveiled new documentation enabling state agencies and departments to purchase cloud migration and assessment services from qualified contractors. The updated statement-of-work template added to the department’s existing Master Services Agreement for IT consulting services, which became effective in March 2014. More than 150 contractors are currently qualified under the MSA.
