Mandatory pre-bid meeting 01/21/2010.
The Office is distributing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to, and requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services for the Department replacement of the System. The IV&V services are verification and validation activities performed by a vendor that is not under the control of the organization that is developing the new automated system. These services will be for one 12-month base year period followed by four consecutive 12-month option year periods for a total period of performance if all option periods are exercised of 60 months. The selected Contractor will, at a minimum, perform one initial IV&V review at the contracts commencement, and conduct subsequent IV&V reviews at six-month intervals thereafter.