Asset Management System

The Vendor is required to provide asset management system solution that will store data for a fiber optic plant using a mapping interface, has tools that allow the user to model outage locations, shows connectivity between strands over complex paths, and has a robust interface with ArcGIS software.
- Software licensing and subscription
•    Provide for county a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) solution, or other XaaS type solution such as a platform as a solution (“PaaS”) that is a cloud based and hosted software program, developed, owned, and operated by contractor (“system,” “software,” or “solution”) that complies with all federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations to provide an access management system for telecom. 
•    County’s preference is to implement a fully hosted solution but may consider other types of solutions. 
•    Offerors are asked to describe in their RFP response all related licensing or subscription Information County will be asked to consider prior to utilizing the services.
- Software functional descriptions and technical specifications
•    A complete and comprehensive list and description of all software features and functionality currently offered that may be considered by county for inclusion in an agreement with the selected offeror, whether they are included as a standard part of the base software subscription or offered optionally for free or optionally for purchase for an additional fee.
•    Additional and optional tools, features, and functionality that are included by offeror as part of the base software subscription pricing, which may not already be described in the software functionality matrix and include the pricing in their cost proposal.
•    Additional and optional tools, features, and functionality offered that are not included by offeror as part of the base software subscription pricing but may be purchased and included in an agreement upon county request, and include pricing in their cost proposal.
- Project management
•    Provide experienced, competent, and knowledgeable staff to provide project management services for the successful implementation of the software, which may include, but may not be limited to project planning in coordination with the county’s project manager; project monitoring, control, and reporting; project development and execution of tasks; scope management; risk management; and project scheduling
•    Designate in writing a primary contact (the “project manager”) to represent each party to serve as a primary point of contact, to manage the overall implementation, and help coordinate personnel during the design, development, installation, training, and maintenance of the system
•    Provide experienced, competent, and knowledgeable staff to successfully complete the implementation and any mutually agreeable project implementation management plan and project plan.
•    County acknowledges that contractor assigned personnel may leave the project for reasons outside contractor's control, such as resignation, medical leave, or similar absences.
•    Provide the continuity of contractor employees will result in contractor's sole responsibility for any delay and cost for such failure and may result in breach of an agreement.