Texas DIR DBITs Contract

DIR Logo DELIVERABLES BASED IT SERVICES CONTRACT

The Texas Department of Information Resources (Texas DIR) offers Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS) to Texas governmental and public educational entities through DIR's Go DIRect Program.

DTS has qualified as a DBITS program preferred vendor. (Contract DIR-SDD-898 )

DTS is offering services under the Application Development section

Application Development means the development of new application which may be mainframe, server, network-based, web-based or a combination. The requirements for new applications may require interfaces to existing applications. Examples of included services:

  • Researching, analyzing and gathering requirements
  • Designing, programming and testing
  • Documenting and implementing
  • Applying changes to the software language and/or database in which the application is written
  • Proving corrections for production or any changes needed
  • Participation in Disaster Recovery planning and documentation

How to Order

The customer must complete a Statement of Work (SOW) which must be in the form contained in Appendix C.

Appendix C, Statement of Work (SOW) - PDF (56 KB)
  • Use the Statement of Work template and include the minimum suggested items such as:
    • + Scope of Work
    + Project Risks, Assumptions & Constraints
    + Roles & Responsibilities
    + Detailed description of Deliverables
    + Acceptance criteria, including testing or period of review
    + Project completion criteria
    + Project schedules to be achieved by vendor
    + Relevant quality processes
  • The customer should send the Statement of Work to at least three (3) vendors that offer the Technology Category requested.
  • The customer should negotiate pricing of deliverables directly with vendor.
  • The customer and vendor(s) may work together to improve the SOW.
  • The customer may negotiate the terms and conditions of a SOW to suit their business needs, so long as the SOW terms and conditions do not conflict with or weaken the terms of the contract.
  • The vendor may only provide services in awarded Technology Categories.
  • In order to be awarded a Purchase Order hereunder, the vendor must respond, in writing, to a SOW for services as issued by customers, consistent with the Terms and Conditions of the contract.
  • The vendor may begin work ONLY after receiving:
    • + a SOW signed by authorized representatives of both the customer and the vendor + AND the Purchase Order
  • The value of any one SOW may not exceed $10 million including all extensions, renewals and change orders.