Section 12103.5 Of Chapter 3. Acquisition Of Information Technology Goods And Services From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
12103.5
. For those information technology purchases for which the
Department of General Services or the Department of Technology
determines that a request for proposal (RFP) is appropriate, the
controlling department, as specified under Section 12100, shall
identify and document the following, with respect to information
technology procurements, prior to releasing the RFP:
(a) Identify the legislative mandate, state business, or
operational reason for the information technology procurement.
(b) Identify the existing business processes currently used to
accomplish the legislative mandate, state business, or operational
reason.
(c) Identify the most important priorities for the information
technology project to accomplish.
(d) Identify what current technology is being used and how it is
being used.
(e) If the data used in a proposed information technology system
comes from multiple sources, identify the existing business processes
or technical systems that produce and maintain the source data to
ensure interoperability.
(f) Identify how the new information technology project leverages
existing technology investments while accomplishing its business
objectives.