In order to improve the time required to enter into a contract for certain IT services, DII has pre-qualified a number of vendors in a number of specific categories. Several vendors qualified to provide services in more than one category. 

The intent of pre-qualifying vendors is to enable departments and agencies to more quickly accomplish work based on specific Statements of Work developed for a specific project. They are not intended for use with large projects which would otherwise require a more formal Request for Proposal process. Therefore, there are specific dollar limits for these types of contracts (noted in each of the specific types of contract descriptions). Contract limits may be waived at the discretion of the Chief Information Officer.

You can find a Sample Statement of Work outline that can be used for purposes of contracting with a pre-qualified vendor here.

You can find a copy of the General Guidelines that is included as Attachment A in all of the Master Contracts with these vendors here. The purpose of that document is to explain the relationship of the Statements of Work to the master contract, and departments should hold vendors accountable to meeting the General Requirements. DII will maintain some oversight over this process under our obligations to manage the master contracts, but the projects performed under these contracts are the responsibility of the agency or department that executes them.

The types of contracts may increase over time. Departments and agencies should contact Darwin Thompson at darwin.thompson@state.vt.us if there is a specific category that is not covered below that might be eligible for the pre-qualification process.

The current categories of pre-qualified vendors are:

Citrix Design, Implementation and Support

Content and Digital Management

Geographic Information Services

Hardware/Software/Application Security

Independent Review

IT Management Consulting

Sharepoint Application Development

Server Installation and Maintenance

Software Development

Strategic Planning Assistance

Wireless Installation and Maintenance

Video Conferencing Services