[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

George,

I agree. Open Source DOES mean rethinking the RFP process. And, one way to
rethink it is to do an RFP for *services*.  Some of the services I might
seek via RFP are:


   - getting help setting up a test environment
   - migration, support and/or hosting services
   - assessing the suitability of products against a set of criteria, or
   - helping develop the criteria  to be used for evaluation

Not sure what you mean by wide-scale testing or if that is the ONLY way to
"rethink the RFP" process.  But, definitely a rethink is needed.  To
paraphrase something someone else said (which I could remember who)... if
you use the same old procurement method, you'll keep getting the same old
thing.

Lori Ayre

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM, George Tuttle <gtuttle at prlib.org> wrote:

>  Open Source means rethinking the RFP process. What wide-scale testing
> have you done so far?
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> George Tuttle
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> Computer Services Librarian
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> Piedmont Regional Library System
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> *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Kathleen
> O'Connor
> *Sent:* Friday, May 14, 2010 11:40 AM
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> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development
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> Our director has been toying with this idea for quite some time. I was just
> trying to get a heads up on it when he finally decided to pull the plug on
> voyager
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> Whatever you can share would be appreciated
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> Kathleen E. O'Connor
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> Systems Librarian
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> Falvey Memorial Library
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> Villanova University
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> Villanova,  Pa. 19085
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> kathleen.oconnor at villanova.edu
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> *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Lori
> Bowen Ayre
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:13 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development
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> Hi Kathy,
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> Are you planning to do development or are you looking for an RFP for
> services such as migrating and implementation?  The KCLS software specs were
> for writing a LOT of new code and I'm thinking that's not really what you
> had in mind so wanted to clarify.  I do have an RFP sample for support I
> could share.  And another very simple one for implementation and training.
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> Lori Ayre
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> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I’m working with the three Massachusetts consortia that are planning to
> move to Evergreen in 2011. We are in the latter phases of identifying our
> development needs for Evergreen with the plan of issuing an RFP for system
> development in early summer.
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> I was wondering if anyone in the Evergreen community has an RFP they have
> used for system development in Evergreen or another open-source product that
> you would be willing to share with us. I do have a copy of King County’s RFP
> for system support as well as the specs they posted to the
> http://oss4pl.org/ site.
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> Thanks in advance for your help!
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> Kathy Lussier
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> Kathy Lussier
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