[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

The key players are Equinox, PTFS/Liblime, and ByWater Solutions for
migration, support, hosting and development.  As others have mentioned,
AlphaG is also in there for development but I'm not sure if they are doing
any migration or hosting or contracting for ongoing support.  Maybe someone
else knows the answer.

Good discussion!

Lori

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:19 PM, George Tuttle <gtuttle at prlib.org> wrote:

>  Hi Lori,
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> By wide-scale, I mean “to your heart’s content.”   Open source puts more
> pressure on you to understand the software and your workflow in advance.
> Testing helps, but you need an effective testing model. An RFP for that
> service could be the answer. Thanks. Good thought.
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> BTW, besides Equinox, is there anyone else providing these services?
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> George
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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:* Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:05 PM
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> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development
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> George,
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> 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:
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>    - 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
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>  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.
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> Lori Ayre
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> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM, George Tuttle <gtuttle at prlib.org> wrote:
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> 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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