Redesign of LASSO, Online Platform

Agency:	Iowa State University
Level of Government:	State & Local
Category:	76 - Books, Maps, and Other Publications
Opps ID:	NBD18079372873629109
Posted Date:	Dec 20, 2022
Due Date:
Solicitation No:	Request for Quote RFQ-1000677

Bid Information

Type	Request for Proposal (Public)
Status	Awarded
Number	Request for Quote RFQ-1000677 (Redesign of LASSO, Online Platform)
Issue Date & Time	12/1/2022 01:01:00 PM (CT)
Close Date & Time	12/15/2022 01:00:00 PM (CT)
Duration	13 days 23 hours 58 minutes 59 seconds
Notes	Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) is soliciting information from qualified contractors to provide the goods and/or services described herein. Contractors should read all materials carefully and note the due date. Contractors must submit all questions in the "Questions" tab related to this bid opportunity. Bid responses will ONLY be accepted online via ISUBid. Please allow adequate time to review and submit your response prior to the deadline.

Contact Information

Name	Jake Miller
Address	1340 Administrative Services Building 2221 Wanda Daley Drive Ames, IA 50011 USA
Phone	515 294-4701
Fax
Email	millerja@iastate.edu

Bid Documents

Document name	Format
Bid Invitation	Acrobat / PDF
Public Question & Answer	Acrobat / PDF

Bid Attachments

File Name	Description	File Size
ISU Instructions.pdf	Review the instructions for important information. REVISED APRIL 2022	174 KB
ISU General Terms & Conditions.pdf	Review the general terms and conditions carefully and any exceptions should be listed in the "Attributes" section. REVISED APRIL 2022	232 KB
ISU Federal Grant Terms.pdf	Review the federal grant terms carefully.	441 KB
Insurance Language - Professional Services & Software Dev (Off Campus) 09-2021.pdf	Insurance Requirements - Professional Services & Software Dev (Off Campus) 09-2021	131 KB
ISU Software Vendor Security Questions.docx	ISU Software Vendor Security Questions - The form must be completed and submitted with response to RFP.	16 KB
LASSO v2.0 workflow.docx	LASSO v2.0 workflow	361 KB
FMCE.pdf	Example static assessment	45 KB

Bid Questions

Question	What is the expected start date for work on the project?
Answer	Ideally work will start on or before January 9th, but this will be dependent on any contract negotiations that take place.
Submitted	12/9/2022 01:15:31 PM (CT)

Question	•Does ISU require the LASSO site/portal to be a stand alone site/portal? •Do you have a domain name for the LASSO portal to be hosted? If not, would you purchase it? • We understand the ISU requires to recreate an existing system with additional capabilities Is - so, does that mean ISU is seeking a vendor to recreate a new learning site from ground up, please correct our understanding? •Do you need all the 65 assessments to be migrated to a newly developed web application? •Do you need logins for all the instructors, students and other users as well? •Do you need Single Sign On? •Do you have any preference on technology platform? If so, what would it be? • Can we propose open-source CMS such as - Drupal, etc.,?• Is there any preference for an off-the-shelf/COTS solution or looking for a custom developed application? • When do you want the newly developed web application to be launched (go live)? • Where does the work need to be performed Onsite/offsite or outside of the US?
Answer	- The vision is stand alone, but we're open to other solutions. - We will be purchasing a domain - We want to re-platform LASSO from the ground up. - We want all the old assessments migrated over. - We're hoping to retain our existing accounts, but this is currently under negotiation with CU Boulder. - We do not need single sign on. - We're open to different technological platform solutions - We're open to drupal and other CMS options. - If there is an off the shelf solution, that's great. - By the end of the Spring semester (5/1/23) - We have no preference for where the work is performed.
Submitted	12/8/2022 11:27:33 AM (CT)

Question	Can the due date for proposals be extended by 1 week?
Answer	It cannot.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:40:25 AM (CT)

Question	What is driving your team to seek a new agency partner to provide these services at this time?
Answer	The coder that created LASSO has left for another position, so we need a new partner to do the coding work. It was also a good time to bring the system over to ISU and re-platform it.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:40:16 AM (CT)

Question	What pain points exist with the current system?
Answer	There are features that don't work and it is difficult to bring someone in to fix them or add new features. This is in part because we're not at CU Boulder where the code lives and also because the code was created piece meal over time by an individual. We want to modernize the system.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:40:04 AM (CT)

Question	Can you describe the source and the file type of the content?
Answer	The assessments and student responses will all be saved in a database.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:39:55 AM (CT)

Question	Is the University expecting to own the total solution? If so, would a perpetual licensing option be acceptable to the University?
Answer	Iowa State University intends to own the resulting solution. Section 28 of the General Terms and Conditions attached to the RFP further describes this.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:39:45 AM (CT)

Question	Can you describe in more detail your expectation for “analysis reports?”
Answer	We'll create reports, but we'll need them implemented. We'll likely create the reports using a shiny app. Ultimately, we'll need LASSO to take a set of data, run the shiny app, and generate a PDF for the user.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:39:35 AM (CT)

Question	Can you please describe your support needs? How is support currently structured? Is it working well? Can you share the average number of weekly or monthly support requests?
Answer	We currently have very little ongoing support. If things break, we'll need them fixed. We'll also have additional features that we need added over time.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:39:22 AM (CT)

Question	Can the new solution be hosted on a public cloud provider instead of on-premises to take advantage of unique cloud capabilities in the areas of availability, resiliency, scalability, and security?
Answer	It could be, however this option was beyond our budget based on previous RFP.
Submitted	12/8/2022 09:39:12 AM (CT)

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