1. State of Oklahoma Information Services Division Contracts and Purchasing Unit 1

2. Helpful weblinks: http://osf.ok.gov http://osf.ok.gov http://cio.ok.gov http://www.ok.gov/cio/Procurement/ http://www.ok.gov/cio/documents/Bid_Process.pdf https://wiki.ok.gov/display/itprocurement/Home http://www.ok.gov/cio/Procurement/Solicitations/ https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/ Watching+a+Page+or+Blog+Post 2

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9. Oklahoma Information Services Division Bid Process State identifies need. State defines need. Technical experts provide specification Procurement staff prepares request for proposal (R.F.P.) State develops R.F.P. R.F.P. approval process: approval of documentation, scoring tools, etc. Bid is released to vendors Question and answer period Possible pre-bid meetings Bid closes. State evaluation of bid. Bids reviewed for responsiveness Vendor demos, if necessary Vendor negotiations Clarification of vendor responses Technical evaluation and scoring of bid responses Award of bid. Documents available for open records requests. 9

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17. If you have additional questions that have not been answered here, please e-mail them to: purchasing@osf.ok.govpurchasing@osf.ok.gov 17