Fillable Printable Statement of Work Template - New York
Fillable Printable Statement of Work Template - New York
                        Statement of Work Template - New York

NYSEDDATADASHBOARDSOLUTIONSRFP
Attachment6.8StatementofWorkTemplate
THIS IS STATEMENT OF WORK dated [Date] (the “SOW”) to the Contract dated [Date] (the 
“Agreement”) between NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (“NYSED”), whose 
principal place of business is [address], and Vendor, whose principal place of business is 
at[address].   This SOW describes the scope of the NYSED’s implementation of the (Vendor 
Name) (Solution Name). The purpose of the SOW is to provide an overall structure and 
schedule for delivery of the system as it relates to implementation, training, maintenance and all 
other services required to provide the solution.   
1.ProjectTitle:
Education Data Portal (“EDP”) Data Dashboard Solutions 
2.ResponsibleProjectOwner:
NYSED Project Owner:  
Vendor Project Owner:  
3.ProductRequirements:
All functionality as outlined in the RFP Attachment 6.2 – Detailed Requirements, as completed 
by the vendor, will be expected to be part of the solution provided.  
4.ProjectTimelineandDeliverablesOverview:
Major project milestones and deliverables are indicated in the table below. Please provide 
estimated dates based on the assumed contract signing date provided: 
Party Milestone  Date  Deliverable 
Vendor 1. Contract 
Signing (Year 1) 
October 2012   
Vendor  2. Revised work 
plan approved 
(Year 1) 
 Project Plan 
Staffing Plan 
Vendor  3. Specification for 
launch 
functionality 
signed off (Year 1) 
  Updated Detailed Requirements 
Design Specification 
Vendor 4. LEA selection 
demo available 
(Year 1) 
  Validated Pre-Production System 
Test plans 
Test Case Descriptions 
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User Accept
ance Test Scripts 
Code Base Audit 
Statewide Product Demonstration 
Regional Product Demonstration 
Vendor  5. UAT signed off 
and product 
launched (Year 1) 
 Usability Tests 
Usability Test Results and Implementation Plan 
Planning Sessions 
Product Training 
End-user Training Manual 
System Training Manual 
End-user System Documentation 
Technical System Documentation 
Hosting Services 
Site and System Security Plan 
Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan 
Vendor 6. Post Launch 
(Year 2 and 
beyond) 
 On-site Support 
Warranties Maintenance and Support Services 
Technical Support 
Documentation Updates 
Year 2 LEA Dashboard Selections 
In the event of any inconsistency between the above and deliverables and delivery dates set out 
elsewhere in this SOW, then such other deliverables and delivery dates will govern. 
5.PaymentSchedule
All deliverable invoicing will be consistent with the Deliverable Acceptance policy found in 
Section 4.13.2 of the RFP.  Invoicing for the Implementation Cost component (A) will be by 
milestone as follows: 
Milestone Payment Amount 
1. Revised work plan 
approved 
10% 
2. Specification for launch 
functionality signed off 
20% 
3. LEA selection demo 
available 
20% 
4. UAT signed off and 
product launched 
35% 
5. 90 days after launch  15% 
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Invoicing for
 Annual Cost component (B) will begin after launch and be annual as follows: 
Payment Date  Payment Amount 
1
st
 payment  Nov 1  25% of Annual Fee 
2
nd
 payment  Feb 1  25% of Annual Fee 
3
rd
 payment  May 1  25% of Annual Fee 
4
th
 payment  August 1  25% of Annual Fee 
The Annual Cost will cover the period from August 1 through July 30, prorated as necessary, 
and be calculated as follows: 
Annual Cost = Adjusted Unit Price multiplied by the sum of the Active Student Enrollment on the 
most recent available BEDS day for all locations that have selected the proposed solution. 
Daily prorating will occur when: 
1)  the SLA explicitly provides (e.g., service outage, etc.);  
2)  service is not provided for the whole year (e.g., late launch or contract termination); OR  
3) locations switch providers, with NYSED approval, at times other than the annual 
selection period. 
The initial contracts will be based on an equal 33 1/3 % split across LEA’s will be adjusted 
following each round of LEA demo and selection.   
6.DetailedTasks
For the task requirements listed below (1-27) please decompose each major task into 
anticipated sub-tasks or work elements.  
ProjectInitiation,PlanningandManagement
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
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ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
1.  The Vendor shall refine and deliver its proposed project 
plans consistent with agreements made during contract 
negotiation.  The plan should add ress:   
Work Brea kdown Structure (WBS) 
Project Schedule 
Quality Management  
Risk Management  
Change Management  
Acceptan ce Manageme nt  
Issue Mana gement and Escalation  
Communication  
Implementation/Tra nsitio n (including migration plans) 
Training  
2.  The Vendor shall amend as needed its proposed staffing 
plan (Attachment 6.6) that identifies individual resources 
assigned to each of the pro ject activities. 
DetailedRequirementsDefinition
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
3.  The Vendor shall update the detailed requirements.   
DesignSpecification
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
4.  The Vendor shall translate the detailed requirements into a 
design specification including technical architecture 
specification, user Interface (e.g., “wire frames”) and 
functional specifications, and data interf ace specifications. 
SystemConstruction
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
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ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
5.  The Vendor shall deliver a validated system in the Pre-
Production environm ent.  This shall incl ude: 
  ingestion of NYSED/LEA data from the SLI 
  interface with the SLI API 
  Integration to the SLI and NYSED Identity 
Management System (including State and NYC 
federation), RBAC System, and application 
licensing sy stem  
IntegrationandTesting
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
6.  The Vendor shall document test plans defining:  
the overall strategy for validating the functionality of the 
system 
the approach to ensure test coverage of each 
requirement 
the individual test cases that will be performed to execute 
the testing strategy 
the environments in which the tests will be conducted 
7.  The test plans shall incl ude:   
testing objectives 
scope of testing (both  what is in and what is out of scope) 
responsibilities (who will be performing the test) 
testing appro ach 
testing seque nce 
defect reporting and criteria 
8.  The test case descriptions shall be traced to requirements 
and include:  
test data needed to execute the tests 
precondition s required prior to the start of test  
criteria for suspending and resuming testing  
expected test results 
9.  The Vendor shall design and create User Acceptance Test 
(UAT) scripts for NYSED approval or modification.  Upon 
NYSED request, additional specific UAT scripts will be 
created. 
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ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
10
.
The Vendor will subcontract with an industry-recognized 
security firm (agreeable to NYSED) for a security audit of 
the code base consistent with the requirements of the New 
York State Office of Cyber Security applicable to State 
agency information technology projects, with any material 
findings and recommendations corrected at no additional 
cost.  The Vendor's security measures are subject to 
review and approval by NYSED, both through an informal 
audit of policies and procedures and/or through inspection 
of security methods used within the researchers’ 
infrastructure, storage, and other phy sical security. 
UsabilityAnalysis
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
11.  The Vendor shall develop and deploy usability tests.   
12.  The Vendor shall conduct an analysis of the usability test 
results and provide an implementation plan for incorporating 
the results into the system.  
Documentation
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
13.  The Vendor shall develop end-user system documentation 
using a NYSED-owned wiki tool.   End-user roles will include 
educators, parents a nd students. 
14.  The Vendor shall develop technical system documentation 
using a NYSE D-owned wiki tool. 
15. The Vendor shall deliver updates to the end-user and 
technical system documentation described above for the 
Demo release, the full production release and any 
subsequent relea ses offered by the Vendor. 
ApplicationWarrantyServices
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ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
16.  The Vendor shall provide staff support on-site for 60 days.   
17. The vendor shall comply with the terms described in 
Attachment 6.4 Maintenance an d Support Services. 
ApplicationMaintenanceandTechnicalSupportServices
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
18.   The vendor shall comply with the terms described in Attachment 
6.4 Maintenance and Support Services. 
TrainingandDocumentation
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
19.   The Vendor shall attend pl anning sessions with NYSED and the 
Content Management and  System Services vendor to plan for 
the development of (a) end -user documentation, (b) help desk 
materials and  strategy, and (c) training/professional 
development materials and strategy.  Sessions will be held as 
follows: 
•  Initial session – to be held in Albany, duration up to five (5) 
days 
•  Follow-on session s – three additional one (1) day sessi ons 
in Albany, approximately every six months through e nd of 
Year 2 (12 days total) 
•  NYSED will provide meeting space 
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ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
20.   The Vend or shall provide product traini ng to the Content 
Management and System Services vendor for  (a) data 
dashboard function ality, (b) end-user documentation, and (c) 
help desk materials a nd strategy and training/professional 
develop materials and strategy (the Data  Dashboard vendors 
will provide electronic copies of all materials to the Content 
Management and System Services vendor):   
•  Initial session – to be held in Albany, duration up to five 
(5) days 
•  Follow-on sessi ons – three addition al one (1) day 
session s to be held in Albany, approximately every six 
months through end of Year 2 (4 days total) 
•  Training sessions will acco mmodate up to 30 people per 
session 
•  NYSED will provide training facilities (room, PCs, 
Internet connectivity, projector, etc.) 
21.   The Vendor shall develop and deploy using a NYSED-owned 
wiki tool an end-user training manual. 
22.   The Vendor shall develop and deploy using a NYSED owned 
wiki tool technical system training manual. 
Hosting
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
23.   The vendor shall comply with the terms described in Attachment 
6.3 Hosting Services. 
24.   The vendor shall provide a site and sy stem security plan.   
25.   The vendor shall provide a backup and disaster re covery plan.   
ProductDemonstrations
ID  Requirement  Sub-Tasks/Work Eleme nts 
26.  The Vendor shall provide a Statewide product demonstration (via 
webinar). 
27.  The Vendor shall provide at least twelve (12) regional live product 
demonstrations. 
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7.Assumptions
Please state any applicable assumptions. 
            
    
