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Vendors must have an active, approved master contract under the SITE program and be approved in the

category or categories listed in the RFO document in order to respond to and RFO. Vendor is responsible for

reading all addenda associated with the RFO.

IT Professional Technical Services

SITE Program

T#:14ATM Request for Offers (RFO) For Technology Services Issued By

Office of MN.IT Services (“MN.IT”) @ Department of Employment and Economic Development (“DEED”)

Project Title: Enterprise/Solutions Architecture for UI System Modernization

Category: Architecture

Business Need

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) System and Program of the Minnesota Department of Employment and

Economic Development (DEED) are widely recognized nationally as leaders in the management and processing

of UI applicant benefits and employer taxes. The UI Program launched a Java/J2EE web application utilizing a

DB2 database approximately ten years ago. The application is still functioning well and the business design

decisions that were made during its development have proven themselves to be sound and instrumental in

achieving the current level of performance. However, maintenance and enhancement work that has been

performed over the last ten years have exposed opportunities to re-architect some functionality to bring it in

line with contemporary approaches, reduce complexity where possible and to find opportunities to align similar

functionality that was executed separately under single domains. To address these concerns, and to ensure the

continued viability of the UI System well into the future, the UI Program seeks the development of a detailed,

strategic plan that would guide the incremental re-architecting of its current system. The UI Program

understands that the analysis needed to develop this plan is extensive and the full implementation of this plan

would likely take a number of years and may require an iterative approach.

In a joint effort, the UI Program and Minnesota IT Services @ DEED (MNIT@ DEED) are establishing a UI System

Modernization Project for the Unemployment Insurance System/Application that will organize, develop and

implement strategic and tactical efforts that deliver maximum business value to the UI Program.

In support of this key effort, MNIT@DEED seeks a highly experienced Senior-level Enterprise/Solutions Architect

for staff augmentation. Expected to act in a multi-faceted role within Enterprise/Solutions Architecture, the

resource will play an integral role in the definition, launch and execution of a UI System Modernization Project

that delivers upon UI Program and MNIT@DEED goals and objectives.

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Project Deliverables

The scope of duties assigned will include efforts necessary to develop and execute a strategic plan to guide the

incremental re-architecting of the UI system, such as:

1. Lead Project inception; drive the creation of a work plan to define, launch and execute a UI System

Modernization Project that identifies and aligns with the UI Program’s business strategies/priorities. The scope

of the plan must include appropriate planning, analysis, documentation and recommendation/approval efforts

necessary to envision, establish a business case and launch the UI System Modernization Project.

2. Perform Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture/Design and Solution/Application Development duties

as assigned to envision, launch and execute the scope of the Modernization Project to drive and deliver business

value.

3. Provide leadership and coach/mentor the team(s) on industry best practices, techniques, standards and

processes. Be a catalyst in continuous improvement toward establishment of processes and best practices

across disciplines such as agile SDLC, enterprise and solutions architecture, application development, QA and

release management.

Project Milestones and Schedule

Anticipated project duration: April 2017 to April 2018.

The State will retain the option to extend the work order in increments determined by the State.

Project Environment

The resource must be highly experienced and capable of acting in a multi-faceted Enterprise/Solutions

Architecture planning, design and delivery role. The ideal candidate will have excellent skills in business

architecture planning, with the ability to facilitate understanding business strategy, set technology direction, and

translate business goals and needs in to effective solution plans, roadmaps and designs. The role includes

inception to execution, beginning with the efforts to gain understanding of the UI business architecture,

capabilities and program objectives and identify the key challenges and opportunities to be addressed through

technology solutions. The resource is also expected to drive analysis, documentation and recommendation /

approval efforts necessary to launch and execute the Modernization Project (with deliverables to include

defined goals, objectives, roadmap, phases, and projects).

This effort is sponsored and funded by the UI Program for the enhancement for business tools used to deliver

program objectives. All goals, milestones and deliverables must be approved by the designee of the UI Program.

The resource will work with senior management in both UI and MNIT@DEED along with project and technical

staff from both UI and MNIT@DEED. Over the course of the engagement, the resource must establish

documentation and presentation of information that ensures that decision makers are well informed of the

alternatives available along with their relative merits from both a short and long term perspective along with the

relative costs where appropriate. The resource must be able to work effectively with both technical and non-

technical decision makers. It is assumed that there are a number of alternative approaches, and a successful

resource will manage the relatively high level of ambiguity that will initially exist during the early stages of this

project.

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At this time, MNIT@DEED has identified the following technology stack which is provided to respondents to

this RFO to give a general direction for the technology that has been or will be explored via this effort,

depending upon identified business needs and the course of the statewide Minnesota IT strategies.

Java Platform, Standard Edition 8

Lightbend Lagom Reactive Microservices Framework

Apache Cassandra Distributed Database Platform

Apache Spark Cluster Computing Platform

Apache Kafka Distributed Streaming Platform

Lightbend Reactive Platform for Production

Docker Software Containerization Platform

SQL Database Management Systems

TypeScript Programming Language

Angular 2 for TypeScript Application Development Framework

Windows Server 2016 Operating System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure Provider

Project Requirements

Work will be done at the DEED office at 332 Minnesota St, St. Paul, MN

Resource will adhere to time keeping and budget reporting practices of MNIT@DEED

Work products must comply with the Statewide Enterprise Architecture Standards.

Work products must comply with the State Accessibility Requirements and Guidelines.

Responsibilities Expected of the Selected Vendor

1. Lead and coordinate project inception; identify necessary resources and drive the creation of a work

plan to define, launch and execute a UI System Modernization Project

2. Define and Launch a UI System Modernization Project (Execute “The Plan”)

o Lead the efforts to facilitate understanding business strategy, gain understanding of the UI

business architecture, capabilities and UI Program objectives and identify key challenges and

opportunities to be addressed through technology solutions.

o Conduct Analysis and facilitate establishment of UI System Modernization Project Goals,

Objectives, Roadmap, Phases, Projects and Release Plans, and resource requirements.

o Establish the process for approvals and achieve launch of the Modernization Project

o Work cooperatively and effectively communicate with all levels of the UI Program and

Minnesota IT leadership and staff.

o Lead and drive informed decision-making and issue resolution, often in circumstances of high

ambiguity

o Lead efforts to establish a strategy and employ best practices for organizational change

management

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3. Perform Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture and Application Design/Development duties as

assigned over the course of the engagement.

o Facilitate the development of non-functional requirements (technical requirements) balancing

the needs of the UI Program with technical feasibility; explain and negotiate the tradeoffs and

cost/effort and facilitate decisions.

o Partner with the Architecture team on setting technology direction and release planning.

o Champion and gain buy in from the technical leads and development teams for strategic

technology direction and standards.

o Work with the team to validate the consistency of a solution design with the strategic

technology direction and standards

o Work with the team to identify buy vs. build opportunities and evaluate candidate package

solutions where appropriate

o Work with the team to create and demonstrate solutions to meet the needs, conduct solution

evaluations, Proof of Concepts (POCs) and document outcomes.

o Work with architecture and technical leads to ensure performance, availability, scalability,

integrity and usability.

4. Provide leadership and mentoring to the teams in process definition, implementation and

improvements that align to standards and best practices in Architecture, Agile Methodologies and

Application Development, etc.

o Actively drive process improvements and process adoption across the team

o Actively drive common standards, best practices and process improvements across the

development teams.

o Work with PMs, Tech Leads and Developers to ensure solution implementations adhere to all

required standards.

o Mentor technical team members to increase their knowledge, skills and capabilities in the

technical domains as well as process and best practice adoption.

5. Responders awarded work under this solicitation may be precluded from responding to future

solicitations for ongoing work or additional phases.

Mandatory Qualifications (to be scored as pass/fail)

1. Propose an hourly rate at or below vendor’s Maximum Hourly Rate for the Architecture SITE category. 2. Hold a Bachelor’s Degree

a. Documented engagements/projects experience as follows: Three (3) engagements as an enterprise architect.

b. Two (2) engagements as a technical lead c. Two (2) engagements practicing a Domain-Driven Design approach to software development. d. Two (2) engagements working within an Agile/Scrum environment. e. One (1) engagements developing applications with a Microservices architectural style.

f. Three (3) engagements in a role of leading and mentoring a team on solution architecture/strategic

design and development of an application

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3. Documented skills/experience with the following technologies:

a. Five (5) years of experience developing applications with the Java programming language.

b. Three (3) years of experience developing web applications with the JavaScript programming language.

c. Three (3) years of experience with an SQL database management system, i.e. PostgreSQL, SQL Server,

MySQL, Oracle, DB2, etc.

Desired Skills

The ideal candidate for the position would hold these skills at the level listed below. All candidates who meet

the Mandatory Qualifications listed above will be evaluated to the extent they possess the Desired Skills.

1. Hold a Master’s Degree in related field 2. Documented engagements/projects experience as follows:

a. One (1) or more engagement incorporating WCAG accessibility requirements in architecture and design of applications

b. One (1) or more engagements using DevOps practices. c. One (1) or more engagements developing distributed applications deployed in Docker containers. d. One (1) or more engagements deploying production applications on public cloud infrastructure, i.e.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, etc. e. One (1) or more engagements utilizing Test-Driven Development.

3. Documented skills/experience with the following technologies:

a. Five (5) or more years of Enterprise Architecture experience. b. Two (2) or more years of experience with Java 8 programming language. c. Two (2) or more years of experience with Lightbend Reactive Platform technologies, i.e. Lagom,

ConductR, Play, Akka. d. Two (2) or more years of experience with the AngularJS Application Development Platform e. Two (2) or more years of experience with the TypeScript programming language. f. One (1) or more years of experience with the JavaScript 2015 programming language. g. One (1) or more years of experience with the Apache Cassandra database management system. h. Two (2) or more years of experience with the Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) and

Event Sourcing domain-driven design patterns. i. Two (2) or more years of experience with Docker distributed containers j. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or two (2) or more years of hands-on experience

designing available, cost efficient, fault tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS. k. One (1) or more years of experience with a container orchestration platform like Red Hat OpenShift,

Kubernetes and Docker Swarm. l. One (1) or more years of experience with a distributed streaming platform like Apache Kafka. m. One (1) or more years of experience with a cluster computing platform like Apache Spark, Apache

Hadoop or Amazon Elastic MapReduce.

n. One 1) or more years of experience with a NoSQL database management system, i.e. MongoDB, Apache

Cassandra, Couchbase, etc.

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Process Schedule

Process Milestone Due Date

Deadline for Questions 03/08/2017, 2:00 CT PM

Anticipated Posted Response to Question 3/09/2017

Proposals due 03/16/2017, 2:00 CT PM

Anticipated proposal evaluation begins 03/20/2017,

Anticipated proposal evaluation & decision 04/14/2017

Questions

Any questions regarding this Request for Offers should be submitted via e-mail according to the date and time

listed in the process schedule to:

Name: Lynette Podritz Organization: Office of MN.IT Services Email Address: MNITContracts@state.mn.us

Questions and answers will be posted via an addendum to the RFO on the Office of MN.IT Services website

(http://mn.gov/buyit/14atm/rfo/active.html) according to the process schedule above.

Other persons ARE NOT authorized to discuss this RFO or its requirements with anyone throughout the selection

process and responders should not rely on information obtained from non-authorized individuals. If it is

discovered a Responder contacted other State staff other than the individual above, the responder’s proposal

may be removed from further consideration.

RFO Evaluation Process

Responses that MEET Mandatory Qualifications will be scored as indicated below:

1. Clarity of Response (5%)

(Defined as adherence to requested formats/content specified in Submission Format and Proposal

Submission Instructions sections)

2. Desired Skills (50%)

3. Resource’s response to Questions (15%)

4. Cost (30%)

The State reserves the right to interview any or all proposed resources. In the event interviews are conducted,

Desired Skills scores may be adjusted based on additional information derived during the interview process. The

State further reserves the right to remove a resource from consideration if the resource is unavailable for an

interview as requested by the State.

The State also reserves the right to contact proposed resources’ references and to adjust technical scores based

on additional information derived from the reference checks.

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This Request for Offers does not obligate the state to award a work order or complete the assignment, and

the State reserves the right to cancel the solicitation if it is considered to be in its best interest. The

Organization reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

Submission Format

The proposal should be assembled in the order below.

Note that items 1-3 are expected in order for each resource submitted, Item 4 is a separate document, and

only one copy of Item 5 is needed.

A vendor is limited to submission of 2 candidates in response to the Request for Offers

1. Cover Page Master Contractor Name Master Contractor Address Contact Name for Master Contractor Contact Name’s direct phone/cell phone Contact Name’s email address Name of Resource submitted

2. Experience, Resume, Response Matrix: a) Provide a resume for the resource, which clearly identifies the Mandatory and Desired

Qualifications held by the resource. If Mandatory (pass/fail) requirements are not met, scoring of the proposal will be discontinued.

b) Copy, insert and complete the Response Matrix (see below) in the proposal. Include the dates and company name/engagement name where the resource has demonstrated the qualification.

RESPONSE MATRIX

Resource Name:

SECTION 1: MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS:

Provide Dates and Company Name where the resource has demonstrated the qualification

1. Hold a Bachelor’s Degree (BA or BS)

2. Documented engagements/project

experience as follows:

a. Three (3) engagements as an enterprise

architect.

b. Two (2) engagements as a technical lead

c. Two (2) engagements practicing a

Domain-Driven Design approach to

software development.

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RESPONSE MATRIX

d. Two (2) engagements working within an

Agile/Scrum environment.

e. One (1) engagements developing

applications with a Microservices

architectural style.

f. Three (3) engagements in a role of

leading and mentoring a team on

solution architecture/strategic design

and development of an application

3. Documented skills/experience with the

following technologies:

a. Five (5) years of experience developing

applications with the Java programming

language.

b. Three (3) years of experience developing

web applications with the JavaScript

programming language.

c. Three (3) years of experience with an

SQL database management system, i.e.

PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle,

DB2, etc.

SECTION 2: DESIRED SKILLS:

Provide Dates and Company Name where the resource has demonstrated the skill

1. Master’s Degree in related field

2. Documented engagements/projects

experience as follows:

a. One (1) or more engagement

incorporating WCAG accessibility

requirements in architecture and design

of applications

b. One (1) or more engagements using

DevOps practices.

c. One (1) or more engagements

developing distributed applications

deployed in Docker containers.

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RESPONSE MATRIX

d. One (1) or more engagements deploying

production applications on public cloud

infrastructure, i.e. Amazon Web Services

(AWS), Google Cloud Platform,

Microsoft Azure, etc.

e. One (1) or more engagements utilizing

Test-Driven Development

3. Documented skills/experience with the

following

a. Five (5) or more years of Enterprise

Architecture experience.

b. Two (2) or more years of experience

with Java 8 programming language.

c. Two (2) or more years of experience

with Lightbend Reactive Platform

technologies, i.e. Lagom, ConductR, Play,

Akka.

d. Two (2) or more years of experience

with the AngularJS Application

Development Platform

e. Two (2) or more years of experience

with the TypeScript programming

language.

f. One (1) or more years of experience

with the JavaScript 2015 programming

language.

g. One (1) or more years of experience

with the Apache Cassandra database

management system.

h. Two (2) or more years of experience

with the Command Query Responsibility

Segregation (CQRS) and Event Sourcing

domain-driven design patterns.

i. Two (2) or more years of experience

with Docker distributed containers

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RESPONSE MATRIX

j. AWS Certified Solutions Architect –

Professional or two (2) or more years of

hands-on experience designing

available, cost efficient, fault tolerant,

and scalable distributed systems on

AWS.

k. One (1) or more years of experience

with a container orchestration platform

like Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes and

Docker Swarm.

l. One (1) or more years of experience

with a distributed streaming platform

like Apache Kafka.

m. One (1) or more years of experience

with a cluster computing platform like

Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop or

Amazon Elastic MapReduce.

n. One 1) or more years of experience with

a NoSQL database management system,

i.e. MongoDB, Apache Cassandra,

Couchbase, etc.

3. Resource’s response to Questions and References

a. The proposed resource will author/write a response to each of the following questions, not to

exceed 2 double-spaced typed pages in total.

1. Based on the details from this RFO as well as your experience in this type of position,

what do you feel is the biggest challenge in completing this assignment, and why?

2. How do you plan on addressing this above challenge?

3. Describe the approach you will take to address the organizational change management

needs and develop strong team dynamics on this project.

b. Include the names of two references (one business and one technical) for each of two engagements/projects that the submitted resource worked on. The references should be willing and able to speak to the resources work on a similar enterprise architecture project. Include the company name and city, reference name, indicate whether they are business or technical reference, email, phone number and a brief description of the project.

c. The state reserves the right to conduct interviews with candidates as part of the selection

process. In the event interviews are conducted, Qualifications scores may be adjusted based on

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additional information derived during the interview process. The vendor will be contacted to

arrange a mutually agreed upon interview date and time, at the DEED First National Bank St.

Paul, MN office should this be necessary.

4. Cost Proposal Include a separate document labeled “Cost Proposal” which includes the name(s) of the resource being submitted and their corresponding proposed hourly rate. If submitting 2 resources, the names and costs can be included on one separate document.

5. Additional Statement and forms: a. Conflict of interest statement as it relates to this project b. Affirmative Action Certificate of Compliance (required if vendor proposal exceeds $100,000,

including extension options) c. Equal Pay Certificate (required if vendor proposal exceeds $500,000, including extension

options) d. Affidavit of non-collusion e. Certification Regarding Lobbying (required if vendor proposal exceeds $100,000, including

extension options)

The STATE reserves the right to determine if further information is needed to better understand the information

presented. This may include a request for a presentation.

Proposal Submission Instructions

Vendor is limited to submission of 2 candidates in response to the Request for Offers

Response Information: The resume and required forms must be transmitted via e-mail to:

o Lynette Podritz, email address MNITContracts@state.mn.us

o Email subject line must read: Company Name, RFO0180, Project Title: Enterprise/Solutions Architecture for UI System Modernization

Submissions are due according to the process schedule previously listed.

All responses are time and date stamped by the State’s email system when they are received.

Responses received after Proposals Due Date above will not be considered. The State shall not be

responsible for any errors or delays caused by technology-related issues, even if they are caused by the

State.

Vendor must copy MNIT.SITE@state.mn.us on any responses submitted for this RFO. Vendors that do

not intend to submit a proposal must send an email notification of a no-bid on the request to

MNIT.SITE@state.mn.us. Failure to do either of these tasks will count against your program activity and

may result in removal from the program.

General Requirements

Proposal Contents

By submission of a proposal, Responder warrants that the information provided is true, correct and reliable for

purposes of evaluation for potential award of this work order. The submission of inaccurate or misleading

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information may be grounds for disqualification from the award as well as subject the responder to suspension

or debarment proceedings as well as other remedies available by law.

Indemnification

In the performance of this contract by Contractor, or Contractor’s agents or employees, the contractor must

indemnify, save, and hold harmless the State, its agents, and employees, from any claims or causes of action,

including attorney’s fees incurred by the state, to the extent caused by Contractor’s:

1) Intentional, willful, or negligent acts or omissions; or

2) Actions that give rise to strict liability; or

3) Breach of contract or warranty.

The indemnification obligations of this section do not apply in the event the claim or cause of action is the result

of the State’s sole negligence. This clause will not be construed to bar any legal remedies the Contractor may

have for the State’s failure to fulfill its obligation under this contract.

Disposition of Responses

All materials submitted in response to this RFO will become property of the State and will become public record

in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 13.591, after the evaluation process is completed. Pursuant to

the statute, completion of the evaluation process occurs when the government entity has completed

negotiating the contract with the selected vendor. If the Responder submits information in response to this RFO

that it believes to be trade secret materials, as defined by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn.

Stat. § 13.37, the Responder must: clearly mark all trade secret materials in its response at the time the

response is submitted, include a statement with its response justifying the trade secret designation for each

item, and defend any action seeking release of the materials it believes to be trade secret, and indemnify and

hold harmless the State, its agents and employees, from any judgments or damages awarded against the State

in favor of the party requesting the materials, and any and all costs connected with that defense. This

indemnification survives the State’s award of a contract. In submitting a response to this RFO, the Responder

agrees that this indemnification survives as long as the trade secret materials are in possession of the State.

The State will not consider the prices submitted by the Responder to be proprietary or trade secret materials.

Conflicts of Interest

Responder must provide a list of all entities with which it has relationships that create, or appear to create, a

conflict of interest with the work that is contemplated in this request for proposals. The list should indicate the

name of the entity, the relationship, and a discussion of the conflict.

The responder warrants that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, and except as otherwise disclosed, there

are no relevant facts or circumstances which could give rise to organizational conflicts of interest. An

organizational conflict of interest exists when, because of existing or planned activities or because of

relationships with other persons, a vendor is unable or potentially unable to render impartial assistance or

advice to the State, or the vendor’s objectivity in performing the contract work is or might be otherwise

impaired, or the vendor has an unfair competitive advantage. The responder agrees that, if after award, an

organizational conflict of interest is discovered, an immediate and full disclosure in writing must be made to the

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Assistant Director of the Department of Administration’s Office of State Procurement (“OSP”) which must

include a description of the action which the contractor has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate such

conflicts. If an organization conflict of interest is determined to exist, the State may, at its discretion, cancel the

contract. In the event the responder was aware of an organizational conflict of interest prior to the award of the

contract and did not disclose the conflict to OSP, the State may terminate the contract for default. The

provisions of this clause must be included in all subcontracts for work to be performed similar to the service

provided by the prime contractor, and the terms “contract,” “contractor,” and “contracting officer” modified

appropriately to preserve the State’s rights.

IT Accessibility Standards

All documents and other work products delivered by the vendor must be accessible in order to conform with the

State Accessibility Standard. Information about the Standard can be found at:

http://mn.gov/mnit/programs/policies/accessibility/.

Preference to Targeted Group and Economically Disadvantaged Business and Individuals

In accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 1230.1810, subpart B and Minnesota Rules, part 1230.1830, certified

Targeted Group Businesses and individuals submitting proposals as prime contractors will receive a six percent

preference in the evaluation of their proposal, and certified Economically Disadvantaged Businesses and

individuals submitting proposals as prime contractors will receive a six percent preference in the evaluation of

their proposal. Eligible TG businesses must be currently certified by the Office of State Procurement prior to the

solicitation opening date and time. For information regarding certification, contact the Office of State

Procurement Helpline at 651.296.2600, or you may reach the Helpline by email at mmdhelp.line@state.mn.us.

For TTY/TDD communications, contact the Helpline through the Minnesota Relay Services at 1.800.627.3529.

Veteran-Owned Small Business Preference

Unless a greater preference is applicable and allowed by law, in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 16C.16, subd. 6a,

the Commissioner of Administration will award a 6% preference in the amount bid on state procurement to

certified small businesses that are majority owned and operated by veterans.

A small business qualifies for the veteran-owned preference when it meets one of the following requirements.

1) The business has been certified by the Department of Administration/Office of State Procurement as being a

veteran-owned or service-disabled veteran-owned small business. 2) The principal place of business is in

Minnesota AND the United States Department of Veterans Affairs verifies the business as being a veteran-

owned or service-disabled veteran-owned small business under Public Law 109-461 and Code of Federal

Regulations, title 38, part 74 (Supported By Documentation). See Minn. Stat. § 16C.19(d).

Statutory requirements and certification must be met by the solicitation response due date and time to be

awarded the preference.

Foreign Outsourcing of Work Prohibited

All services under this contract shall be performed within the borders of the United States. All storage and

processing of information shall be performed within the borders of the United States. This provision also applies

to work performed by subcontractors at all tiers.

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Work Force Certification

For all contracts estimated to be in excess of $100,000, responders are required to complete the Affirmative

Action Certificate of Compliance and return it with the response. As required by Minnesota Rule 5000.3600, “It

is hereby agreed between the parties that Minnesota Statute § 363A.36 and Minnesota Rule 5000.3400 -

5000.3600 are incorporated into any contract between these parties based upon this specification or any

modification of it. A copy of Minnesota Statute § 363A.36 and Minnesota Rule 5000.3400 - 5000.3600 are

available upon request from the contracting agency.”

Equal Pay Certification

If the Response to this solicitation could be in excess of $500,000, the Responder must obtain an Equal Pay

Certificate from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) or claim an exemption prior to contract

execution. A responder is exempt if it has not employed more than 40 full-time employees on any single

working day in one state during the previous 12 months. Please contact MDHR with questions at: 651-539-1095

(metro), 1-800-657-3704 (toll free), 711 or 1-800-627-3529 (MN Relay) or at compliance.MDHR@state.mn.us.