A. The Contractor will work under the direction of the CPUC’s Contract Manager and will be accountable to the manager for performing work in accordance with scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards (solution must provide services agreed upon in the SOW). B. The Contractor shall designate a primary contact person to whom all Project communications may be addressed and who has the authority to act on all aspects of the services. C. A Work Authorization Document (WA) is required for each task. A template for the Work Authorization Document is provided in Exhibit A.5, Work Authorization Document (WA). The Contractor will develop the WA with the CPUC Contract Manager. D. All work products and deliverables shall be stored on the CPUC document repository (i.e., Content Server, SharePoint, code repositories) in a format compatible with CPUC document standards. The most current version of all work products and deliverables shall always be available for CPUC review. E. Prior to expiration of the Contract, the Contractor shall return all State property, including security badges to the CPUC Contract Administrator. F. Contractor remote work is acceptable based on Contractors proposed approach and final Contract between the Contractor and CPUC. Access to CPUC’s equipment (cubicle, desk, desktop computer, phone, network cables, etc.) will not be available. Access to the CPUC network will be available remotely through a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) account. CPUC reserves the right to review the resource’s ability to work remotely if the timely delivery of tasks and deliverables becomes an issue. Collaboration with CPUC is important. G. If onsite work is necessary, the Contract shall perform services at 300 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814. The CPUC does not anticipate travel outside of San Francisco or Sacramento for this project. The CPUC will not be responsible for the cost of travel to bring the Contractor personnel to the San Francisco or Sacramento offices to work. H. The Contractor must ensure that the physical location of the data center, where the data is stored, is within the continental United States. Remote access to data from outside the continental United States is prohibited unless approved in advance by the State Chief Information Security Officer.
