The State Of Montana, Information Technology Services Division, (hereinafter referred to as the "State") invites you to submit a proposal for a Master Contract for IT Services. The resultant contract will replace the State's existing MIS Services Contracts and Small Project Professional IT Services Provider Contracts, and is intended to be in effect as of July 1, 2006. The new contract will be a two-tier model. Tier One consists of this Request for Proposal (RFP), which will qualify vendors to be on the roster of the Master Contract. The selection criteria to make the roster consist primarily of company qualifications and experience, the management of contract, project experience, and references. The goal is to have a minimum of three qualified Contractors in each Service Category. Service Categories are further defined in Section 3, Scope of Project.