Specifications include, but are not limited to: COOP Task 1 – Project Management, Coordination, Expectations Review and update existing department COOP plans and the existing Brunswick County COOP plan.; The end project shall include processes and consideration for reconstituting operations and resuming normal operations after an event that has caused activation of the department and/or County COOP plan.; While including considerations for events/incidents that would activate a COOP plan, such as an impact to the physical building operations that may occur, impact to employees that work in a department within or outside of the physical building, and general IT technology issues, the final plan shall include processes and consideration for cybersecurity and cyber-attacks which disrupt normal operations. This portion of the plans will align to the County’s Information Technology department’s cybersecurity procedures. The County’s cybersecurity procedures, or relevant portions thereof, will only be shared on a need-to-know basis in order for the selected consultant to fulfill its obligations under the contracted Scope of Work. The selected consultant will be required to sign a separate Confidentiality Agreement prior to the County sharing any information related to its cybersecurity procedures.; The selected consultant will coordinate staff meetings from appropriate departments to gather the necessary information to successfully update the department plans and the overarching County COOP plan. The selected consultant will attend and lead meetings, clarify any outstanding issues, and respond to any comments from NHC department designees. The selected consultant will prepare progress reports of any comments from BC to BC EM and will update the project schedule as required.; The selected vendor shall provide the following resources to BC EM: • Meeting Agendas and Minutes; • Progress Reports; • Project Schedule for each component; • Review and adequately respond to comments; • Deliver each component (report/plan) on time; • Deliver approved final County COOP and departmental COOPs to BC EM in Microsoft Word format.
