1. Seed-to-Sale System. a. The Commonwealth is seeking a SaaS Seed-to-Sale System that will be used to monitor, control, and report activities of authorized growers, processors, dispensaries, laboratories, and research institutions. i. Describe the solution's capacity to collect all data required to be reported by dispensaries, grower/processors, laboratories and patient and caregiver users as it relates to the reporting. 1. How does the solution ensure that it is up to date, and able to produce required inventory reports? 2. What is the method for data entry (manual, scanning, upload/import spreadsheets) from other sources? ii. Describe recommended and available tools and reporting functions for regulators that manage the assessment of data on inventory, sales, aggregate data, and lab test results. iii. Is solution data processed and displayed in real time? iv. Does the solution integrate with a user registry solution? If so, please provide a general description of the registry solution and the integration points. v. Is the solution customizable or standard and what is vendor position on this? vi. How often do updates occur? vii. How often do you do maintenance on the solution? b. Is the solution custom-developed or based on configurable off-the-shelf/SaaS software? c. Is there a formalized governance structure? d. In the governance structure, are changes considered and dispositioned for each client individually, or do clients compete against each other for consideration of changes? e. What is the planned downtime associated with the standard weekly/monthly/annual maintenance schedule?
