Specifications include, but are not limited to: Through this Request for Proposal (RFP), the State of Vermont, Agency of Digital Services (ADS), in collaboration with the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA), through the Agency of Administration, Office of Purchasing and Contracting, (hereinafter the “State”) is seeking to establish a contract with one or more vendors to develop, implement, operate, and maintain Software as a Services (SaaS) solutions for a Medicaid Data Lake (MDL) and Data Analytics and Reporting (DAR) capabilities, including related information technology systems and business consulting services. The MDL and DAR solutions are essential to achieving the State’s near-term goals for a Medicaid Data Warehouse and Analytics Solution (MDWAS). The MDL and DAR will integrate with the current state architecture of the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) (a.k.a. Vermont Medicaid enterprise). They must be scalable and extensible to support further transformation initiatives of the State’s: (1) mid-term Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) modernization strategy and (2) long-term vision to leverage data and information from all solutions across the Vermont human services enterprise.