Specifications include, but are not limited to: The WVOT is seeking proposals to provide strategic technology advisory and management services to assist the State in the modernization of existing services and in the creation of new strategic technology governance and management capabilities and services. To accomplish this, the WVOT seeks not only the specified outputs outlined in the RFP, but also desires a Vendor that will provide advanced level collaboration, coaching, and hands-on learning opportunities for the State. Establishing and continuing such services will enable the WVOT to support state agencies in the manner described in West Virginia Code §5A-6B. A key objective is to partner with a Vendor to build and mature WVOT capabilities to provide strategic technology management services and provide visibility of the Executive Branch’s technology investment portfolio while empowering data-driven and standards-based decisions about future technology investments and strategic goals. The State’s Technology Strategy includes the following high-level goals: ● Enable robust digital government capability; ● Ensure West Virginia is a good steward of technology funding; ● Empower government’s use of technology through enterprise services; and ● Protect data and information systems through holistic cyber risk management. The winning Vendor is expected to assess, design, plan, and implement a strategic technology governance and management strategy that includes measurable outcomes and to collaborate and instruct the State on how to sustain those strategies. To meet required timelines, a Lead Consultant is required to: ● Assist in the implementation of, and incremental adjustments to, a roadmap for driving the changes. ● Execute, at the direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the senior leadership team, an agile-based transformation strategy, assessing the effects and recommending real-time adjustments, refinements, and revisions to meet state goals to modernize technology management ● And provide financial insight to senior leadership.
