Specifications include, but are not limited to: Through this Request for Proposal (RFP) the Agency of Digital Services on behalf of the Department of Public Safety Vermont Forensic Laboratory (VFL) (hereinafter the “State”) is seeking to establish contracts with one or more companies that can provide hardware, software, installation, configuration, support and maintenance, training, monitoring, support, backup and recovery, change management, technology updates and upgrades and other professional services for a Cloud hosted Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The VFL is the only forensic laboratory in the State of Vermont and provides services to the entire criminal justice system. The VFL seeks a cloud based, vendormaintained solution that supports their mission and accreditation along with DPS and ADS goals for modernization. The State is seeking proposals from vendors to install, configure, document, and maintain a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for use at the Vermont Forensic Laboratory. The System must support the following disciplines: Serology, Drugs, Latent Prints, Firearms and Toolmarks, DNA, DNA Databank, and Toxicology for complete evidence tracking, data incorporation and report writing. 2.1.The State of Vermont is interested in obtaining bids to meet the following business need(s): The equipment and services to be evaluated are the installation, configuration, legacy data migration, support, warranty, maintenance, training, monitoring, backup and recovery, change management, technology updates and upgrades and other professional services as appropriate to meet the needs detailed within this RFP. See detailed functional and non-functional requirements in the Bidder Response Form, Exhibit C. As part of the services provided under any contract that results from this RFP, vendor will be required to provide technical documentation including, but not limited to, a Product Manual, User Guide, API Documentation, System Requirements (e.g., server configuration) and System Architecture.