Specifications include, but are not limited to: Partnering with an IaaS vendor to host its Health Services Enterprise Platform (HSEP) as well as transition from its existing IaaS provider. HSEP currently hosts Vermont Health Connect, (VHC) Vermont’s State-run Health Insurance Marketplace. The State requires the vendor and proposed solution to include managed services for IaaS up to and including the operating systems. All application patching, management, troubleshooting and monitoring above the OS will be the responsibility of another selected application maintenance and operations vendor. Vendor will be responsible for the acquisition, provisioning, performance, and maintenance of the underlying infrastructure supporting application components. This area of responsibilities includes but is not limited to data centers, servers, storage, networking (WAN/LAN), backup recovery, firewalls, and load balancing.