Tender Specifications - ECHA - Europa

Tender Specifications - ECHA - Europa Tender Specifications - ECHA - Europa

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o Support for resolving problems detected in production version of the REACH-IT; root cause analysis; fault correction; implementing, testing and releasing software fixes • Documentation • Functional and technical documentation of the system • Documentation on the operations of the system 4.2.5.3 The handover work stream Some or all of the following activities are foreseen for this work stream • Preparing presentation and training material and giving presentations and training as needed. • Transfer of the contents of any development time repositories to ECHA, such as issue tracking and Contractor test case repositories. • Set-up of a fully working development and/or testing environment(s) at ECHA premises • Any other activities that are related to knowledge transfer and handover of the development work, covering not only the software related assets, but also the development tool chain and the development time repositories. 4.2.6 Framework Management and Project Management principles The Contractor shall provide the necessary manpower and support for the management and administration of the contract, the management of the resources in particular. Regarding the project management principles, this section contains illustrative examples that are typical to ECHA projects. The actual project management principles will be defined in the level of the specific contracts. 4.2.6.1 Framework Management Organisation A steering group shall be established for the duration of the framework contract. The steering group is responsible for overseeing the overall implementation of the framework contract and for addressing escalated issues regarding the framework contract and the specific contracts. The steering group is represented by both parties and consists of the: • ECHA ICT Executive: • ECHA Framework Contract Manager: • Contractor Executive: • Contractor Framework Contract Manager: When it is not possible for the steering group to agree unanimously on a specific issue, then the Agency will decide on the approach to be followed for addressing the issue. A steering group will be created for each framework contract awarded. For each specific contract, each party (ECHA and the Contractor) will appoint • a Contract Manager and • a Project Manager and/or a Service Manager (depending on the nature of the contract, i.e. a Project Manager is required for the execution of a project and a Service Manager is required for the provision of services for the maintenance and support of a system in production). The roles of the Contract Manager, Project Manager, Service Manager may be combined and allocated to a single resource. 50

4.2.6.2 Meetings and travels The work will include on site meetings (at ECHA) as necessary during the implementation of the framework contract, including • Meetings related to introductions, knowledge build-up and the tool chain during the takeover period • Meetings with ECHA business analysts and end users concerning business analysis and definition of the functionality to be developed • Project management meetings, especially concerning the stages, for example selection of the stage content, and stage entry and stage meetings • Quality assurance related meetings, including security assurance • Meetings required for onsite support of production related operations • Meetings to give training and facilitate knowledge build-up of the next project team during the handover period • Other meetings to address technical issues The chairmanship of the meetings lies with the Agency, and the responsibility for keeping the minutes for meetings between the Contractor and the Agency will be defined by the Agency. ECHA foresees that in order to ensure efficient overall management of the specific contract a high level of interaction between the project manager, the project team and ECHA personnel may be required. To facilitate this, the project’s key personnel (e.g. Analysts) and sufficient proportion of the other than key personnel in the project have to be able to travel frequently to ECHA premises, including extended stays of up to a few weeks at a time if required. 4.2.6.3 Deliverables The Contractor will provide the required deliverables as they will be defined in the specific contracts implementing this framework contract and/or during the execution of these contracts. This section provides an indicative, non-exhaustive list of the possible deliverables per work stream that may be requested from the Contractor. 4.2.6.3.1 Deliverables for the takeover work stream • Development and testing environments • Full implementation of those parts of tool chain and repositories for software development and quality assurance (which includes security assurance) that the Contractor is responsible of • Overall planning of how to run the project in compliance with ECHA requirements • When Time & Means or Quoted Time and Means contracting mode is used, activity reports showing the amount of time worked per task for each day for each person. The activity report is to be delivered weekly. • Weekly progress reports showing the overall situation of the completed and remaining work • Any other documentation related to the tasks of this work stream 4.2.6.3.2 Deliverables for support, maintenance and development work stream 51

4.2.6.2 Meetings and travels<br />

The work will include on site meetings (at <strong>ECHA</strong>) as necessary during the implementation of the<br />

framework contract, including<br />

• Meetings related to introductions, knowledge build-up and the tool chain during the takeover<br />

period<br />

• Meetings with <strong>ECHA</strong> business analysts and end users concerning business analysis and<br />

definition of the functionality to be developed<br />

• Project management meetings, especially concerning the stages, for example selection of<br />

the stage content, and stage entry and stage meetings<br />

• Quality assurance related meetings, including security assurance<br />

• Meetings required for onsite support of production related operations<br />

• Meetings to give training and facilitate knowledge build-up of the next project team during<br />

the handover period<br />

• Other meetings to address technical issues<br />

The chairmanship of the meetings lies with the Agency, and the responsibility for keeping the<br />

minutes for meetings between the Contractor and the Agency will be defined by the Agency.<br />

<strong>ECHA</strong> foresees that in order to ensure efficient overall management of the specific contract a high<br />

level of interaction between the project manager, the project team and <strong>ECHA</strong> personnel may be<br />

required. To facilitate this, the project’s key personnel (e.g. Analysts) and sufficient proportion of<br />

the other than key personnel in the project have to be able to travel frequently to <strong>ECHA</strong> premises,<br />

including extended stays of up to a few weeks at a time if required.<br />

4.2.6.3 Deliverables<br />

The Contractor will provide the required deliverables as they will be defined in the specific contracts<br />

implementing this framework contract and/or during the execution of these contracts.<br />

This section provides an indicative, non-exhaustive list of the possible deliverables per work stream<br />

that may be requested from the Contractor.<br />

4.2.6.3.1 Deliverables for the takeover work stream<br />

• Development and testing environments<br />

• Full implementation of those parts of tool chain and repositories for software development<br />

and quality assurance (which includes security assurance) that the Contractor is<br />

responsible of<br />

• Overall planning of how to run the project in compliance with <strong>ECHA</strong> requirements<br />

• When Time & Means or Quoted Time and Means contracting mode is used, activity reports<br />

showing the amount of time worked per task for each day for each person. The activity<br />

report is to be delivered weekly.<br />

• Weekly progress reports showing the overall situation of the completed and remaining work<br />

• Any other documentation related to the tasks of this work stream<br />

4.2.6.3.2 Deliverables for support, maintenance and development work stream<br />

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