ADAM System Operational Requirement

ADAM System
Operational Requirement

Final invitation to tender for the supply and support of a networked information discovery and retrieval system (electronic version)
Revision 1.1

Tony Gill

Document Information

Title:	ADAM System Operational Requirement
Subtitle:	Final invitation to tender for the supply and support of a networked information discovery and retrieval system (electronic version)
Author:	Tony Gill
Author e-mail:	tony@adam.ac.uk
Author address:	Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS
Author phone:	+44 (0)1252 722441
Description:	Final statement of requirements and invitation to tender for the supply and support of a networked information discovery and retrieval system. Annex IV and V abridged to allow electronic distribution.
Version:	1.1e
ADAM code:	SF1f9704
Date:	30 April 1997
Status:	Final
Distribution:	General (Invitation to tender limited to shortlisted vendors)
Copyright:	© Surrey Institute of Art & Design on behalf of the ADAM Consortium.
Acknowledgements:	Thanks to Frances Blomeley, Mark Burrell, Lorcan Dempsey, Doug Dodds, Marc Fresko, Alice Grant, Jon Knight, Roddy MacLeod, and Andy Powell for their constructive comments on earlier versions of this document.
URL:	http://adam.ac.uk/adam/tech/adam-or.html

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Background to Requirement

2.1 Current operations
2.2 Future developments
2.3 Role of this Procurement
2.4 Purpose of the System to be Procured

3. Information System Requirements

3.1 End user requirements
3.2 Platform & performance requirements
3.3 Resource Description & Data Structure
3.4 Interoperability
3.5 Database administration
3.6 Service requirements

4. Procurement Requirements

4.1 Procurement Programme
4.2 Project Management
4.3 System Acceptance
4.4 Methods

5. Contractual Requirements

5.1 Contract Overview
5.2 Contract conditions for software supply
5.3 Contract conditions for supply of services
5.4 Contract procedures for Acceptance Trials

6. Responding to this OR

6.1 Function of full proposals
6.2 Format of full proposals

6.2.1 Management Summary
6.2.2 Introduction
6.2.3 System proposal
6.2.4 Services proposal
6.2.5 Response to Contractual Requirements
6.2.6 Proposal prices
6.2.7 Statement of Compliance
6.2.8 Updates to Financial and Technical Information
6.2.9 Annexes

6.3 Evaluation of full proposals

7. Annex I: Example IAFA Templates

8. Annex II: Draft ADAM data structure

9. Annex III: Prototype classification scheme to subject tree mapping

10. Annex IV: Draft Contract for Software Supply (abridged)

12. Annex V: Draft Contract for Software Support (abridged)



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