As a component of our Microsoft Dynamics environment, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) owns and operates a Customer Relationship Management System ( CRM ), with an associated Correspondence Tracking System ( CTS or CorrTrak ), which operates for the Commissioner's Office, with limited functionality to manage the process of receiving, recording, logging, responding to, and creating an audit trail of received correspondences. The function of the CTS is to allow DEP to oversee the tracking of all forms of correspondence data and status information. DEP's Bureau of Business Information Technology ( BIT ) is seeking a consultant/contractor ( Contractor ) to deliver a similarly functional customized Microsoft Dynamics CRM CTS which will provide an electronic means of storing, retrieving, and routing correspondence(s) for review and approval. The CTS must provide the capability to efficiently and effectively manage large amounts of correspondences both electronically and the traditional paper submissions. The existing CTS has become outdated, and maintenance of the application/system infrastructure has been untenable. In addition, there are many program-specific correspondence workflows that intersect with programs throughout DEP, that are incapable of being adequately capturing the correspondence in the current system. DEP seeks not only to replace CTS with a modern Dynamics CRM-based System, but to also define and address each of the issues above within the same solution.
Background
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) operates a Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) with an associated Correspondence Tracking System (CTS), known as CorrTrak. The existing system has limited functionality and has become outdated, making maintenance untenable. DEP's Bureau of Business Information Technology (BIT) seeks a contractor to deliver a customized Microsoft Dynamics CRM-based CTS to efficiently manage large amounts of correspondence both electronically and through traditional methods.
Work Details
The contractor will replace the existing CorrTrak system with a modern Dynamics CRM-based system that includes the following deliverables:
1. **Phase 1**: Develop a Project Charter within 2 weeks post-initiation, detailing scope, timeline, roles, communication plan, and risk register.
2. **Phase 2**: Deliver Requirements Documentation including Data Dictionary and Workflow Diagrams within 10 weeks.
3. **Phase 3**: Create a High-Level Design Document (HLD) within 14 weeks that includes Entity Relationship Design and Role-Based Security plan.
4. **Phase 4**: Provide High-Level Test Scripts for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) within 22 weeks.
5. **Phase 5**: Develop a Training Presentation for 10 end-users within 26 weeks.
6. **Phase 6**: Achieve Go-Live completion letter from DEP within 28 weeks after initiation.
7. **Phase 7-9**: Provide ongoing project management and platform support over three years, including weekly status reports and activity prioritization meetings.
Period of Performance
The anticipated contract term is for 1095 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years), with specific milestones outlined for each phase of the project.
Place of Performance
The work will be conducted at DEP’s headquarters located at 59-17 Junction Blvd., Flushing, NY 11373, Monday to Friday excluding holidays.