11.2 IT procurement planning principles
Here are several key IT procurement planning principles:
- Sourcing should be consistent with market capabilities and available spend rather than driving solutions toward prescriptive requirements.
- Strive for quick and easy IT solutions.
- IT solutions should be forward facing and positioned for future supportability.
- Procurement planning can prepare agencies for negotiating mutually collaborative agreements with IT suppliers. These agreements should reflect the best agreements in the marketplace.
- Agency stakeholders including the business owner, project manager, information security officer and procurement lead should be in constant collaboration.
- Consider all required processes and approvals (VITA, federal, other) in your procurement timeline for a realistic versus reactive procurement process.
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