158(4) 159An agency shall complete a business case for any outsourcing project that has an expected cost in excess of $10 million within a single fiscal year. The business case shall be submitted pursuant to s. 194216.023195. The business case shall be available as part of the solicitation but is not subject to challenge and shall include the following:218(a) 219A detailed description of the service or activity for which the outsourcing is proposed.
233(b) 234A description and analysis of the state agency’s current performance, based on existing performance metrics if the state agency is currently performing the service or activity.
260(c) 261The goals desired to be achieved through the proposed outsourcing and the rationale for such goals.
277(d) 278A citation to the existing or proposed legal authority for outsourcing the service or activity.
293(e) 294A description of available options for achieving the goals. If state employees are currently performing the service or activity, at least one option involving maintaining state provision of the service or activity shall be included.
329(f) 330An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each option, including, at a minimum, potential performance improvements and risks.
349(g) 350A description of the current market for the contractual services that are under consideration for outsourcing.
366(h) 367A cost-benefit analysis documenting the direct and indirect specific baseline costs, savings, and qualitative and quantitative benefits involved in or resulting from the implementation of the recommended option or options. Such analysis must specify the schedule that, at a minimum, must be adhered to in order to achieve the estimated savings. All elements of cost must be clearly identified in the cost-benefit analysis, described in the business case, and supported by applicable records and reports. The state agency head shall attest that, based on the data and information underlying the business case, to the best of his or her knowledge, all projected costs, savings, and benefits are valid and achievable. As used in this section, the term “cost” means the reasonable, relevant, and verifiable cost, which may include, but is not limited to, elements such as personnel, materials and supplies, services, equipment, capital depreciation, rent, maintenance and repairs, utilities, insurance, personnel travel, overhead, and interim and final payments. The appropriate elements shall depend on the nature of the specific initiative. As used in this paragraph, the term “savings” means the difference between the direct and indirect actual annual baseline costs compared to the projected annual cost for the contracted functions or responsibilities in any succeeding state fiscal year during the term of the contract.
581(i) 582A description of differences among current state agency policies and processes and, as appropriate, a discussion of options for or a plan to standardize, consolidate, or revise current policies and processes, if any, to reduce the customization of any proposed solution that would otherwise be required.
628(j) 629A description of the specific performance standards that must, at a minimum, be met to ensure adequate performance.
647(k) 648The projected timeframe for key events from the beginning of the procurement process through the expiration of a contract.
667(l) 668A plan to ensure compliance with the public records law.
678(m) 679A specific and feasible contingency plan addressing contractor nonperformance and a description of the tasks involved in and costs required for its implementation.
702(n) 703A state agency’s transition plan for addressing changes in the number of agency personnel, affected business processes, employee transition issues, and communication with affected stakeholders, such as agency clients and the public. The transition plan must contain a reemployment and retraining assistance plan for employees who are not retained by the state agency or employed by the contractor.
761(o) 762A plan for ensuring access by persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable state and federal law.
779(5) 780In addition to the contract requirements provided in s. 789287.058, 790each contract for a proposed outsourcing, pursuant to this section, must include, but need not be limited to, the following contractual provisions:812(a) 813A scope-of-work provision that clearly specifies each service or deliverable to be provided, including a description of each deliverable or activity that is quantifiable, measurable, and verifiable. This provision must include a clause that states if a particular service or deliverable is inadvertently omitted or not clearly specified but determined to be operationally necessary and verified to have been performed by the agency within the 12 months before the execution of the contract, such service or deliverable will be provided by the contractor through the identified contract-amendment process.
901(b) 902A service-level-agreement provision describing all services to be provided under the terms of the agreement, the state agency’s service requirements and performance objectives, specific responsibilities of the state agency and the contractor, and the process for amending any portion of the service-level agreement. Each service-level agreement must contain an exclusivity clause that allows the state agency to retain the right to perform the service or activity, directly or with another contractor, if service levels are not being achieved.
980(c) 981A provision that identifies all associated costs, specific payment terms, and payment schedules, including provisions governing incentives and financial disincentives and criteria governing payment.
1005(d) 1006A provision that identifies a clear and specific transition plan that will be implemented in order to complete all required activities needed to transfer the service or activity from the state agency to the contractor and operate the service or activity successfully.
1048(e) 1049A performance-standards provision that identifies all required performance standards, which must include, at a minimum:10641. 1065Detailed and measurable acceptance criteria for each deliverable and service to be provided to the state agency under the terms of the contract which document the required performance level.
10942. 1095A method for monitoring and reporting progress in achieving specified performance standards and levels.
11093. 1110The sanctions or disincentives that shall be imposed for nonperformance by the contractor or state agency.
1126(f) 1127A provision that requires the contractor and its subcontractors to maintain adequate accounting records that comply with all applicable federal and state laws and generally accepted accounting principles.
1155(g) 1156A provision that authorizes the state agency to have access to and to audit all records related to the contract and subcontracts, or any responsibilities or functions under the contract and subcontracts, for purposes of legislative oversight, and a requirement for audits by a service organization in accordance with professional auditing standards, if appropriate.
1210(h) 1211A provision that requires the contractor to interview and consider for employment with the contractor each displaced state employee who is interested in such employment.
1236(i) 1237A contingency-plan provision that describes the mechanism for continuing the operation of the service or activity, including transferring the service or activity back to the state agency or successor contractor if the contractor fails to perform and comply with the performance standards and levels of the contract and the contract is terminated.
1289(j) 1290A provision that requires the contractor and its subcontractors to comply with public records laws, specifically to:13071. 1308Keep and maintain the public records that ordinarily and necessarily would be required by the state agency in order to perform the service or activity.
13332. 1334Provide the public with access to such public records on the same terms and conditions that the state agency would provide the records and at a cost that does not exceed that provided in chapter 119 or as otherwise provided by law.
13763. 1377Ensure that records that are exempt or records that are confidential and exempt are not disclosed except as authorized by law.
13984. 1399Meet all requirements for retaining records and transfer to the state agency, at no cost, all public records in possession of the contractor upon termination of the contract and destroy any duplicate public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt. All records stored electronically must be provided to the state agency in a format that is compatible with the information technology systems of the state agency.
1466(k)1. 1467A provision that provides that any copyrightable or patentable intellectual property produced as a result of work or services performed under the contract, or in any way connected with the contract, shall be the property of the state, with only such exceptions as are clearly expressed and reasonably valued in the contract.
15192. 1520A provision that provides that, if the primary purpose of the contract is the creation of intellectual property, the state shall retain an unencumbered right to use such property.
1549(l) 1550If applicable, a provision that allows the agency to purchase from the contractor, at its depreciated value, assets used by the contractor in the performance of the contract. If assets have not depreciated, the agency shall retain the right to negotiate to purchase at an agreed-upon cost.
