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SENATE BILL 836
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SB 924/21 – EHE
By: Senator Jennings
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Procurement – Information Technology – Cloud–Based Virtual Desktop 2
Infrastructure 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Information Technology to issue a request 4
for proposals for or make a certain determination on the implementation of a certain 5
model and ongoing maintenance of cloud–based virtual desktop infrastructure to be 6
used by each unit of State government as desktop support and management systems; 7
and generally relating to the procurement of cloud –based virtual desktop 8
infrastructure services. 9
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
That: 11
(a) In this section, “Device as a Service” means a service model that supports 12
enterprise hardware, delivers end–to–end life cycle services for end users, allows the State 13
to subscribe to end–user information technology devices including personal computers, 14
smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices, and standard operating software while 15
outsourcing the device management, device backups, asset tracking, security, and 16
end–of–life disposal to an external service provider. 17
(b) By July 1, 2023, the Department of Information Technology shall issue a 18
request for proposals or make a determination to participate in an intergovernmental 19
cooperative purchasing agreement with another state for the implementation of a Device 20
as a Service model and ongoing maintenance of cloud–based virtual desktop infrastructure 21
to be used by each unit of State government as desktop support and management systems. 22
(c) The Department: 23
(1) may contract for Device as a Service virtual desktop infrastructure 24
services consistent with Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and 25 2 SENATE BILL 836
(2) shall: 1
(i) review information technology contracts for full–service 2
end–to–end enterprise device management and desktop support entered into by other 3
states; and 4
(ii) consider participating in an intergovernmental cooperative 5
purchasing agreement with another state for the implementation and ongoing maintenance 6
of Device as a Service cloud–based virtual desktop infrastructure. 7
(d) The factors used in evaluating a proposal or making a determination under 8
this section shall include: 9
(1) cost per device; 10
(2) the quality of the Device as a Service model and cloud–based virtual 11
desktop infrastructure services; 12
(3) the technical ability and experience of the offeror; and 13
(4) the guaranteed savings to the State of using end–to–end life cycle 14
device management or cloud–based virtual desktop infrastructure services compared to the 15
use of any preceding desktop support and management systems. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 17
October 1, 2022. 18