Consulting & Technical Service

CATS II Program

CATS II is an Office of Information initiative. Its objective is to facilitate the ability of County agencies to quickly and efficiently obtain high quality IT information related to consulting and technical services. The CATS II Program provides the County with a flexible contract vehicle for obtaining consistent IT resources by issuing task orders specific to its needs.
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​These task orders will be awarded to pre-qualified vendors under the CATS II Master Contract. Since the Master Contractors are already under contract with the County, they have already met many contracting requirements such as bonds and insurance, thus shortening the time between the identification of the need and initiation of the work to address it.

Functional Areas

The IT services, available under the CATS II Program, include the following 7 functional areas:
  • Program Management Office
  • Application/Software Engineering
  • Data Center/Facilities Management
  • Service Desk Support
  • Enterprise Architecture and New Technologies
  • Information Security
  • Documentation and Technical Writing

TOPR Release Forecast & Status

We believe that the Task Order Proposal Request (TOPR) Release Forecast and Status report is a very useful source of information for our Master contractors. The report:
  • Displays the projected release schedule for TOPRS. This information may be helpful in planning for resources and identifying whether Master Contractors and/or their approved subcontractors have the requisite skill set and experience to respond successfully to a particular Task Order. (If you, as the Master Contractor conclude that other subcontractor(s) may be necessary, please make sure to submit the necessary documents to secure approval)
  • A list that provides the status of our various TOPRs. After the awardee is notified, this will often be the first location where award information will be posted. (Unsuccessful Response Notifications will also be sent to all unsuccessful TOPR respondees, as soon as possible.)