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The ICT Co-op Contracts program allows customers to purchase items directly from a DIR-contracted vendor such as Catapult Systems. Customers can contact Catapult directly for product and pricing information, purchase orders and payments. This streamlines the ordering process so customers receive their products/services quickly. To learn more about this program, please click here.

SOWs & Purchase Orders
Regarding statements of work (SOW) and purchase orders (POs) please note the following:

  • Catapult can only respond to a SOW for awarded technology categories.  
  • Customer SOW must be complete, signed by an authorized customer representative and in the standard DIR form.
  • No work can be started until a PO is in place.
  • Catapult’s DIR contract number (DIR-SDD-865) must be referenced on each PO.
  • POs should be sent directly to Mike.Albe@CatapultSystems.com.

 

Texas DIR ICT Co-op Contracts Program

DIR The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Cooperative (Co-op) Contracts program (formerly known as Go DIRect) is a streamlined cooperative purchasing program for state and local government, public education and other public entities in Texas, as well as public entities outside the state. The Texas DIR has a deliverables-based IT services (DBITS) contract with vendors to provide information technology (IT) products or services. Customers can now quickly and easily buy IT services from DIR-contracted vendors like Catapult Systems. Pricing is very competitive because vendors offer the state significant discounts from their price lists, and those discounts apply to all DIR customers.
 
You are eligible to buy through DIR if you are a Texas state agency, public institution of higher education, public school district, or other local government entity. For more information and legal citations, visit the DIR Customer Eligibility page. Many public entities outside of Texas may also buy through DIR. For more information on this visit the DIR Out-of-State Customers page .
 

Catapult's DIR Services

Catapult is able to provide services in the following DIR categories:
  1. Service-Oriented Architecture
    Services include: planning and assessment, requirements development, proof of concept, implementation, deployment, governance, application programming and support services, system software administration and support, and training support.
     
  2. Technology Migration/Upgrade & Transformation
    Services include: assessment of the current application portfolio, valuation of technology assets before beginning technology transformation and business case development for justification of an initiative. Also included are technology transformations which may include return on investment (ROI), benchmarks and milestones. The following activities may be included: planning, analysis, requirements development, proof of concept, deployment, implementation, integration, remediation, data migration, documentation, application programming and support services, and training support.
     
  3. Application Development
    Services include: researching, analyzing, gathering requirements, designing, programming, testing, documenting and implementing, applying changes to the software language and/or database in which the application is written; providing corrections for production or any changes needed and participation in disaster recovery planning and documentation.
 
For more information on Catapult's DIR contract, click here. To learn more about the DIR DIBTS program click here.