iPDawards & recognition
CIO Award Exemplifies Best Practices in Technology
Project Development Zone
Gov. Olene Walker recognized the state's 2004 Governor's Chief Information Officer Award winners for outstanding accomplishments in e-government initiatives by state agencies, local government agencies and private sector partners. These information technology projects exemplify best practices in the design and implementation of customer-focused information technology services and business solution. UDOT received this prestigious award for their Electronic Bid System (EBS).
The Electronic Bid System provides access to bid details online, allowing contractors to use free UDOT-developed software for bid preparation and online submission. Benefits realized for both contractors and the State exemplify the performance possible using technology. For example, UDOT realized a 100% time saving in entering bids and reductions in data entry error and discrepancies, and a 95% time savings for UDOT staff analysis of bid results. Contractor benefits include on-line access to bid information, software for bid submission with internal checks to reduce omissions and errors, and updating of their submissions.
UDOT's EBS development team consisted of Blaine Bailey, PDBS Business Lead, Michelle Verucchi, PDBS Technical Lead, Ardie Brown, Lead Technical Analyst, and Steve Wilkins, Lead Software Analyst/ Developer.