VICTORIAN 32 COUNCIL EASYBIZ EXTENSION CONSORTIUM
 
EasyBiz Project Web Services Framework Specification,
Contract No. CT060718 

Closing date: Wed 06 Sep 2006 - 1400 Melbourne time

	THE SPECIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EASYBIZ WEB SERVICES HUB

The EasyBiz Project is a Regulation Reduction Incentive funded project involving 32 local 
Victorian councils.

The project is delivering a portal that will enable small/home based businesses in Victoria to 
better understand and fulfill their local council compliance requirements eg the completion and 
lodging of permit, licence and registration applications online. 

The EasyBiz Project requires the services of a suitably qualified Web Services Development firm
to specify, develop and implement a Web Services Hub that facilitates the exchange of data using
common formats and agreed standards between the EasyBiz Portal, up to 32 local Victorian 
councils and a range of other third party data providers such as STATE and Federal Government 
systems that are relevant to small/home based business. 

Tender closes at 2:00pm Wednesday 6th September 2006 

INDEX OPERATIONAL CONCEPT DOCUMENT

CONTENTS

1	Introduction 									3
	1.1 	Overview 								3
	1.2 	About EasyBiz System 							3
	1.3 	Purpose of Operational Concept Document 				4
	1.4 	Supporting Documentation 						4
	1.5 	Glossary, Terms and Acronyms 						5
	1.6 	EasyBiz Management Authority 						9
	1.7 	Operational Concept Document Audience 					9

2	EasyBiz System Scope 								11
	2.1 	EasyBiz System Scope 							11
	2.2 	EasyBiz Functions and Processes 					14
	2.3 	Outside EasyBiz Scope 							20
	2.4 	EasyBiz Context and Related Initiatives 				21

3	EasyBiz Implementation and Deliverables 					27

4	Solution Independent Needs 							28
	4.1 	User Classes/Roles 							28
	4.2 	Local Council transactions available via EasyBiz 			28

5	Operational Needs 								34
	5.1 	EasyBiz Goals 								34

6	?	An email has been sent requesting the missing pages

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	7.2 	Operational Needs 							34
	7.3 	Stakeholder Needs 							36
	7.4 	EasyBiz Data Elements 							50
	7.5 	Information/Data Exchange 						50
	7.6 	Operational Policies and Standards					53	

8	Existing Systems								57	
	8.1 	Current Systems								57
	8.2 	Council Systems								58

9	System Solution Description 							60
	9.1 	System Architecture 							61
	9.2 	Transformation of EasyBiz common data 					66
		format into council specific data format 
	9.3 	EasyBiz System Architecture Amendments 					67
	9.4 	Performance Requirements 						68
	9.5 	Hosting of EasyBiz Solution 						69
	9.6 	System Personnel 							69
	9.7 	System Constraints 							70
	9.8 	Technology Forecast 							70


Index of Appendicies									72

	Appendix A List of EasyBiz Consortium councils 					72
	Appendix B EasyBiz Data Dictionary 						73
	Appendix C Project Directions and Monitoring Group Members 			74
	Appendix D EasyBiz Technical Development Reference Group Members		75
	Appendix E Industry Reference and Monitoring Group Members			76
	Appendix F Amendments to target EasyBiz System Architecture 			77


Index of Schedules - "Conditions of Tenders" File					    9

	Schedule 1 - Annexure to Tender Conditions					10-14
	Schedule 2 - Tender Form, including all pricing information 			15-18
	Schedule 3 - Tenderer Information						19-26
	Schedule 4 - Receipt of Addenda 						   27
	Schedule 5 - Occupational Health and Safety Management Questionnaire 		28-29
	Schedule 6 - Statutory Declaration 						30-32 
	Schedule 7 - Statement of Conformance						33-38

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