RD421 - Crossroads Design, Development and Implementation WIC System Status Report


Executive Summary:
Report on (i) the progress of the multi-state procurement of a multi-state computerized database "WIC System" known formally as the Crossroads Design, Development and Implementation WIC System; (ii) the division's efforts to ensure that in designing and successfully procuring the WIC System that adequate participant access can be achieved without the current use of slotting or other similar vendor-limiting criteria and the system allows peer groups to be changed to reflect marketplace dynamics and ensure a more equitable vendor comparison; and (iii) the division's efforts to coordinate these changes in collaboration with the division's existing Retail Advisory Groups and other stakeholders.