QA Engineer Automated 3

I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 1 QA Engineer Automated 3 hereafter referred to as Candidate(s) who meets the general qualifications of QA Engineer Automated 3 Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered works made for hire and are the property of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will pay no fees for interviews or discussions which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).

QA automation engineers design automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically. This includes determining the priority for test scenarios and creating execution plans to implement these scenarios. Designing documentation for automated processes.

This role will be responsible for the development and maintenance of automated test cases using WebdriverIO or similar technology development and maintenance test scripts for both manual and automated testing. Performs manual testing as required. Tracks test case execution. Establishes regular automated schedules of test cases as well as required reporting. Use of Jira to log and track defects. Develops and maintains requirements traceability matrices. Must have experience working in an Agile environment. Supports the development team as needed in dev test UAT and production and troubleshoots the test cases as required. Leads UAT testing activities as needed. Available for on-call support as needed.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. Years Required/Preferred Experience 10 Required Manual Test Script Execution Experience 8 Required Automated QA Testing Experience 8 Required QA Test Script Creation Experience 8 Required Performance Testing Experience 5 Preferred QA Automated Test Case Reporting Experience 5 Preferred JavaScript HTML Experience Selenium 3 Preferred Agile Scrum and Jira XRay Experience

III. TERMS OF SERVICE

Services are expected to start 09/01/2025 and are expected to complete by 08/31/2026. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 2000 hours. This service may be amended renewed and/or extended providing both parties agree to do so in writing.

IV. WORK HOURS AND LOCATION

Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM excluding State holidays when the agency is closed.

The primary work location(s) will be at Austin Texas 78751. The working position is Hybrid - On Site and Telework. Any and all travel per diem parking and/or living expenses shall be at the Candidates and/or Vendors expense. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will provide pre-approved written authorization for travel for any services to be performed away from the primary work location(s). Pre-approved travel expenses are limited to the rates and comply with the rules prescribed by the State of Texas for travel by its classified employees including any requirement for original receipts.

The Candidate(s) may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends evenings and holidays as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

V. OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius).

TERM OF SERVICE Services are expected to start on or around September 1 2025 and are expected to completed by August 31 2026. Total estimated hours per candidate shall not exceed 2000 hours for FY26.

Initial Purchase Order Term:

Any Purchase Order resulting from this Request for Resumes is effective on the date of issuance and expires on the last day of the State fiscal year in which the Purchase Order was issued unless sooner stated in the Purchase Order or unless sooner terminated renewed or extended as provided in the Purchase Order.

Renewal Option(s):

HHSC at its sole discretion may renew the Purchase Order for up to three one-year optional renewals. Such renewal(s) if exercised shall be subject to all the requirements and terms and conditions of the Purchase Order.

WORK HOURS AND LOCATION

A) Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the Agency. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. excluding Texas state holidays when the agency is closed.

B) The primary work location will be 701 W 51st Street Austin Texas 78751.

Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Tues & Wed) required to be onsite at the location listed above.

Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius).

Please do not submit candidates who are currently out of state and are planning to move to Texas. Candidates must already reside in Texas.

C) Any and all travel per diem parking and/or living expenses shall be at the workers and/or Vendors expense.

D) The worker may be required to work remotely at HHSC discretion up to 100 percent of the time.

E) The worker may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends evenings and holidays as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through the Agency.

Interviews will be conducted: (check all that apply)

By Phone

In person

Through Microsoft Teams

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

A vendors submission of a candidate may be disqualified if:

• The vendor fails to add the candidate to competitive solicitation or RFR in the DIR ITSAC Portal.
• Another vendor submits the same candidate for the same competitive solicitation also known as a request of resume (RFR).
• The vendor submits more than one candidate for the same competitive solicitation or RFR.
• The vendor submits a candidate after the response period for a competitive solicitation or RFR.
• The vendor fails to format the email subject line properly when submitting a candidate for a competitive solicitation or RFR:
  • Proper Formatting: Solicitation Number Vendor Name Candidate First and Last Name Position Type and Level
  • Example:Sanders Technologies Jane Doe Project Lead 3
• The vendor fails to follow any other instructions noted in the competitive solicitation or RFR.

Initial Purchase Order Term:

Any Purchase Order resulting from this Request for Resumes is effective on the date of issuance and expires on the last day of the State fiscal year in which the Purchase Order was issued unless sooner stated in the Purchase Order or unless sooner terminated renewed or extended as provided in the Purchase Order.

Renewal Option(s):

HHSC at its sole discretion may renew the Purchase Order for up to three one-year optional renewals. Such renewal(s) if exercised shall be subject to all the requirements and terms and conditions of the Purchase Order.

VI. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This position is subject to availability of funding.

Initial Purchase Order Term:

Any Purchase Order resulting from this Request for Resumes is effective on the date of issuance and expires on the last day of the State fiscal year in which the Purchase Order was issued unless sooner stated in the Purchase Order or unless sooner terminated renewed or extended as provided in the Purchase Order.

Renewal Option(s):

HHSC at its sole discretion may renew the Purchase Order for up to three one-year optional renewals. Such renewal(s) if exercised shall be subject to all the requirements and terms and conditions of the Purchase Order.

A vendors submission of a candidate may be disqualified if:

• The vendor fails to add the candidate to competitive solicitation or RFR in the DIR ITSAC Portal.
• Another vendor submits the same candidate for the same competitive solicitation also known as a request of resume (RFR).
• The vendor submits more than one candidate for the same competitive solicitation or RFR.
• The vendor submits a candidate after the response period for a competitive solicitation or RFR.
• The vendor fails to format the email subject line properly when submitting a candidate for a competitive solicitation or RFR:
  • Proper Formatting: Solicitation Number Vendor Name Candidate First and Last Name Position Type and Level
  • Example:Sanders Technologies Jane Doe Project Lead 3
• The vendor fails to follow any other instructions noted in the competitive solicitation or RFR.

In submitting a resume for this solicitation the vendor attests to their compliance with e-verify for the submitted candidate. E-verify requirements are outlined in Appendix A Section P. Immigration of the Standard Terms and Conditions for Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contract.

Worker must sign an Acceptable Use Agreement as a condition of employment.

Worker must sign and return an HHSC Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contractor Integrity Agreement (IT Form 4710) before a purchase order is issued.

Vendor must sign and return and HHS Information Security Cybersecurity Training Acknowledgement (HHS Form 3834) before a purchase order is issued.

Vendor must conduct a criminal history investigation of the Worker and provide the results to HHSC prior to the issuance of any purchase order. The criminal history investigation must have been conducted within six months prior to the issuance of any purchase order including a purchase order for modifying or extending the terms of the agreement. Should the Worker not be acceptable to HHSC at any time because of the results of the criminal history investigation then HHSC may immediately terminate its purchase order and related service agreement or request replacement of the Worker in question.

By accepting the purchaser order the Vendor agrees to comply with the HHS Data Use Agreement.

VII. RIGHT TO AMEND OR WITHDRAW SOLICITATION

DIR reserves the right to alter amend or modify any provisions of this solicitation or to withdraw this solicitation at any time prior to the award of a Work Order pursuant hereto if it is determined by DIR to be in the best interest of the State to do so.

VIII. RESPONSE DEADLINE

Vendor shall respond in accordance with Customer specifications with proposed candidate resumes and the response must be received by 07/22/2025 @ 5:00 PM (CT).

IX. EVALUATION OF RESPONSES

1. Response must be submitted in accordance with Customer specifications by the response deadline listed in Section VIII of this solicitation. Failure to do so will result in disqualification of the response.
2. Vendor hereby represents to DIR they are registered as a Texas Vendor with all necessary Texas taxpayer identification numbers with the Comptroller of Public Accounts and be in good standing with that office and otherwise be authorized to do business with the State of Texas.
3. Form D (Right to Represent) - a Candidate whose name and Form D is submitted by more than one vendor for the same opportunity may be considered by the Customer. The Customer at its discretion may hire a Candidate submitted by multiple Vendors.
4. Vendors may not submit resumes outside of the process for solicitations. (Appendix A Section 11. C).
5. Vendor is prohibited from contacting a Customer to discuss an open competitive solicitation during the Work Order Solicitation; however Vendor is allowed to market their business to Customers. (Appendix A Section 13. 3)
6. Vendor is prohibited from submitting a substitute candidate during the interview process if the original candidate is no longer available. Vendor may offer a replacement candidate if the Purchase Order (PO) has been issued and the original candidate is no longer available. (Appendix A Section 11. E).
7. The Vendor and/or its subcontractors if any shall certify that they are not suspended or debarred from doing business with the federal government as listed in the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) maintained by the General Services Administration and (x) as of the effective date of the Contract are not listed in the prohibited vendors list authorized by Executive Order #13224 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism published by the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. DIR will verify EPLS status via the TPASS web site. Vendors listed on the prohibited vendors list will result in disqualification of the entire response.

A. Candidate resumes and references from the responses shall be made available to the Customer in accordance with Customer specifications. The determination of candidates to be interviewed and the final award shall be made by the Customer. For Texas State Agency customers WorkQuest resumes must be reviewed and a determination made to either select the WorkQuest candidate or reject the WorkQuest candidate and report this decision on the Agencys State Use Report per Texas State Use Act Chapter 122 Texas Human Resources Code.

X. RESPONSE FORMAT

The Vendor response shall follow the format described below. Submit only the following:

1. Candidate Reference Form submit copy for each Candidate.
2. Candidate Qualifications - Vendor must complete and merge with resume.
3. Candidate Acknowledgement Form Vendor must obtain signature from Candidate and merge with resume.
4. Candidate Resume - submit copy for each Candidate.
5. Vendor may submit no more than 1 candidate resume(s) for this job.
6. Candidate Reference Form Candidate Qualification Form Candidate Acknowledgement Form and Candidate Resume to be merged into one (1) document and sent to the Customer in accordance with Customer specifications in PDF Format. Order of merge is to be: Candidate Qualification Form Candidate Resume Candidate Reference Form and Candidate Acknowledgement Form.
7. Instructions for where to send forms and resume(s): Vendors should input their candidate information in the vendor DIR ITSAC Portal. Once completed the vendor should submit that candidate resume to

XI. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VENDOR RESPONSE

Follow these instructions carefully:

1. Log into the portal and complete the following for each Candidate.
   • Candidate Name
   • Hourly Rate: Rates shall not exceed the Not-to-Exceed rates contained in Vendors contract with DIR for the noted position(s). In the event that the Vendor submits an hourly bill rate that exceeds the NTE bill rate in the contract the candidate will be submitted to the Customer with an hourly bill rate that is reduced to the NTE hourly bill rate in the contract. (Appendix A Section 12. A.). If the Customer submits a Solicitation that does not require an NTE rate then the rate will be negotiated between the Customer and Vendor prior to Award.
   • Date of Candidate availability
   • If sub-contracted provide company name sub-contract in accordance withcentage and company HUB type.
   • Vendors certified as Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) by the State Procurement Division (SPD) shall include HUB Ethnicity & Gender Codes as defined by the SPD. Insert HUB Ethnicity/Gender code assigned to the Vendor by the SPD. If vendor is not a HUB insert N/A. Vendor shall use the HUB Ethnicity & Gender Codes assigned to the Vendor by the SPD. DIR shall verify Vendors HUB Ethnicity & Gender Codes status via the SPD web site.
2. Send resume packet for each Candidate (Instructions in Section X)
3. Name the resume packet (PDF) document(s) following the guidelines below:
   • Solicitation Number Vendor Name and Candidate Name. i.e.:
   • Order of merged PDF is to be:
     • Candidate Qualification Form
     • Candidate Resume
     • Candidate Reference Form
     • Candidate Acknowledgement Form.

Required Skills : Automated QA Testing

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills :

Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No