Smarter Balanced (UC Santa Cruz) — Power BI Consulting and Development (2023): Evidence Record
Claim level: Contracted
Verified against the 2 primary source documents and 3 redacted page images published on this page. Every published file carries a SHA-256.
On June 14, 2023 the University of California, Santa Cruz issued Purchase Order P0817698 to O'Connor Enterprise Group Inc., doing business as EPC Group, for Power BI development and consultation on behalf of Smarter Balanced, per EPC Group's statement of work of May 12, 2023 describing a 150-hour Power BI consulting and development initiative with Power BI Embedded.
Engagement fact, as the document states it
University of California Santa Cruz Purchase Order P0817698 (June 14, 2023), invoices to "UCSC Silicon Valley Campus — Smarter Balanced": "Power BI Development and Consultation", "PO per Statement of Work dated May 12, 2023", requested services June 14 to August 31, 2023.
- Power BI consulting and development services with Power BI Embedded, 150-hour block, period of performance June 1 through August 31, 2023 (SOW-stated scope)
- "Power BI Development and Consultation" — the purchase order's line description (client document)
150 hours or units as stated on the document. Period on the paper: 2023-06 to 2023-08.
O'Connor Enterprise Group, Inc., doing business as EPC Group, is the legal contracting entity for the engagements documented here.
Verification summary
| Verification vector | Validated value |
|---|---|
| Client entity | Smarter Balanced, contracting through the University of California, Santa Cruz |
| EPC contracting entity | O'Connor Enterprise Group Inc, Houston — as printed |
| Document types | University purchase order; EPC Group SOW |
| Dates | PO June 14, 2023; SOW May 12, 2023; services June–August 2023 |
| Technology | Microsoft Power BI, Power BI Embedded |
| Scope shown in source | 150 hours of Power BI consulting and development (SOW-stated scope) |
Source documents
Purchase Order P0817698 — UC Santa Cruz for Smarter Balanced
- Document type:
- Purchase order
- Date:
- June 14, 2023
- Issuer:
- University of California, Santa Cruz — Procurement Services (for Smarter Balanced)
- Published:
- Page 1, redacted (rendered from the university's HTML attachment)
What this document establishes
- The University of California, Santa Cruz issued a purchase order to O'Connor Enterprise Group Inc. on June 14, 2023 for Power BI development and consultation per the statement of work dated May 12, 2023, on behalf of Smarter Balanced.
What it does not establish
- That the ordered services were performed, completed or accepted.
- Any hours actually consumed, any invoice paid, or any business outcome.
Redactions applied
- Contact and procurement names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers
- Not-to-exceed amounts and unit prices
No client name, EPC Group identity, project description or date has been altered.
Statement of Work — Power BI Consulting and Development, 150-Hour Initiative
- Document type:
- Statement of work (EPC Group)
- Date:
- May 12, 2023
- Issuer:
- EPC Group
- Published:
- Cover and scope page, redacted
What this document establishes
- The scope the purchase order cites: 150 hours of Power BI consulting and development, including Power BI Embedded, June 1 to August 31, 2023.
What it does not establish
- That the SOW-stated scope was performed.
Redactions applied
- Unit rate and discount
No client name, EPC Group identity, project description or date has been altered.
What this page does not claim
- Delivered: no delivery record or work product is published on this page, so it does not claim the ordered work was performed.
- Accepted: no signed acceptance form or closeout letter is published, so it does not claim the client accepted deliverables.
- Outcome-verified: no client-issued measurement is published, so it does not claim any business result.
- Client-endorsed: no permissioned client statement is published, so nothing here is an endorsement.
Document provenance
Source: EPC Group historical corporate records.
Public version: privacy-redacted reproduction of the pages listed above.
Material alterations: none, other than the redactions disclosed against each document.
Original retained: yes, by EPC Group.
Redaction method: Each published excerpt is rebuilt from a rasterised image of the page, with redaction boxes burned into the pixels before the file is reassembled. The derivative carries no text layer, no annotations, no form fields and no metadata, so nothing beneath a redaction box can be recovered by text extraction. Every derivative was additionally reviewed by eye at high magnification.
What a hash proves: The SHA-256 confirms the downloaded file matches the published file; it does not independently authenticate the underlying agreement.
Basis for publication: public record of a public body. Public university purchase order (University of California).
Text transcripts: 01 · 02 · 03 — generated by optical character recognition from the published, redacted images, never from the originals; where an image is boxed the transcript reads [REDACTED].
Review cycle: this record is reviewed every 90 days.
Questions about this record
Why is the client shown as both Smarter Balanced and UC Santa Cruz?
Smarter Balanced is hosted by the University of California, Santa Cruz, whose procurement office issued the purchase order; the order's invoicing block names Smarter Balanced. The record names both, as the document does.
Does this page show the Power BI work was delivered?
No. The purchase order and the statement of work show what was ordered and planned. No acceptance record or outcome is published here.
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Last updated by Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group