T1616 Data Access Services: Web-based Investigative and Locator Data

The State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase and Property, awarded contract 25-TELE-127291 to LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. on January 16, 2026, for web-based investigative and locator data services. The contract, which extends through January 15, 2031, provides data access services to support civil and criminal investigations, person and firm screening, and news research for state agencies and cooperative purchasing participants, including counties, municipalities, school districts, and other public entities authorized to utilize state contracts. The contract encompasses three primary service categories: Category 1 provides monthly fixed-rate access to Search Requirement Services with tiered pricing based on user count, ranging from 1–5 users at $446.47 per month in Year 1 to 501–1,000 users at $33,495.55 per month in Year 1, with annual escalations throughout the five-year term. Category 2 includes high-volume interface batch processing via secure file transfer protocols, with pricing ranging from $20,140.31 monthly for 1–100,000 searches in Year 1 to $138,933.51 monthly for 500,001–1,000,000 searches in Year 5, plus ad-hoc batch processing at $0.19 per matched transaction across all contract years.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. confirmed capability to provide 36 of 39 specified search services, encompassing address and phone verification, court searches, criminal records, employment records, motor vehicle records, real property ownership, bankruptcy filings, professional license searches, and tax lien searches. Services are required to maintain 99 percent uptime with 90 percent of inquiries responding within one second, and support must be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week via toll-free telephone staffing. The contractor must maintain professional liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 per occurrence and cyber breach insurance of at least $5,000,000 per occurrence. Training is provided at no charge through on-site sessions and online tutorials, with monthly invoices detailing service utilization by login identification. Using agencies generate purchase orders based on their specific service needs and are subject to a 1 percent procurement efficiency program fee remitted quarterly to Periscope on all purchases invoiced under the contract.