Extended Life Cycle Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for zSystems - RHEL 7 Extended Support

The California Department of Technology has awarded a contract to AVERE INC for Information Technology Goods valued at $14,300.00. The contract, identified as IT Goods 0000000000000000000132781, is scheduled for completion on September 20, 2027. AVERE INC will deliver two units of Extended Life Cycle Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for zSystems, specifically RHEL 7 Extended Support, at a unit price of $7,150.00 each.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Support for zSystems is a mainframe-focused operating system support offering designed to extend the lifecycle of legacy systems. This contract represents the California Department of Technology's procurement of critical infrastructure maintenance and support services to sustain existing enterprise Linux environments operating on IBM zSystems mainframe platforms. The extended support designation indicates that AVERE INC will provide continued technical assistance, updates, and security patches for systems that have reached or are approaching end-of-life status under standard support timelines.