ESI - FY27 Cobol Suite

The Illinois Community College Board awarded an Open Market Small Purchase contract to ESI Services, LLC for annual software support services effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The total contract value is $21,955.63. The award encompasses three line items providing Silver-level support for COBOL-IT Compiler Suite and Production and Development Runtimes operating on Virtual Machine 64-bit Linux Operating System infrastructure. Specifically, the deliverables include annual support for the COBOL-IT Compiler Suite at 4 Seats with 3-year Professional Services ($6,780.82), Production Runtimes supporting 1 Node with 8 Cores and 1-10 Users ($10,116.54), and Development Runtimes supporting 1 Node with 4 Cores and 1-10 Users ($5,058.27).

The contract is governed by the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office General Services Standard Terms and Conditions, which establish uniform contractual requirements including payment terms under the State Prompt Payment Act, insurance requirements of $1,000,000 general and auto liability coverage, intellectual property ownership vesting in the State, three-year record retention obligations, and termination provisions allowing the State to terminate for cause with written notice to cure or for convenience with thirty days' notice. All invoices must be submitted by July 31 for services rendered through June 30. The contract is contingent upon appropriation of funds by the State of Illinois.