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OHIO BENEFITS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SERVICES

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CONTRACT (0A1319)

AMENDMENT 34

This Amendment 34 to contract #0A1319 (the “Amendment”) is between the State of Ohio, Department of Administrative Services (the “State”) and Accenture LLP (the “Contractor”). This Amendment changes the terms of the Ohio Benefits System Maintenance and Operation Services Request for Proposals contract #0A1319 (the “Contract”).

WHEREAS, the State and Contractor entered into the Contract on March 24, 2023; and

WHEREAS, the State and Contractor determined that an amendment is necessary to address certain revisions to the Contract.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Contract is amended as follows:

1. In Supplement 1, Section 8.6 Time and Material (T&M) Resource Planning for Inhouse Development, add the following as new subsection 8.6.2:

8.6.2 DCY Transitional Support FY26

The Ohio Department of Children and Youth has identified the need for Ohio Benefits transitional support for State Fiscal Year 2026. The Contractor will provision up to 2,080 time and materials transitional support hours from a Junior Business Analyst role at the fixed hourly rate of $193.79 from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

2. In Attachment Nine, Cost Proposal Workbook, add a new tab titled “Amendment 34” to reflect the additional not-to-exceed cost of $403,083.20 associated with the above work. The revised Cost Proposal Workbook, 0A1319 Cost Summary Amendment 34, is incorporated into this Contract as if fully rewritten herein and is effective as of the effective date of this Amendment.

This Amendment shall become effective as of the date of the State’s signature and shall remain in full force and effect for the term of the Contract. Except as modified by this Amendment, all other terms, conditions and pricing of the Contract shall remain the same and in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the dates appearing below.

ACCENTURE LLP STATE OF OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

By: By:

Name: Name: Kathleen C. Madden

Title: Title: Director

Date: Date:

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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS

Amendment Number

Effective Date Description

37 In Process This amendment updates language support to include multiple translation options for correspondence per CR39.

36 In Process This amendment provides additional resources for management of DAS reporting requirements.

35 In Process This amendment incorporates the scope of work changes under CR 38 which extend and enhance maintenance and support for FY26- 27.

34 In Process

The Ohio Department of Children and Youth requires supplemental resources to perform Ohio Benefits Transitional support entailing Business Analysis and Operational Help Desk activities from July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026. This CR45 will add up to 2,080 hours at a total not-to-exceed $403,083.20.

33 In Process This amendment provides for enhancement hours for FY26-27 for Medicaid.

32 In Process This amendment provides for end-of-life hardware upgrades.

31 In Process

This amendment provides for the funding and the procurement of third-party software and hardware maintenance renewals in State Fiscal Year 2026 and State Fiscal Year 2027 (these items originally added under amendment 1, updated under amendment 13).

30 In Process This amendment incorporates the scope of work changes under CR 43 which extend and enhance maintenance and support for FY26- 27.

29 In Process This amendment incorporates the scope of work changes under CR 37 and 38 which extend and enhance maintenance and support for

FY26-27.

28 In Process

This amendment adds two more years of Oracle Policy Automation support. Oracle has released a new version of its rules engine, Oracle Intelligent Advisor (OIA), which marks the end of its standard support for the on-premises Oracle Policy Automation (OPA). The state requests Accenture to purchase extended support for OPA so that the state will continue to receive security and maintenance patches from Oracle for OPA.

27 4/22/2025

This amendment adds additional enhancement capacity for up to 30,000 technical hours to be delivered effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. These changes include the systems development phases of: Plan, Analyze, Design, Build, Test and Deploy.

26 1/13/2025 This amendment is to integrate the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program into Ohio Benefits, requiring a sustainable, long-term framework for streamlined eligibility and operational processes.

25 3/27/2025 Incorporates CR 31 & 32 which cover changes to the Spring Framework and upgrades to Cisco equipment.

24 11/25/2024

Contract Renewal for FY26-27, updated the following sections:

Independent Contractor Acknowledgement Form, Audits, and Drug- Free Workplace, added the Legal Representation and Rights and Statutes of Limitations sections.

23 1/22/2025 This amendment updates language added under Amendment 5 related to additional resources.

22 3/27/2025 This amendment is to update (clarify and modify) SLAs to better aid the execution of this work.

21 8/23/2024 This amendment is to update the Deliverable Completion dates

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20 10/3/2024 This amendment is to include MCEE CMS certification requirements and one FTE to provide FY25 support of the Medicaid SAS software used for the Medicaid Enterprise Data Warehouse.

19 10/3/2024 This amendment is to include additional enhancement capacity for up to 21,863 technical hours to be delivered effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

18 10/9/2024 This amendment is for integration of the Ohio Benefits Program portals into the Innovate Ohio Platform (IOP) to provide Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities.

17 7/24/2024 Onboarding of the Ohio Department of Children and Youth.

16 9/20/2024 Continuation of the CAIP software product licensing for FY25.

15 7/19/2024

This is a no-cost amendment that revises the deliverable table from amendment 5: Third-party Upgrades. The total cost of CR #5 does not change, but four new deliverables have been added and the value of deliverables 5.007 through 5.012 has been reduced accordingly.

14 5/13/2024

The State has identified the need to better understand the data reporting needs and challenges encountered by state and county workers. As a result, the State will conduct a Human Centered Design Analysis.

13 5/2/2024 Software licensing costs were added under Amendment 1 and this Amendment 13 is updating some licensing cost.

12 5/13/2024 The State has identified the need to leverage advanced technology to refine the SNAP recertification process. This amendment incorporates the work to be completed for this project.

11 4/8/2024

The State has identified the need to implement Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment as part of the Ohio Medicaid Modularization Enterprise System program. This amendment incorporates the Deliverables and additional enhancement hours for State Fiscal Year 2025.

10 4/8/2024

The State has identified the need to implement Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment as part of the Ohio Medicaid Modularization Enterprise System program. This amendment incorporates the Deliverables and additional enhancement hours for State Fiscal Year 2024.

9 5/28/2024

This amendment is for the procurement, installation, and configuration of the required hardware and software required to incorporate additional storage capacity to the SOCC Prod Exadata and Cleveland Exadata.

8 5/2/2024

This amendment accounts for the incorporation ARCs (Additional Resource Count) for maintenance and operations of the Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF enhancements implemented for the Ohio Benefits Program.

7 3/5/2024

The State has identified the need to re-design the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP ET) program for the State of Ohio. This amendment will enable the Ohio Benefits system to be updated to enable the new functionality.

6 11/27/2023

This amendment will enable functionality for workers to renew Medicaid benefits, based on specific criteria, for individuals who may qualify for renewal through the Ex Parte process. This will be a two-phase process of implementing a short term fix while a permanent

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5 1/8/2024 This amendment incorporates CR3, 4, and 5 with updates to maintenance and operations and third-party software upgrades.

4 12/20/2023 This amendment will increase the asset verification transactions by an additional 300,000 transactions.

3 9/15/2023

This amendment will enable functionality for workers to indicate that a specific assistance group meets the criteria for a Child Care Special Program – Critical Occupation, in turn, creating the ability for these applicants to be appropriately assessed for eligibility.

2 9/11/2023 This amendment is to migrate determination of Medicaid Eligibility for children qualified to receive child welfare benefits and enrollment of Medicaid Managed Care plan into the Ohio Benefits platform.

1 7/13/2023 Updates the Contract with all individual Software and Hardware items required to continue ongoing operations of the Ohio Benefits system.