70-M0087-26-CP403_-_GSD_Email.pdf

This is a sole source procurement notification email from the State of New Mexico's General Services Department (GSD) State Purchasing Division (SPD) regarding procurement #70-M0087-26-CP403. The email, dated September 17, 2026, notifies relevant parties that the State of New Mexico Public Utilities Division has formally requested and published a sole source declaration for Mountain River Consulting Inc. to provide application support, technical support, data conversion services, and CIS interfaces for the Utility Billing Division's billing system update. Mountain River Consulting Inc. is identified as the sole qualified vendor due to its specialized expertise in IT technical services, application support, and data conversion work specific to the current utility billing system and proprietary software formerly managed by Denovo. No response dates, due dates, site visits, bidders' meetings, award dates, or contract term information is provided in this notification email.

The procurement documentation indicates that Mountain River Consulting Inc. possesses unique, in-depth institutional knowledge of the legacy billing platform that no other vendor can replicate, making transition to an alternative contractor prohibitively risky in terms of operational disruption and data integrity concerns. The vendor has demonstrated a successful track record with both Advanced and Denovo through repeated engagements for critical maintenance tasks and data-conversion activities, consistently delivering work on time and within budget constraints. Notably, the costs associated with this sole source engagement will be partially offset by a reduction in change orders previously allocated to N. Harris/Advanced, as data conversion and interface requirements will be transferred to Mountain River Consulting Inc.'s scope of work, eliminating redundant processing and associated expenses.