Enterprise_Database_RFI_13MAY2025.docx

TRADING PARTNER

TRADING PARTNER

TRADING PARTNER

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC TECHNOLOGY (DT)

OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITIONS (ITA)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

for ENTERPRISE DATABASE, RESOURCE PLANNING, PROJECT/PORTFOLIO MANAGMENT, AND CLOUD PLATFORM SERVICES

PART 1: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

1.1 PURPOSE

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued as market research to determine industry’s capabilities to provide a proven commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution able to integrate best-in-class enterprise database software and relational database management capability, cloud infrastructure and platform services, and an integrated suite of software products that can effectively manage enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial, and human capital management (HCM) systems which support the Department of State’s (State’s) global business needs.

The U.S. Government (Government) does not commit to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or reimburse any costs associated with the preparation of responses. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked “Proprietary” will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this RFI will assist State in determining the potential level of interest, competition adequacy, and technical capabilities of commercial vendors to provide the required products and/or services. The Government does not guarantee any action beyond this RFI.

1.2 BACKGROUND

State’s mission is to advance the interests of the American people, their safety, and economic prosperity by leading America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance. The mission of the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) is to rapidly and securely deliver, anytime and anywhere, the knowledge resources and Information Technology (IT) services needed to support the over 300 sites and 275 missions it services worldwide.

DT is seeking input from industry regarding their capability to provide market-leading solutions capable of meeting the full breadth of functional requirements outlined in this RFI. State requires access to a platform that is compliant with current federal security requirements, is easy to use, flexible, scalable, customizable, and configurable to meet specific State requirements as further detailed below.

1.3 RFI OVERVIEW

As further detailed in Section 2, State is seeking to identify proven original equipment manufacturer (OEM) commercial solutions able to meet the full range of functional capabilities outlined in this RFI. Viable solutions shall have demonstrated experience effectively serving federal customers of similar size, global scope, and mission complexity as the State.

Information requested in this RFI includes the following categories:

· Company Information (Section 1) - Identification of interested vendors, socio-economic status, and potential acquisition vehicles to inform the State’s potential acquisition strategy options.

· Capability to meet the Functional Requirements (Section 2) - Description of vendor’s technical solution to fully meet all of State’s functional requirements outlined in this RFI.

· Past Experience (Section 3) - Past project example(s) demonstrating vendor’s experience implementing their proposed solution to address the needs of an organization of similar size, global scope, and mission complexity to State.

1.4 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

All written responses should be submitted in Microsoft compatible formats (e.g., Word) or PDF.

Responses shall use 12-point font and 1-inch margins, including all text, tables, and graphics. Additional attachments, brochures, or other marketing materials are not requested and will not be considered as part of the response. Response page limit(s) by section are noted below.

· Section 1 - 1 page

· Section 2 - 15 pages

· Section 3 - 5 pages Please submit all materials to John Warner at WarnerJ1@state.gov no later than May 20, 2025 at 3:00PM ET.

The Government will not accept questions after May 15,2025, at 5:00PM ET. Please submit questions to WarnerJ1@state.gov.

The Government will post the questions and responses on SAM.gov with sufficient time for vendors to complete their responses. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANY RESPONDENT CONTACT ANY STATE PERSONNEL REGARDING THIS NOTICE.

PART 2: REQUESTED INFORMATION

Respondents are asked to provide the information requested below per the instructions outlined in Section 1.4 above.

Section 1 - Company Information Please provide the following details regarding your organization:

· Company name.

· Company’s point of contact (POC) name.

· Company’s POC phone number.

· Company’s POC email address.

· Company’s URL/web address.

· Company’s Cage Code.

· Company’s UEI Number.

· Company federal socioeconomic classification(s), if any, based on North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code 541519 Other Computer Related Services.

Section 2 - Functional Requirements State’s functional requirements are outlined below. Respondents are asked to provide a structured response that meets the following format requirements:

a. Response shall be structured and annotated to clearly map the detailed description of the proposed solution’s capabilities to the numbered requirements captured in the sections below. Clearly mapping the response to the information in State’s requirements below will help ensure State is able to effectively evaluate the solution against its requirements.

b. Response narrative content should provide sufficient details regarding the proposed OEM solution’s specific technical capabilities to demonstrate that the solution is capable of fully satisfying State’s requirements.

2.1 Mandatory Requirements

The following qualifications and capabilities are mandatory requirements for any potential solution addressing the needs outlined in this notice. Vendors should assess these requirements carefully and fully describe their ability to meet them.

General

a. The solution shall be based on commercially proven, enterprise-grade products (custom-built solutions are unacceptable). State requires solutions that have been successfully deployed at other Government agencies similar in size and scope to State.

b. The solution shall provide all capabilities within a single-OEM, integrated platform with seamless integration across capabilities and tool sets.

c. The solution shall be capable of physical online and offline migrations for both cloud and database workloads, as well as support autonomous logical online and offline migrations with zero downtime.

d. The solution shall possess significant out-of-the-box functionality, while also supporting custom configuration within expedited timelines.

e. The solution shall incorporate comprehensive in-house professional and configuration services, supported by a cohesive and specialized team of experts, available to support both cloud and on-premises implementations.

f. The solution’s Software as a Service (SaaS) offering shall be able to integrate with CGI Momentum® Enterprise Suite.

g. The solution shall provide options for accessibility and support compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Security

a. The solution shall meet National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definitions of Cloud Computing as published in NIST Special Publication 800-145.

b. The solution shall be certified at FedRAMP High and certified at U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) or higher as defined in the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG), in alignment with NIST 800-53. Please note if the proposed solution is also certified at DoD Impact Level 6.

c. The vendor shall describe its ability to keep its software and product supply chains secure in accordance with NIST SP 800-53.

d. The solution shall be capable of encrypting data, both at rest and in transit, via mechanisms compliant with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-3.

e. The solution shall provide a comprehensive security offering integrating state-of-the-art security tools across on-premises and cloud to provide robust data security, threat detection and prevention, identity and access management, and endpoint security across State’s enterprise. Vendors shall provide details regarding the solution’s primary security features.

f. The solution shall adhere to Executive Order 14028 “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” while providing a full suite of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and SaaS cloud service offering.

g. The solution shall require strict resource access controls, such as role-based security or role-based access control (RBAC).

h. The solution shall ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and security standards, including data privacy laws and industry-specific regulations, providing assurance that data is managed responsibly and securely.

i. The solution shall provide secure enclaves within accounts, built-in posture management capabilities, patch scalability, and automated issue remediation.

j. The solution shall be consumable by heterogenous thin or thick client platforms.

k. The solution shall have the capability to integrate with on-premises security scan tools, monitoring tools etc.

l. The solution shall provide a robust data at rest (DAR) and in-transit data encryption solutions.

m. The solution shall have the capability to support security scans, provide instant solutions to remediate high security findings, and robust reporting capabilities.

2.2 Comprehensive Enterprise Data Management Solution

State requires a robust and scalable enterprise data management platform to support a broad range of critical mission requirements across State. The platform must ensure high performance, scalability, reliability, security, and provide robust monitoring, automation, and development tools to flexibly accommodate future growth and evolving operational needs.

Performance

a. The solution shall be able to run enterprise application workloads on-premises, as well as in cloud and hybrid environments.

b. The solution shall utilize a flat, non-blocking end-to-end network architecture to ensure high-speed, low-latency communication without intermediate hardware or bottlenecks, and built-in redundant hardware capacity to ensure maximum uptime of the systems.

c. The solution shall provide a network that is ultra-low latency and high bandwidth, ensuring minimum 100 Gbps network bandwidth per compute instance and per storage device. The solution shall be able to process data at the storage layer to reduce the input/output (IO) bandwidth and achieve a median latency of sub-fifty (<50) microseconds.

d. The solution shall support ultra-fast memory-to-memory data transfers utilizing a dedicated Remote Direct Memory Access networking (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet v2 (RoCEv2) for high performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI) model training, and database workloads.

e. The solution shall support over 1 TB/sec scan throughput for near-instant data retrieval.

Scalability and Flexibility

a. The solution shall be capable of automating database management tasks (such as tuning, security, and creating backups) while minimizing the need for user intervention. The solution shall be capable of providing dedicated physical services without a hypervisor that delivers near-native performance.

b. The solution shall be able to automatically allocate and scale system resources appropriately and efficiently, including implementing intelligent storage and having computational and networking abilities to maximize performance capacity.

c. The solution shall support a clustered setup spanning multiple nodes to support fault tolerance, horizontal scalability, and continuous uptime for mission-critical applications.

d. The solution shall be compatible with VMware, a virtual infrastructure that provides dynamic compute resource allocation, enabling independent scaling of the central processing unit (CPU) and memory as needed.

e. The solution shall be capable of integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning.

f. The solution shall have flexible compute shapes to enable users to scale CPU and memory independently to optimize efficiency.

g. The solution shall be able to run all types of database workloads, including Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), data warehousing, as well as consolidating mixed workloads.

h. The solution shall support both single-instance and clustered database configurations, enabling flexible deployment across production, test, and development environments.

Multitenant Model

a. The solution shall support a multitenant model that consolidates multiple databases under a single engine, with each tenant pluggable database (PDB) isolated for security, workload management, and lifecycle control.

b. The solution shall support independent database lifecycle management, allowing updates, patches, and resource management at the PDB level.

c. The solution shall support operational efficiency at scale, allowing database administrators to clone, provision, patch, and upgrade hundreds of PDBs simultaneously.

d. The solution shall support security and compliance separation design, allowing strict tenant isolation suitable for classified versus unclassified data domains, with encryption, auditing, and access control enforced per PDB.

e. The solution shall support High consolidation density that enables higher database consolidation on a single infrastructure footprint.

f. The solution shall support portability and development/test (DEV/TEST) agility, which allows PDBs to unplug from one container and plugged into another across environments (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid) streamlining DEV/TEST cycles.

Database Clustering

a. The solution shall support a range of 2-8 node software database clustering solution to host mission critical databases.

b. The solution shall support a clustered setup spanning multiple nodes to support fault tolerance, horizontal scalability, and continuous uptime for mission-critical applications.

c. The solution shall support database architecture that provides synchronous, concurrent access to a single set of databases files, allowing all servers to actively serve reads and writes against a single source, minimizing latency and eliminating replication lag.

d. The solution shall support application transparency, that does not require application-level logic or external routing to handle server failures or performance balancing.

e. The solution shall support elastic-scaling without downtime and enable near linear performance improvements for transaction-heavy workloads.

f. The solution shall support interconnect-based cache fusion to maintain consistency of in-memory data blocks across all nodes in real-time.

g. The solution shall support integrated automatic storage management, cluster health monitoring, and intelligent resource placement.

h. The solution shall support improving application response time while reducing the load on database servers.

i. The solution shall have built-in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Vector search and in-database machine learning.

j. The solution shall support JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) duality, allowing flexibility and data access of the JSON document mode.

g. The solution shall support immediate failover within a fully active-active configuration.

k. The solution shall have the capacity to support multi-node software database clustering in a Linux environment.

Resiliency, Backup, and Recovery

a. The solution shall deliver automatic, ongoing maintenance.

b. The solution shall support the continuous sync of data with remote sites/disaster recovery sites instantaneously.

c. The solution shall support continuous data replications with live production databases across the globes, site to site instant data replication without any lagging, replication with hybrid environments like cloud to on-premises and vice versa.

d. The solution shall be able to host large scale of database storage and support operations including partitioning capability, zero data loss recovery solutions, sustainable solutions for disaster recovery, robust high availability with full production capacity.

e. The solution shall be able to provide a zero data loss solutions for the backup and recovery, shall have the capacity to perform point in time recovery in the past up to 45 days.

f. The solution shall support both logical and physical backups, including cold and hot backup strategies, and enable point-in-time recovery, real-time replication, and automated failover.

g. This solution shall support real-time synchronization between primary and secondary sites with automated failover capabilities.

h. This solution shall support the configuration of automated failover capabilities, defined recovery point objectives (RPO), and recovery time objectives (RTO).

i. The solution shall support disaster recovery processes that are tightly integrated, ensuring point-in-time recovery and long-term retention as part of business continuity planning.

j. The solution shall provide a means to ensure disaster recovery while maintaining the applicable transaction isolation of the database.

k. The solution shall provide redundant interconnects, mirrored Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) storage, and fault-tolerant compute nodes, ensuring greater than 99.999% availability.

Data Access and Protection

a. The solution shall provide fully customer-managed VMware environments with root access.

b. The solution shall offer multifactor authentication and ability for single sign-on.

c. The solution shall provide continuous support for critical security patches for high vulnerability security findings, develop and provide to develop one-off patches to comply with the security, strong technical support center with 24x7 coverage including escalation provisioning.

d. The solution shall provide continuous monitoring of all databases with one centralized monitoring tool for database operations and management

e. The solution shall provide encryption for DAR and for data in transit and provide data access realms to protect application data from super user modifications.

f. The solution shall support fine-grained access control and secure key management practices to comply with enterprise and regulatory security standards.

g. The solution shall support backup sets that are encrypted and protected through access-controlled retention policies.

h. The solution shall capture an audit trail of all database transactions and structural changes and provide reporting and alerting capability.

i. The solution shall support remote direct memory access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) internal fabric to connect to database servers.

Monitoring & Automation

a. The solution shall provide a centralized monitoring framework that continuously collects performance metrics and health checks across environments, offering unified visibility across all environments, both production and non-production.

b. The solution shall provide automated workflows for routine maintenance tasks including backups, patching, and alert-driven diagnostics.

c. The solution shall provide diagnostics support in resolving database issues.

d. The solution shall support system-level dashboards to enable early detection of issues and support compliance reporting.

e. The solution shall provide automated provisioning that rapidly creates and configures database without manual intervention.

f. The solution shall provide self-tuning, that self-monitors and automatically applies performance tuning, including index creation, Structured Query Language (SQL) plan management, and memory configuration in real time without manual input.

g. The solution shall provide automated patching/upgrades without downtime.

h. The solution shall provide self-repairing, that resolves failures automatically and guarantees up to 99.995% availability, including during maintenance.

i. The solution shall provide autonomous security with always-on encryption.

j. The solution shall have integrated machine learning that enables in-database model training inference, and analytics.

k. The solution shall support multi-model and multi-workload capability and natively support relational, JSON, spatial, graph, Extensible Markup Language (XML), and machine learning workloads within a single platform.

Development

a. The solution shall support application development using a wide range of programming languages and frameworks including SQL, Python, Java, .NET, and RESTful Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

b. The solution shall support rapid application development through low-code or no-code tooling, facilitating teams to quickly build and deploy web applications with minimal coding.

c. The solution shall provide a graphical and development tool for developers and analysts to write queries, develop procedures, manage schemas, and access reporting layers efficiently. The solution shall provide visual interfaces for object management and support secure connectivity to various environments.

d. The solution shall support Full Jakarta Enterprise Edition (Jakarta EE) implementation, that focuses on the ease of enterprise application development and management.

e. The solution shall be cloud neutral, and support running applications in any cloud environment, as well as on-prem, with portability across environments.

f. The solution shall support combability with Kubernetes.

2.3 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solution

State requires a comprehensive and flexible ERP solution to manage various core business functions including a range of human capital management and financial management functions.

Core ERP Platform

a. The solution shall support both cloud and on-premises deployment options.

b. The solution shall allow for extensive customization of workflows and reports.

c. The solution shall offer business process management tools that enable users to create workflows, set up orders, and automate processes.

d. The solution shall provide a means to authenticate user’s web-based access via multi-factor methods or allow integration with third party tools to provide this capability to end users.

e. The solution shall provide a built-in testing tool to allow users to record and playback test scripts, automate repetitive tasks and improve testing efficiency.

f. The solution shall have the built-in capability to share application data between the ERP systems and third-party applications.

g. The solution shall have platform infrastructure capabilities for foundation resources and tools that enable development, management, and operation of software applications.

h. The solution shall be capable of operating in a redundant manner to allow for unanticipated downtime of web components.

i. The solution shall support load balancing across multiple application servers.

j. The solution shall have centralized tool for administering application and web servers and monitoring tools to provide real-time insights into the performance, availability, and health of systems, networks, and applications.

k. The solution shall provide capabilities to enable role-based access to support segregation of duties.

l. The solution shall offer integrated search within the application to perform fast intuitive searches across multiple components and data sets.

Human Capital Management

a. The solution shall provide comprehensive employee records management, including personnel information, employment history, qualifications, and performance reviews, as well as supporting secure storage and retrieval, while ensuring data integrity and privacy.

b. The solution shall integrate with Phire, an Application Change Management (ACM) tool, designed to enhance organizations' code, versioning control and oversight of essential changes.

c. The solution shall manage employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other employment benefits, enabling employees to enroll in and manage their benefit elections through self-service portals.

d. The solution shall support talent management processes, including recruiting, onboarding, training, performance management, and succession planning, while providing tools for tracking and evaluating employee skills, career development paths, and training programs. In addition, the solution shall also include capabilities for managing employee promotions, reassignments, awards, and travel needs.

e. The solution shall support talent management planning with diverse analytics, forecasting, and reporting options.

Financial Management

a. The solution shall support financial operations, including accounting, financial reporting, procurement, and expense management for State’s regional and global financial systems.

b. The solution shall provide comprehensive tools for budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning to support strategic decision-making for State’s enterprise.

c. The solution shall integrate seamlessly with other enterprise financial and resource systems (such as State’s employee management system) to ensure accurate and timely financial data exchange.

d. The solution shall offer an integrated customer service management application that can be customized as needed by State.

e. The solution shall automate payroll processing to ensure accurate and timely compensation calculations, including taxes, deductions, and benefits, supporting multiple payroll cycles and compliance with relevant federal and departmental regulations.

f. The solution shall support the ability to handle Procedural Language/SQL (PL/SQL).

g. The solution shall support the ability to allow array bindings for high-performance inserts.

2.4 Comprehensive Cloud Platform

State requires a high-performance cloud computing platform to support enterprise workloads for critical database requirements and other enterprise applications across multiple State customers globally.

Performance

a. The solution shall offer robust enterprise grade IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capability.

b. The solution shall support AI and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities, offering pre-built models and customizable ML frameworks and tools for building, training, and deploying AI applications, to allow for the integration of intelligent solutions into State’s workflows.

c. The solution shall permit building and deploying web and cloud applications, while also ensuring load balancing and provisioning are maintained.

d. The solution shall perform all self-provisioning functions from web-based user interface and at a minimum, be fully compatible with specific operating systems and web browsers utilized within State, such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

e. The solution shall physically and logically separate its control and data plane operations to prevent lateral movement in the event of a control-plane compromise.

Flexibility

a. The solution shall support integration of on-prem and multi-cloud service providers (Government and commercial) seamlessly.

b. The solution must support hybrid cloud deployments, enable data and application portability, and provide consistent management and security across hybrid environments.

c. The solution shall have the ability to migrate native VMware-based cloud environments with full administrative control, bare metal cloud services suitable for enterprise application, and high-performance bare metal servers with local storage.

d. The solution shall provide a geographically diverse cloud solution that offers on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling to serve multiple customers, rapid elasticity, and measured services.

e. The solution shall have ability to perform Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks through Graphical User Interface (GUI) based solutions including building new servers, patching and upgrading systems, and ensuring compatibility with onsite application servers.

f. The solution shall have the capability to modernize database solutions to AI-powered engines without moving data.

Scalability

a. The solution shall provide real-time elasticity for State’s enterprise to scale as needed to the exact amount of capacity required for improved efficiency, while providing the most stringent security standards necessary to protect State’s data. Please elaborate on the solution’s capabilities in this area.

b. The solution shall support multi-cloud deployments, enable interoperability with other cloud providers (Government and commercial), allowing for the distribution of workloads across multiple clouds for redundancy, cost optimization, and leveraging of the unique strengths of different cloud platforms.

c. The solution shall allow users to scale cloud infrastructure based on real-time demand and manage unexpected traffic by scaling the cloud environment instantaneously without an outage to ensure optimal user experience.

d. The solution shall offer the ability to ramp-up to a SaaS model.

Reliability and Resiliency

a. The solution shall provide extended support to increase regional resiliency, availability, concurrency, and scalability using cloud infrastructure resources (such as domains and regions) to ensure deployment runs smoothly.

b. The solution shall offer on-demand self-service access to data.

c. The solution shall offer a dedicated service center to address data sovereignty and enable autonomous operation maximizing data security in countries with data privacy requirements and regulations.

d. The solution shall provide a minimum of three disaster recovery sites located in globally dispersed locations to provide protection from localized events that may disrupt service.

2.5 Project/Portfolio Management Solution

State requires a project and portfolio management solution that can manage a broad range of State projects and complex portfolios across customers and locations around the globe, enabling State to align current and future projects with strategic goals as well as optimizing resource allocation across its portfolio.

Project Management

a. The solution shall support robust, web-based solution for planning, managing, and executing projects, programs, and portfolios.

b. The solution shall provide a singular, integrated suite of tools and technologies to assist State in collecting, analyzing, compiling, and presenting business data.

c. The solution shall include robust scheduling and delivery capabilities that can deliver documents in excess of ten thousand (10,000) documents per hour, generate pixel-perfect reports, and enable data model separation.

d. The solution shall support construction industry data combability to support planning and management of construction projects, programs, and portfolios.

e. The solution shall support Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) requirements including the ability to transmit compatible data to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Information Technology (IT) Dashboard.

f. The solution shall support the development of custom data forms that do not require dependencies, such as not requiring creation of new data tables.

g. The solution shall include built in data audit trails and tracking history within data cells.

h. The solution shall support integration with Power BI.

i. The solution shall support user role and group-based access.

PART 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

State is seeking a solution that has a proven track record in the U.S. federal space with demonstrated experience supporting federal agencies of similar size, global scope, and mission complexity as State. Such experience is critical to ensuring the solution has been proven to be secure and reliable under the required IT security, data management, privacy, and other federal regulations that IT implementations within the federal environment.

Please provide the following information regarding your experience deploying your solution for federal customers.

a. Please list all federal agencies where you have successfully deployed the proposed solution in the last three years. For each experience noted, in no more than one paragraph, please provide:

i. Agency and organization name.

ii. Period of performance.

iii. Solutions provided to the agency.

iv. Point of Contact Name, email and phone that State can contact regarding this experience.

b. For at least one, but not more than three, of the federal implementations provided in bullet (a) above, please provide the additional detailed information requested below to further demonstrate your relevant past experience.

i. Dollar value of contract (across full period of performance).

ii. Period of performance dates.

iii. Schedule, Government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC), or contract used for the requirement.

iv. State whether your company was a prime or subcontractor.

v. Customer point of Contact (Name, Title, Email, Phone) that State may reach out to for more information.

vi. Description of the scope of the work your company performed and its relevance and applicability to demonstrating your solution’s ability to deliver the full set of capabilities outlined in Part 2.

Disclaimer: This RFI notice is for information gathering purposes only as a means to identify interested and capable sources that can provide a solution that fully meets all requirements outlined in Part 2 of this notice. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. State has not made a commitment to procure any of the items/services discussed and release of this RFI shall not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought.

State will not publicly disclose proprietary information obtained as a result of this RFI. To the full extent that it is protected by law and regulations, information identified by a respondent as “Proprietary” or “Confidential” will be kept confidential. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

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