Exhibit 2 - Acknowledgement of Paternity.docx

Exhibit 2 is an Acknowledgement of Paternity document associated with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Vital Records Management System procurement (RFP 120277 O3). The solicitation seeks a vendor-hosted, web-based system to replace a 15-year-old hybrid system, with responses due December 20, 2024, at 2:00 PM Central Time. The project will support approximately 30 internal and 5,000 external users, processing around 26,000 births, 18,500 deaths, 12,000 marriages, and 6,000 dissolution of marriage events annually. The contract term is five years with one optional five-year renewal, with implementation requiring User Acceptance Testing within 12 months and full production environment within 15 months of project kickoff. Vendor demonstrations are tentatively scheduled for the week of February 17, 2025, with anticipated contract execution on March 18, 2025.

The procurement requires cloud-based hosting with 99.9% system availability, compliance with Section 508 and HIPAA standards, and interfaces with the Online Verification System (OVS) and FHIR messaging. The evaluation criteria allocate 100 points, with 25 points for Corporate Overview, 65 points for Technical Response, and 10 points for the Cost Sheet, with potential additional 10 points for oral interviews. The current system, built by Netsmart Technologies, contains approximately 10 million records in a 164GB database. Initial respondents included Axiell ALM INC, LexisNexis VitalCheck, ManTech, Netsmart, and Voyatek, though ManTech and Voyatek were deemed non-responsive. The cost structure mandates 40% of implementation costs for implementation and 10% for design and configuration, with the vendor providing up to 160 contractor hours annually at no charge for regulatory changes.