Vendor letter-Weights and Measures-WinWam Software and Training.pdf

This vendor letter from Nover Engelstein & Associates addresses the Illinois Department of Agriculture regarding the WinWam Software product for weights and measures inspections. The letter, dated May 26, 2026, was submitted to Mr. Leke Hoxha, Executive I at the Illinois Department of Agriculture in Springfield. WinWam Software is presented as the only commercially available software product that performs inspections in adherence to all three National Regulations: NIST Handbook 44, 130, and 133 in a state government environment. The software integrates online national regulations in hypertext format, and Nover Engelstein & Associates is identified as the sole source developer, distributor, and provider of the WinWam Weights & Measures Software products.

This letter supports a sole source contract notice of intent to award to Nover Engelstein & Associates for WinWam Software, licenses, and maintenance. The related state and local contract opportunity indicates that a public hearing regarding the sole source award was scheduled, with a deadline of Friday, October 16, at 4 p.m. for interested parties to submit written comments or requests for a public hearing. Nover Engelstein & Associates is identified as the sole source provider and the only company that supports, maintains, and trains these products.