UNIFI Code Purchase/Perpetual License
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12SAD121C0003
- Agency
- Rural Housing Service Department of Agriculture
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 12SAD121C0003 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency published this Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice to procure the proprietary UniFi source code and perpetual license from Fiserv for an estimated $2.5 million. As the UniFi loan origination system containing specialized functionality for the USDA Rural Housing Service's Single Family Housing Direct Home Loan program is nearing end of life in December 2021 and can only be provided by its owner Fiserv, sole source award was deemed necessary to maintain loan origination operations until a new competitive system can be implemented by the end of fiscal year 2022.
Notice text
USDA’s Rural Development (RD) mission area, Rural Housing
Service (RHS), is the sub-agency which administers the Single Family Housing Direct
Home Loans (SFHDHL) program, also known as Section 502 Direct Loan Program.
This program provides a path to home ownership for low- and very-low-income families
living in rural areas, and families who truly have no other way to make affordable
homeownership a reality. The Housing Act of 1949 as amended, 7 CFR, Part 3550, and
the HB-1-3550 - Direct Single Family Housing Loans Field Office Handbook govern this
program.
Fiserv's UniFi(R) PRO loan origination system (LOS) is a web based, commercial off the
shelf product which has been tailored for RD purposes. Its functions include those
financial and non-financial actions necessary to make sure that the portfolio of prequalifications
and applications are managed and serviced in accordance with all
applicable governing laws and in accordance with departmental policies, procedures,
and regulations. It retains applicant information, makes complex computations, and
maintains a central record of all activities associated with an individual application from
the time of pre-qualification through loan closing.
UniFi was implemented in RD over 20 years ago, has reached its end of life, and is
scheduled to sunset in December 2021. RD would be at a detrimental loss, which is
expected to occur if this system based on the UniFi software becomes unavailable due
to proprietary software rights as this is the only software system currently that will work
for SFHDHL required tasks.
The only option available to RD until a replacement program is procured and transition
into place, is to purchase the UniFi source code or a perpetual license, which will
prevent immediate loss of the required SFHDHL Direct Loan Program functionality. The
Unifi software is owned by the vendor, “Fiserv” and the Unifi software is proprietary to
Fiserv.
Awarded contract 12SAD121C0003 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2021-06-29.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JOFOC UNIFI Software Purchase _Redacted.pdf |
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