Agile Digital Development ITQ

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is soliciting qualifications for Agile Digital Development Services under an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) to deliver fixed-price, deliverables-based digital development projects for Pennsylvania's executive agencies, with qualifications due June 2, 2030 and master contract 4400034815 effective June 24, 2026.

Hardware, software, and staff augmentation services are explicitly prohibited. Contractors must perform 100 percent of work with no subcontracting permitted. The Commonwealth reserves the right to create separate ITQs for specific projects, requiring vendors to re-qualify for those specialized ITQs if they wish to participate.

Service scope spans nine categories: Digital Service Discovery, Design, Development, Quality Assurance and Testing, Accessibility Remediation, DevSecOps, Project Management, Deployment, Upskilling and Capacity Building, and Data Analytics, Visualization and Engineering. Vendors select applicable categories during qualification. Performance standards mandate minimum 90 percent test code coverage, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA compliance with zero automated and manual testing errors, successful single-command builds and deployments, complete dependency and functionality documentation, and OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0 Level 2 compliance with zero medium- and high-level vulnerabilities.

Qualification requires submission of a Rate Card (Attachment B) with hourly billing rates for thirty-six resource roles ranging from $100 to $150 per hour, aligned to GSA Government Cost Estimate standards with annual resubmission permitted; completion of a Digital Maturity Assessment (Attachment C) evaluated across seven dimensions (Agile/Iterative Development, Human-Centered Design, DevOps, Security, Accessibility, Technical Proficiency, and Digital Service Playbook alignment); evidence of previous digital service projects (two pages narrative, two pages artifacts); and an Enterprise Platforms form (Attachment D) documenting platform certifications.

Scopes under $100,000 allow any qualified contractor within a service category, limited to two Purchase Orders per contractor per service category per fiscal year. Scopes exceeding $100,000 require formal RFQ. Agency Program Areas may use this ITQ for a maximum of $2 million annually. Contractors must maintain Enhanced Minimum Wage of no less than $15.00 per hour, adjusted annually, and carry Commercial General Liability insurance of no less than $500,000 per person and $2,000,000 per occurrence plus $2,000,000 umbrella coverage. Vendors must register as Procurement Vendors with the Commonwealth through the PA Supplier Portal and complete all qualification requirements electronically through the PA JAGGAER Portal.