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The State of Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), specifically the Disability and Determination Division, is pursuing a sole source procurement for a web-based application system called CATALYST. The solicitation, identified as DPHHS-SolSour-2023-0478, seeks a vendor to provide comprehensive web-based services for tobacco prevention work targeting counties and reservations. The procurement involves computing services across multiple categories, including data center services, advisory and research services, maintenance services, and network services. Eugene Ryser Consulting is the intended sole source vendor for this contract. The solicitation was released on July 3, 2023, at 9:00 AM MDT, with a closing date of July 14, 2023, at 2:00 PM MDT. Potential vendors are required to upload a document explaining their service capabilities and vendor information. The primary point of contact for this opportunity is April Pfeiffer, reachable at April.Pfeiffer@mt.gov or +1 406-444-5329.

While the intent is to sole source with Eugene Ryser Consulting, the Office of Procurement and Contracts remains open to alternative vendors who can demonstrate equivalent service capabilities. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations were explicitly mentioned in the documentation. The procurement does not specify a precise award value or budget range for the CATALYST web-based application system. Vendors are expected to provide a comprehensive web-based solution for tobacco prevention work, with capabilities spanning data center services, advisory and research services, maintenance services, and network services. The current solicitation suggests an emphasis on existing technological infrastructure and the need for seamless integration of web-based services across county and reservation environments. Interested vendors must carefully review the Single Point of Contact information and Q & A Board details before submitting their responses.