CHANGE ORDER NOTICE - NEC ABIS Interface

The Illinois State Police's Chief Procurement Office is issuing a Change Order Notice to NEC for modifications to the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) interface with the Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) system, with the 14-day notice period closing August 18, 2026.

This is a change order on an existing NEC contract, not a new procurement. The work involves updating the Interface Control Document and completing Phase 1 interface modifications to enable ABIS integration with a new CHRI system planned for deployment in late 2028. The technical scope includes transitioning the ABIS-CCH interface from legacy socket-based communication to standards-based web services and adding support for SRE (Submission Results Electronic) and ERRT (Tenppin Transaction Error) transaction types. NEC must develop and publish the revised interface specification for Computer Projects of Illinois (CPI), the ISP's CHRI replacement vendor, to incorporate the additional functionality and modernized communication protocols into the new CHRI system.

The change order cost is $132,283.74. The work is considered germane to the original contract; the technical modifications were not reasonably foreseeable at contract inception. The 14-day posting requirement applies because the cost increase exceeds $25,000. ABIS currently operates as a critical, interdependent partner system to the existing CHRI infrastructure, and the modifications ensure proper functionality when the new CHRI system deploys.