Change Order Notice-SNAP EBT link system

This procurement opportunity from the state of Illinois relates to a change order to increase the value of the Conduent EBT Link contract with the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS). The change order is necessary due to a significant increase in the number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) EBT accounts and benefits that Conduent must create and maintain as a result of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. The contract value needs to be increased by $8,337,361.64 to a new total of $62,106,759.64 to cover Conduent's costs for the additional EBT accounts and benefits related to the expanded SNAP programs enacted during the pandemic. This change order is fully federally funded through USDA SNAP administration funding and is germane to the original Conduent EBT Link contract with the Illinois DHS.

The procurement has no set-aside designations, and the increase in contract value is limited to the incumbent vendor, Conduent. The expanded SNAP programs and associated EBT accounts and benefits are 100% federally funded, so the state of Illinois is not providing any additional state funding for this contract change order. The total contract value after this change order will be $62,106,759.64.