DCFS PO19-165 CCWIS Enhanced IV&V Services - VA

The State of Illinois, through the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is seeking to procure Enhanced Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Services for the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Implementation Project. The selected vendor will provide a range of IV&V services, including technical compliance, quality assurance, strategic planning, project advisory and consulting, risk management, and IT auditing. The vendor will serve as a Trusted Advisor to DCFS, providing on-site monitoring and real-time objective assessments to support the successful implementation of the CCWIS system. Offerors must submit technical and pricing proposals by January 6, 2022, with a pre-bid conference scheduled for December 1, 2021. The resulting contract will have an initial term of 6 years, with the total term not to exceed 10 years.

This contract opportunity has a 20% Business Enterprise Program (BEP) participation goal, and no single vendor can be awarded contracts for more than one of the four CCWIS-related RFPs being issued by DCFS. The IV&V vendor is expected to work closely with the CCWIS System Integrator, Organizational Change Management/Business Process Redesign, and Program Management vendors to ensure coordinated services and oversight of the CCWIS implementation. The procurement is open to all qualified offerors, and there is no incumbent information provided. The pricing for this contract opportunity is expected to fall within a budget range, but specific details on the award value are not included in the provided materials.