Emergency Extension for Foray Digital Asset Mgt

The Illinois State Police Forensic Sciences Command is extending an emergency contract with Foray, LLC for Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) services from September 29, 2026 through March 29, 2027, with proposals or questions due October 15, 2026. This is a sole-source emergency extension without competitive bidding; the agency represents that no alternative vendor can provide equivalent operational access on an emergency basis without causing the data migration and system implementation delays the emergency purchase is designed to prevent.

The DAMS contract provides software licensing, customer support (minimum 8 a.m.–5 p.m. CST, Monday–Friday), system maintenance, backups, and interoperability integration with the Illinois State Police Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and NEC ABIS CheckBox systems—both mission-critical for forensic casework operations. Any service interruption would halt the ability to process and retrieve evidentiary images and disrupt active investigations and chain-of-custody documentation.

The extension value is $123,894.00. The original emergency contract, valued at $61,947.00, ran from July 1, 2026 through September 28, 2026. Place of performance is the Illinois State Police Forensic Sciences Command with vendor support from Foray, LLC (3911 5th Avenue, Suite 300, San Diego, California).

The Illinois State Police initiated emergency procurement because the existing Foray contract expired June 30, 2026 and the agency was unable to complete a required competitive RFP due to technical complexity. A competitive RFP for Digital Asset Management System services is currently in development and pending IT Governance review, with public posting to follow once review is complete. The extension was authorized September 18, 2026 and approved by the Chief Procurement Officer on September 23, 2026, conditioned on the agency's commitment to conclude the competitive procurement process as required by the Illinois Procurement Code.