Income Verification

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is seeking price quotes for an online income verification service. The selected vendor will be responsible for providing a nationwide income verification service that meets various requirements, including online access, data availability, response times, security, reporting, and user management. The service must have employment and wage data for at least 1,500 employers and/or 1,000,000 individuals that can be accessed by HFS staff. Price quotes are due by 5:00 pm CT on April 15, 2019, and the pricing for this service will be per successful transaction, with HFS not being charged for "unsuccessful" transactions where no usable wage or employment data is found. The vendor will be required to provide bi-monthly reports on employers using the service, as well as monthly reports on the total number of transaction submissions, hits, and billable hits. The vendor must also provide usage information to HFS, with the format, information provided, and frequency to be mutually agreed upon.

The procurement does not appear to have any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The current incumbent or contractor is not specified, and the available budget range is also not provided in the materials. However, the vendor will be required to establish a secure data communication connection with the Illinois Department of Information Technology (DoIT) data center, either through a LAN-to-LAN VPN or secure FTP using SSL/TLS, which could involve additional infrastructure or technology integration requirements.