ODHS Notice of SP for Impact Oregon renewal/Parallel

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS), is conducting a Special Procurement for the renewal and continuation of the Impact Oregon website through a contract with Parallel Public Works, Inc. The procurement seeks to extend website hosting, support, and transition services with a focus on recruiting employees for Medicaid-enrolled agencies in the Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) field. Specific deliverables include website maintenance, data collection capabilities, expanded provider type profiles, media support for career recruitment, and enhanced informational content targeting nurses and behavior support professionals. The contract, originally awarded in 2019 through a competitive Intermediate RFP, is being amended to extend the term through March 31, 2027, with optional extensions available through March 31, 2029. The current procurement is a Notice of Special Procurement, not a traditional request for bids or proposals, with a seven-calendar-day public notice period for potential protests. The due date for this notice is January 14, 2026, with the contract effectively reinstated retroactively to April 1, 2025.

The procurement does not specify explicit set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations. The incumbent vendor is Parallel Public Works, Inc., who has previously developed and maintained the Impact Oregon website since 2019. The website has demonstrated significant impact, generating 1,803 job postings, 3,879 applications over four years, and 69,000 active users with 263,000 site views in the most recent year. The contract's financial structure includes $30,000 for the initial extension period from April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027, with optional renewal periods of $15,000 annually for each of two additional years. The cumulative contract not-to-exceed amount will be $429,760, funded through the original Intermediate RFP and subsequent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. The procurement is justified by the contractor's existing knowledge of website infrastructure, design, hosting, and maintenance, and the need to expend ARPA funds before the federal deadline of March 31, 2025. The contract is contingent upon Enterprise Information Services endorsement and Department of Justice legal sufficiency approval.