Procurement Exemption for Professional Services for Proprietary Infor Software

Pierce County, Washington is soliciting capability statements for a sole-source procurement of professional services for proprietary Infor software, with statements due August 19, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The County has determined that Infor Global Professional Services is the only entity capable of meeting its needs, as the Civics Deploy solution is proprietary software owned and licensed exclusively by Infor with no other vendor licensed to provide required professional services or equivalent alternatives that integrate with the platform.

The scope encompasses project management, IT consulting, and IT architecture services for enhancements, system configuration, and workflow improvements to the County's Civics Deploy sewer billing solution. Minimum requirements include the ability to provide high-level IT professional services including configuration, deployment, consulting, project management, and architectural services; a license from Infor to provide professional services; and necessary system access.

The estimated cost is $338,830.22 with a maximum contract term not to exceed 5 years. No federal funding is included. The proposed vendor is Infor Global Professional Services, located at 13560 Morris Road, Suite 4100, Alpharetta, Georgia.

Vendor questions are due August 12, 2026. Capability statements must be submitted electronically through the Pierce County procurement portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/piercecountywa and must demonstrate how the responding entity meets the stated requirements and is capable of fulfilling the County's need for sewer billing process improvements through Civics Deploy enhancements. The exemption from competitive procurement was approved on February 6, 2026 and posted for the required 10 business days in OpenGov.