Software Maintenance & Support - Touchstone IQ
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 37384
- State
- Minnesota
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
Opportunity details come from mnbuys.bonfirehub.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
Minnesota IT Services (MNIT), partnering with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, is renewing a single-source agreement with Touchstone IQ for software maintenance, support, hosting, and licensing of the BenchMarking system through July 20, 2026. This is a sole-source procurement — MNIT and the Department of Commerce determined that BenchMarking is the only commercially reasonably available commodity product, solely distributed and supported by Touchstone IQ and unavailable from other third parties.
The BenchMarking system fulfills the Department of Commerce's statutory requirement to record large building energy usages. The agreement covers up to three years of maintenance, support, hosting, and license services.
Parties with concerns regarding the single-source determination must contact Calleigh Hoffenkamp at calleigh.hoffenkamp@state.mn.us by July 20, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. CST, including the posting reference number and title in the subject line. Full solicitation documentation and submission details are available through the State of Minnesota Supplier Portal.
Opportunity text
This is a single source posting notification; there are no solicitation documents for download. Note this posting is not a Request for Bid (RFB) or Request for Proposal (RFP). Minnesota IT Services (MNIT), partnering with Minnesota Department of Commerce, intends to renew an agreement with Touchstone IQ, for up to three years. The agreement will provide software maintenance and support, hosting, and license related to the BenchMarking system. The license, hosting, and support maintenance will fulfill Dept of Commerce's need, by state statute, to record large building energy usages. MNIT and Department of Commerce determined that BenchMarking is the only commercially reasonably available commodity product. This is deemed a single source purchase because this is solely distributed and supported by Touchstone IQ and is not available from other third parties. If there are any concerns regarding this single source opportunity, please contact Calleigh Hoffenkamp vja email at; calleigh.hoffenkamp@state.mn.us prior to July 20, 2026 by 2:00PM CST. Please include the posting reference number and title of the posting in the subject line. \[Partial description. For the full description, log into the [Supplier Portal](https://guest.supplier.systems.state.mn.us/psc/fmssupap/SUPPLIER/ERP/c/NUI_FRAMEWORK.PT_LANDINGPAGE.GBL).\] **Event ID/Reference Number:** **UNKNOWN** If an Event ID/Reference number appears, this Solicitation Event is being conducted in the SWIFT system. All project documentation and vendor submissions should be completed at the State of Minnesota Supplier portal. Log in to the [Supplier Portal](https://guest.supplier.systems.state.mn.us/psc/fmssupap/SUPPLIER/ERP/c/NUI_FRAMEWORK.PT_LANDINGPAGE.GBL?&) to view this event. You will need to search for Event ID/Reference Number in the portal. If the Event ID/Reference Number shows "Unknown", then the full description can be found for this event in the State of Minnesota list of solicitations (select the appropriate page): [Goods and Services Solicitation Postings](https://osp.admin.mn.gov/GS-auto) or [Professional and Technical Solicitation Postings](https://osp.admin.mn.gov/PT-auto). You may locate it using the Ref. # that appears above.
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