SS FY21 Pitney Bowes Software Maintenance

The State of Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) is issuing a sole source procurement for annual maintenance on Finalist Module, IMS On-Line Windows Interface, CICS module software, and maintenance on the perpetual licensing of the Engage One base bundle from Pitney Bowes Business Insight. These proprietary software products are critical to several major business applications for the Department of Employment Security (DES), Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), and run on the State's z/12 IBM mainframe. The one-year contract term is estimated at $140,000, with no renewal options. The sole source justification is that Pitney Bowes is the sole provider of these patented and copyrighted software products, and migrating these mission-critical applications to a different vendor would take substantial time and cost over $1 million.

This sole source procurement is limited to Pitney Bowes Business Insight as the sole provider of the required software. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The incumbent vendor is Pitney Bowes, as the State has procured these products for over 13 years. Funding will be provided through State appropriated funds, and the contract has a bid/buy number of B-15111.