SSAName 3 and IDS Legacy Software Support Renewal

The California Department of Technology (CDT) issued Invitation for Bid (IFB) 25-0202780 on February 20, 2026, to procure SSAName3 and IDS Legacy Software Support Renewal services for a three-year base term from April 10, 2026, through April 9, 2029. This fixed-price procurement supports mission-critical mainframe infrastructure serving multiple state departments, including the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Child Welfare Services, Department of Health Care Services, and Employment Development Department. The scope of work encompasses comprehensive software support services for legacy data integration and metadata management products installed across CDT's mainframe systems at two primary locations: Gold Camp Campus in Rancho Cordova and Vacaville Campus. Support services include error correction, updates, technical assistance, and access to support engineers via phone and website, with contractor compliance audits permitted remotely and onsite access requiring written state consent. The software license operates on a CPU/MIPS-based model supporting up to 14,000 MIPS capacity across four IBM mainframe processors (z16, z15, and z14 models) with current utilization of 12,485 MIPS, with the state retaining the option to expand MIPS capacity through contract amendment. Bidders must submit all responses electronically to Procurement Officer Lindsey Eagle at Lindsey.Eagle@state.ca.gov by March 6, 2026, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time, with written questions due by February 27, 2026, and award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder based on cost evaluation using all 100 available evaluation points allocated to cost factors. Mandatory administrative requirements include submission of a cover letter, responsibility certifications, confidentiality statements, Secretary of State certification, Payee Data Record, Iran Contracting Act verification, California Civil Rights Laws certification, federal debarment certification, and Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment forms, with failure to meet these requirements resulting in bid rejection.

The procurement includes optional socioeconomic program preferences with Small Business (5% preference), non-small business with small business subcontractors (5% preference), and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation incentive points available for exceeding the mandatory 3% DVBE requirement. The cost worksheet requires bidders to enter unit prices and extended prices across 45 total line items (15 per contract year) covering IDS Legacy Production Premium Success Maintenance and SSAName3 Mainframe services across multiple tiers, with specific pricing amounts currently held as placeholders pending vendor quotation and payment due within timeframes specified in Government Code Chapter 4.5 across three annual payment periods corresponding to fiscal years 2025/26, 2026/27, and 2027/28. The existing infrastructure consists of Informatica LLC's SSAName3 and IDS Legacy software products already installed on the state's mainframe systems, with the perpetual and non-cancelable software license surviving contract expiration, while support services may be cancelled with thirty days' written notice, though reinstatement requires payment of all accumulated back fees plus current annual support costs. The contractor must comply with all state and federal laws, including nondiscrimination requirements, debarment restrictions, plastic trash bag recycling certification compliance, IT General Provisions for non-cloud goods and services effective February 20, 2025, federal tax information safeguarding requirements per IRS Publication 1075, and Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act compliance obligations. While specific dollar amounts are not disclosed in the solicitation documents, the three-year contract value will be determined through competitive bidding based on the completed cost worksheet submissions from responsive vendors.