WIC Mobile Food App

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), through its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, is seeking approval for a sole-source, one-year extension of its WIC Mobile Food App contract with incumbent JPMA, Inc., with a listed due date of November 16, 2026. The notice was posted November 10, 2026, and no set-aside applies.

The Colorado-specific shopper app scans UPC codes to verify whether items appear on the WIC allowable foods list and can be purchased with WIC funds. It also displays benefit balances, store and clinic locations, and participant messaging. The contractor must maintain integration with Colorado's EBT processor and the current WIC Management Information System (MIS), update the Allowable Products List nightly, support Android and iOS, and provide English, Spanish, and five additional languages, with translations supplied by CDPHE. The contractor also maintains a security plan and protects participant personally identifiable information. CDPHE's justification rests on the application being the only product matched to Colorado's current MIS and EBT systems and its allowable food list programming. The extension covers March 1, 2027 through February 29, 2028, until the new MIS with an integrated participant app is fully implemented, which the justification places at December 31, 2027, with transition completion extending a couple of months beyond that date.

The extension is estimated at $50,064, or $4,172 per month, a 3% increase over the $4,050 monthly rate held since 2021. JPMA offered to keep the $4,050 rate in place to ease sole-source approval. The original fixed annual budget was $48,600, and the revised total project cost is $293,064. Optional enhancements are priced at $140 to $225 per hour, depending on developer level.

JPMA, Inc., a Denver-based firm, has served Colorado WIC participants for nearly 12 years under Contract 2022-2368, which resulted from RFP 2022000086. Colorado procurement rules generally require rebidding every five years. CDPHE is requesting a sole-source extension under extenuating circumstances through the state controller's office. CDPHE determined price reasonableness by comparing against historical prices for similar services.