Summary
The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) is seeking proposals to establish a Joint Purchase Master Contract for Mainframe as a Service to support payroll and timekeeping operations across multiple state agencies including Central Payroll System, DHS, DCFS, HFS, IDOT, DES, and Illinois State Police. The contract covers approximately 200 unique system integrations and nearly 100 distinct applications using legacy technologies (COBOL, DB2) and modern platforms (Microsoft .NET, IBM WebSphere), with an initial term of five years renewable up to ten years. Proposals will be evaluated on technical criteria (400 points), commitment to diversity (80 points), and pricing (96 points), with a mandatory 6% BEP subcontracting goal.