Portal/Mobile Procurement
Additional Information:

The CalSAWS Consortium announces the release of the CalSAWS Statewide Portal/Mobile Application Request for Proposals (RFP) 2019-1 for your review and consideration.

This procurement solicits proposals from qualified vendors to develop a Statewide Portal/Mobile Application. The design, development and implementation phase is scheduled to start in August 2020 and continue through go-live in September 2021, followed by a one-year Maintenance and Operations period with optional extensions.

The Procurement Library is available for access by prospective vendors. To access the library, you will need to complete an authentication process by the Office of System Integration (OSI) to create an account. Once authenticated, you will receive an email from OSI with login credentials. Once you login, you will be able to access the Portal/Mobile Procurement Library.

We look forward to your participation in this important procurement process.

Please email Daniel.Brown@osi.ca.gov if you need to begin the authentication process to gain access to the CalSAWS Portal/Mobile Procurement Library.

Key Tasks and Timeframes

Release RFP
Monday, November 4, 2019

Conducted Bidder’s Conference
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Published RFP Addendum 1 Based on 14 Vendor Questions and Answers
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Published RFP Addendum 2 and Responses to 141 Vendor Questions
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Published RFP Addendum 3 Based on Advocate Recommendations
Thursday, January 9, 2020

Contractor Proposal Due Date
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Evaluate Proposals and Prepare Vendor Selection Report
Thursday, January 23, 2020 – Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Consortium Issues Notice of Intent to Award
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Contract Negotiations
Monday, April 27, 2020 – Wednesday, May 13, 2020

State, Federal and JPA BOD Approval of Agreement
Thursday, May 14, 2020 – Friday, August 7, 2020

Start Date of Statewide Portal/Mobile App Vendor
Monday, August 10, 2020

Portal/Mobile App Go-Live
September 2021

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