# Texas DIR/ESBD #26-15697-001

ERS Form 1099-R Tax Compliance and IRS IRIS Filing Services

**Posted:** October 05, 2026
**Respond By:** October 20, 2026
**Identifier:** 26-15697-001
**NAICS:** 541511, 541512, 541519

The Employees Retirement System of Texas is seeking a tax-compliance solution to validate and electronically file Form 1099-R through the IRS IRIS system.
- **Government buyer:** Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS), State of Texas; Office of Procurement and Contract Oversight. The ERS Enterprise Planning Office is identified as the project-management office.
- **Requested solution:** Enterprise-grade tax-compliance software and implementation services to ingest ERS data, validate and process Form 1099-R returns, and submit them directly to the IRS Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) using its Application-to-Application (A2A) API.
- **Corrections and volume:** Support corrections to returns originally filed through the IRS Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) system and accommodate high-volume structured data.
- **Optional services:** Form 1099-R formatting, printing, inserting, and mailing; alternatively, coordination with ERS’s print vendor. ERS may also request a secure, accessible, mobile-responsive recipient portal for opting in, authentication, viewing, and downloading forms, including multi-factor authentication.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No tax-software OEM or prospective solution vendor is named. Euna Procurement is identified as the proposal-submission portal, not as the requested solution provider.
- **Products and quantities:** No branded products, part numbers, or quantities are specified.
- **Contract and value:** Four-year initial term beginning upon contract execution, with an extension by mutual agreement. Estimated contract value is $650,000.

### Description

ERS seeks a qualified firm to provide enterprise-grade tax compliance software for transmitting to the Information Return Intake System (IRIS). The system will validate, process, and electronically file IRS Form 1099-R. The selected contractor will provide the services and meet the requirements in the RFP, including its minimum requirements; the initial contract term is four years from execution, with an option to extend by mutual agreement. Proposals are submitted through Euna Procurement, and the stated estimated value is $650,000.

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