Utah Public Procurement Place U3P #JF27-124

Utah SLEIS cloud hosting and maintenance support

Utah seeks sole-source cloud hosting and maintenance for its State and Local Emissions Inventory System (SLEIS), with Windsor Solutions, Inc. identified as the proprietary software owner and proposed provider. - Government buyer - Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Purchasing (issuing office), for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (Utah DEQ), Division of Air Quality. - OEM and vendors mentioned - Windsor Solutions, Inc. owns SLEIS and provides the proposed hosting and maintenance. - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is discussed as an alternative hosting option; Utah’s Department of Technology Services (DTS) is mentioned as a potential state hosting resource. - EPA’s Combined Air Emissions Reporting system (CAERS) and Lucidea Technologies Corp. are mentioned in market research, not as proposed providers. - Requested services - SLEIS cloud hosting. One attachment describes hosting in each of five contract years; the separate quote lists four annual hosting terms, with prices totaling $43,000. No part number is provided. - Extension of the SLEIS maintenance agreement; no separate quantity or price is provided. - Notable requirements and rationale - The procurement is presented as noncompetitive/sole source. The justification cites Windsor’s proprietary rights, Utah-specific SLEIS enhancements, and the expense and disruption of migrating data, retraining facilities, and recreating equipment profiles. - The supporting amendment describes increasing the existing contract value from $254,000 to $297,000, a $43,000 increase. - The attachment descriptions differ on whether hosting is included for four or five contract years; the quote gives the four-term pricing while the amendment summary refers to five years.

Description

The notice concerns adding cloud hosting of the State and Local Emissions Inventory System (SLEIS), the online emissions inventory software used by the Utah Division of Air Quality, and extending its maintenance agreement. The procurement documents identify Windsor Solutions, Inc. as the vendor and describe the notice as an intent to award without engaging in a standard procurement process. The listed estimated value is $43,000; the attached form states that the proposed contract total would increase from $254,000 to $297,000. The posting invites vendors to contest by submitting the information required in the attached Part 8 document.

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