Iowa State University Ionwave #RFQ-1001521 Addendum 1

Multicloud FinOps platform for Iowa State University

Iowa State University is seeking a multicloud FinOps platform to improve cloud-cost visibility, governance, and optimization across its campus cloud environments. - Buyer: Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU), Information Technology Services (ITS), Ames, Iowa. - Platform requested: One FinOps cloud management platform for Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with native API integrations and no manual data uploads. No FinOps platform OEM or supplier is named. - Cloud environment and scale: Azure includes one billing account and about 50 subscriptions, with approximately $90,000 in monthly spend. AWS and GCP together have less than $10,000 in known monthly spend; AWS has one payer account and GCP has fewer than 10 projects. Expected cloud-spend growth is 5–10% annually. Initial onboarding is for centrally managed resources, with potential campus-wide expansion later. - Required capabilities: Consolidated and detailed billing; normalized cost views; department, college, project, and cost-center allocation; showback and chargeback; tag governance; anomaly and budget alerts; forecasting and reporting; rightsizing and idle-resource recommendations; and optimization tracking for Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and committed-use discounts. - Named integration products and vendors: Microsoft Entra ID for single sign-on and role-based access; Workday for organizational and financial mappings; and ServiceNow ITSM, CMDB, and SPM as a potential integration. Power BI is an example business-intelligence integration. Preferred capabilities include Microsoft Teams alerts and AI-tool connectivity for Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini. These named providers and tools are integration targets or examples, not identified bidders. - Implementation and operations: Provide implementation, training, documentation, and technical support. ISU expects to manage the platform after implementation and handle internal customer training and later campus rollout. Migration from its homegrown solution is not expected; historical data retained by cloud providers should be ingested. - Notable requirements: US-only hosting; substantial conformance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, applicable Section 508 standards, and ISU accessibility policy; accessibility documentation such as a VPAT/ACR; completion of HECVAT and a security review; and guaranteed full data export in a nonproprietary format at contract end. Higher-education references are preferred. - Pricing and term: Provide total pricing alternatives for three-year and five-year initial terms, including one-time and implementation costs, plus annual pricing for optional one-year extensions. No purchase part numbers or fixed platform quantities beyond one platform are specified.

Description

Iowa State University Information Technology Services is seeking a cloud financial management (FinOps) platform to provide unified cost visibility, governance, and optimization across its Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform environments. The solution must natively integrate with all three cloud providers via API, without manual data uploads, and provide a consolidated view of cloud spending. Scope includes showback and chargeback reporting, spending anomaly and budget alerts, cost-allocation and tagging governance, and savings recommendations such as rightsizing, idle-resource cleanup, and commitment optimization. Responses are considered for an initial three- or five-year term; submissions are accepted online through ISUBid.

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