# Iowa State University Ionwave #RFQ-1001521 Addendum 1

Multicloud FinOps platform for Iowa State University

**Posted:** October 07, 2026
**Respond By:** November 04, 2026
**Identifier:** RFQ-1001521 Addendum 1
**NAICS:** 541511, 513210, 541512, 541519

Iowa State University is seeking a multicloud FinOps platform to make cloud spending visible, governable, and easier to optimize across its Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud environments.
- **Government buyer:** Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU), Information Technology Services (ITS), in Ames, Iowa.
- **Requested solution:** A cloud financial management (FinOps) platform with native API connections to Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with no manual billing-data uploads. No FinOps platform OEM or supplier is identified in the solicitation.
- **Cloud usage context:** Initial onboarding will focus on centrally managed resources, with possible later campus-wide expansion. ISU reports about 50 Azure subscriptions under one billing account and approximately $90,000 in monthly Azure spend; known AWS and GCP spend is under $10,000 monthly combined. Annual cloud-spend growth is projected at 5–10%.
- **Core capabilities:** Consolidated and detailed cost views; anomaly attribution and budget alerts; forecasting and reporting; department, college, project, and cost-center showback/chargeback; tagging and allocation governance; rightsizing and idle-resource recommendations; and optimization of Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and committed-use discounts.
- **Named systems and optional integrations:** Microsoft Entra ID for single sign-on and role-based access; Workday for organizational and financial mappings; and potentially ServiceNow ITSM, CMDB, and SPM. Power BI is an example of a business-intelligence connection. Preferred features include Kubernetes cost allocation, SaaS-spend visibility, automated remediation, Microsoft Teams alerts, and an MCP server supporting AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini.
- **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; security review; and full end-of-contract data export in a nonproprietary format. Vendors should provide implementation, training, technical support, and transparent total-cost-of-ownership pricing. Higher-education references are preferred.
- **Pricing requested:** Separate total-cost proposals for three-year and five-year initial terms, including one-time and implementation costs, plus annual price escalators for optional one-year extensions.

### 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. The scope includes showback and chargeback reporting, spending alerts and anomaly attribution, savings and optimization recommendations, consistent tagging and cost-allocation governance, and higher-education security, accessibility, and identity requirements. ISU will consider initial terms of three or five years; bid responses are accepted online via ISUBid by November 4, 2026.

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