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NYSIF intends to procure 2026-110-IT, pursuant to its discretionary purchasing authority under State Finance Law §163(6). This procurement opportunity is limited to New York State small businesses certified as Minority or Women Owned Businesses pursuant to Article 15-A or small businesses certified as Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses pursuant to Article 3 of the New York State Veterans’ Services Law. The value of the resulting contract from this procurement will not exceed $1,500,000. NYSIF anticipates awarding a single contract. The solicitation document may be obtained from NYSIF’s Procurement website at www.nysif.com/procurement. Interested parties should e-mail [email protected] with any questions. Please include “NYSIF 2026-110-IT” in the subject line of the e-mail. All amendments, clarifications and any announcements related to this procurement will be posted on NYSIF’s website at: www.nysif.com/procurement. It is the sole responsibility of the bidders to check the website for any amendments, clarifications or updates. All applicable amendment information must be incorporated into the firm’s proposal. Failure to include this information in your proposal may result in the proposal being deemed non-responsive. Proposals from responsible bidders are due September 1, 2026 September 8, 2026 by 2:00 p.m. EST. The calendar of events is detailed in the RFQ. Pursuant to State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between NYSIF personnel and a prospective bidder during the procurement process. Designated staff for this solicitation is Jacob Paulino & Ryan Cerone, NYSIF, 15 Computer Drive West, Albany NY 12205, [email protected]. Contacts made to other NYSIF personnel regarding this procurement may disqualify the prospective bidder and affect future procurements with governmental entities in the State of New York. NYSIF is committed to achieving its goal of increasing opportunities for New York State Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (M/WBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOB). Any company that feels it may meet the state requirements for MWBE certification but has not done so already is also encouraged to visit the NYS Empire State Development website at https://www.esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/mwbe for more information. We encourage any firm that believes it meets the state requirements for SDVOB certification to visit The Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development within the NYS Office of General Services (OGS) at https://ogs.ny.gov/Veterans/. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: NONE Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 100.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) Total MWBE Goals: 100.00%