Planning & Practice Suite of Applications (PPSA)

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania seeks a qualified vendor to provide full‑life‑cycle services for its Planning & Practice Suite of Applications (PPSA), a collection of five interconnected web‑based education tools. The contractor will be responsible for ongoing maintenance, enhancements, custom development, hosting coordination, security, accessibility compliance, training, and professional‑development course delivery. The effort is a firm‑fixed‑price contract with a base term ending 30 June 2031 and two optional one‑year renewals. Mandatory small‑diverse‑business (9 %) and veteran‑business‑enterprise (3 %) participation goals apply, with a Good‑Faith‑Effort waiver process for any shortfall. • Provide design, development, customization, and support for the five PPSA applications (SAS portal, PD Center, OnClassPA, FRCPP, Pathways to Graduation, Future Ready PA Index). • Deliver training, professional‑development courses, and ongoing technical support (≈ 2 000 hours annually). • Ensure WCAG AA accessibility, multi‑factor authentication, and integration with state SSO/Okta systems. • Manage hosting on a VMware/SQL environment (IU‑17 datacenter) and potentially migrate to cloud in the future. • Meet SDB (9 %) and VBE (3 %) subcontracting goals or obtain waivers; comply with extensive service‑level agreements and reporting requirements.