Change Order Notice: PSR Inc.

The Illinois Secretary of State is seeking professional consulting services for disaster recovery work with IBM Z16 3931-A01 (MAX 39) 411 (295 MSUS) and TS7700 VTS. The services include CU planning and design, HCD/IODF updates, coordinated change implementation, XP8 BC integration, system restart and validation, and post-change monitoring. The billing model is time and materials billing at actual time used, with an hourly rate of $275 per hour. The maximum authorized hours are 70 hours. • The services require review and redesign of the existing CU layout, establishment of a contiguous CU address range for XP8 BC volumes, and identification and relocation of OSA CUs as required. • The services also require modification of OSA CU numbers, removal or reassignment of unused CUs, definition of new XP8 BC control units, validation of CHPID assignments, and update and validation of IODF/IOCDS definitions. • The vendor will execute a planned TCP/IP outage, activate updated IODF/IOCDS configurations, apply revised CU definitions, update TCP/IP interface and device definitions, and restore TCP/IP connectivity. • The vendor will also add new XP8 BC control units into HCD, configure multipath channel connectivity, verify system recognition of new CU structures and device ranges, restart TCP/IP services, validate OSA functionality, routing, and VIPA behavior, confirm I/O path integrity and channel connectivity, and ensure XP8 storage access across all defined paths.