Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) seeks this contract in order to secure a mechanism for making payments while it undertakes the procurement process for a claims payment system/application. Activities undertaken by the Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) as part of the federal Maternal and Child Healthcare block grant include payment to vendors for direct services to clients. Similarly, DSCC's lnteragency agreement (IGA) with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS) requires payments to nursing service providers. The Benesys system is DSCC mechanism for processing and generating payments for both Title V and IDHFS agreement payments. The total value of these payments exceeds one hundred million, and reflects payments made on behalf of over three thousand children.

The university, on information and belief, has concluded that only one vendor can meet its need or can meet the need economically. That vendor is Glassman Consulting Group. The university has provided detailed justification to support its conclusion as shown on the attached Sole Source Justification Form.

Although the university has presented this as a sole source procurement, we are seeking competitive information from firms with the capability of meeting the university's need (even if performed in a manner different from what has been presented) to contact us and provide sufficient information to show the need can be met. If we receive that information, the Chief Procurement Officer will offer a public hearing to consider the matter. Hearing information is described below.

All sole source hearings under the jurisdiction of the Chief Procurement Officer for Higher Education will be conducted by tele-conference only until the in-person option is reinstated.

The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the procurement is software license, upgrade or maintenance.