University of Illinois System
Bid #9DGS2024

Invitation for Bid: HID Global Branded Access Cards

Renewal Info
Published Thursday, March 12, 2026
Renewal entered into with:
Vendor: ColorID, LLC
Amount: An estimated $1,227,177
Renewal: 2nd of 2, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2029
Pricing Changes: 
None
Service/Product Changes: 
None
Potential Future Renewals: None
The Chief Procurement Officer for this procurement is now Bridget McHatton.
The University has taken into account 30 ILCS 575/8i of the BEP Act in conducting this renewal.


The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Renewal Info
Published Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Renewal entered into with:
Vendor: ColorID, LLC
Amount: An estimated $1,227,177
Renewal: 1st of 2, 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2026
Pricing Changes: 
None
Service/Product Changes: 
None
Potential Future Renewals: $1,227,177
The University has taken into account 30 ILCS 575/8i of the BEP Act in conducting this renewal.


The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Wednesday October 12, 2022
Vendor: ColorID, LLC
Change Order Amount: $55,423
Due to a a world-wide chip shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and an unanticipated significant increase in student enrollment, an increase in quantity of card blanks for use in the University's iCard program is required.

The buyer for this procurement is now Andrea Lile , (217) 244-9312.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Award Info Published Friday July 24, 2020

ColorID, LLCCornelius, NC

  • Amount: An estimated $1,227,177
  • Terms: An estimated start date of 8/1/2020 through 6/30/2023
  • Renewals: 2 three-year
  • Potential Future Renewals: $2,454,354

Unsuccessful respondents (5)

Buyer for this procurement: Daniel Szajna, (217) 333-2650

Chief procurement officer for this procurement: John Donato

State purchasing officer for this procurement: Geno Marchizza

Comments:
Start date will be upon contract execution. Award amounts are estimated based off of historical spend, and is not a guarantee of spend during the term of the award.

See Award Posting Information document attached for information required pursuant to Section 7 of the Business Enterprise Act 30 ILCS 575.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

This notice has been modified
Published Friday, May 29, 2020
Amendment 1 is being published to provide potential bidders with responses to questions asked during the pre-submission conference. This amendment also updates two sections of the bid document. Bidders must acknowledge receipt of this amendment in response to their bid by signing and attaching the amendment to their bid.

This amendment does not change the due date for submissions of bids.
First published Friday, May 8, 2020
Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 11, 2020:
At the following address:
System Purchasing and Support Services
No Physical Bids will be accepted
Only e-bids submitted through
Bulletin will be considered
Champaign, IL 61820
via E-bidding
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on behalf of iCard Operations ("the University") is seeking Bids from qualified firms ("Bidders") to provide HID Global branded access card blanks for use in its iCard program for the approximate period from contract execution or purchase order issuance date through June 30, 2023 with the option to renew for two additional three-year periods at the same terms and conditions based on satisfactory performance, continuing need and availability of funds.
In accordance with Section 4.2050 of the Chief Procurement Officer for Public Institutions of Higher Education Standard Procumbent Rules this solicitation is a brand name only solicitation to ensure compatibility in existing systems. Alternative brand names will not be considered for an award.
A pre-submission conference will be held via teleconference on May 21, 2020 at 1:00 Local Time. Please see Section 1.5 of the solicitation document for details.
Questions related to this solicitation must be received prior to May 22, 2020 at 5:00 PM Local Time. Questions received and University responses may be posted as an addendum to the original solicitation on the Bulletin; only these written responses to questions shall be binding on the University. Vendors are responsible for monitoring the Bulletin for addenda and other updates.
Acceptance of bids will be made solely through the University's E-Bidding platform. The document titled e-BiddingVendorInstructions.docx outlines how to submit an E-Bid through the Illinois Procurement Bulletin for Higher Education.
Contact with the solicitation contact must be made electronically as outlined in Section 1.3 of the Solicitation document.

For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
Daniel Szajna
System Purchasing and Support Services
507 E Green Street
Suite 501, MC-407
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-2650
FAX: (217) 239-6760
Chief Procurement Officer - Ben Bagby
State Purchasing Officer - Geno Marchizza
There is no BEP goal for this procurement.
Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) eligibility number is required on all proposals, if applicable.

This transaction is subject to the State Board of Elections registration and certification requirements of Public Act 095-0971.

The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.

Documents

No documents are available for this notice.