RFQ No. 130123 - Notification of Intent to Award

This contract awards the State of California’s Employment Development Department the provision of “as‑needed” online and virtual IT training courses for its statewide workforce. The contractor must supply a full catalog of roughly 70 instructor‑led courses covering mainframe, cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics, and productivity tools, provide live instructors, course materials, certificates, and reasonable ADA accommodations, and maintain an online catalog with per‑person pricing. Payments are made monthly in arrears based on actual enrollments, with the contract’s value derived from the per‑person rates submitted in the bid. The agreement runs for three years with the possibility of two additional one‑year extensions and includes a range of small‑business, DVBE, and TACPA preferences, as well as mandatory certifications (debarment, civil‑rights, lobbying, payee data, etc.). • Scope: delivery of live‑instructor virtual training for ~70 IT courses (mainframe, cloud, security, analytics, etc.) • Term: 15 Sep 2026 – 14 Sep 2029 (36 months) with up to two optional 12‑month extensions • Pricing: per‑person unit rates for each course; total per‑person sum used for bid evaluation • Vendor: single‑award to Protech Professional Technical Services, Inc. • Requirements: numerous certifications, ADA accommodations, GenAI disclosure, sanctions compliance, and subcontracting limits.