IFB #C000685 Informatica Gold Resident Professional Services

The Department is seeking an annual subscription for Informatica Gold Resident Architect Professional Services, that will assist the Department with its instance of Informatica to deliver strategic advisory, solution design, implementation guidance, and best practices across the following designated areas:

• Integrations with agency data for regulation around major business units including but not limited to Banking, Crypto, Pharmacy and Insurance
• Best practice guidance on Extract Transform Load (ETL) process
• Best practice guidance on data catalogue approach
• Best practice guidance on data quality approach

The Contractor must provide the following:

SKU #0000036506-0000 – One year of Informatica Gold Resident Professional Services.

This SKU includes the following Informatica Professional Services at the request of the Department:

• Value Attainment Strategies
• Industry Best Practices
• Business Transformation Alignment
• Change Management Guidance
• Program and Process Design
• Maturity Assessment and Acceleration
• Solution Architecture
• Solution Design
• Technical Implementation Guidance and Industry Best Practices
• Solution Deployment in Non-Production and Production
• Operationalization of Informatica Solutions and User Enablement
• Quarterly Engagement Reviews with Customer Stakeholders
• Implementation Best Practices
• Reference Architectures
• Platform Assessment and Capacity Plan
• Platform Modernization Roadmap
• Performance Optimization Guidance
• Data Strategy Assessment and Development
• Execution Plan Aligned to Business Outcomes
• Data Management Capability Roadmap
• Data Governance Strategy
• Master Data Management Strategy
• Cloud Integration Strategy
• Skills Assessment and Enablement Plan

The Contractor must provide an Informatica approved Gold Resident Professional for the duration of the resultant Contract and must provide with its bid submission proof from Informatica that the Bidder is authorized by Informatica to resell a Informatica Gold Resident Professional.

Submit all Bid/Proposal electronically to **RFP@dfs.ny.gov**. The two sections of Bids should be separate documents, complete in themselves, and clearly labeled.

All Bids/Proposals must be delivered in their entirety by **Monday, December 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time**. Each Bidder's Bid/Proposal must be valid for a minimum period of at least six (6) months.

The Department anticipates that an award from this IFB will result in a one (1) year contract.

The Bidder must meet and certify in *Attachment 7: Minimum Bidder Qualifications Form* that they meet the following minimum bidder qualification for this IFB: The Bidder must provide written proof from Informatica with its bid submission that the Bidder is authorized by Informatica to resell Informatica Gold Resident Professional Services.

For this procurement, the Department has determined that Bidders that meet the Minimum Bidder Qualifications and will perform all services as required are best value and equate to low price. The responsive and responsible Bidder with the lowest total cost may be deemed the tentative awardee.

The selected Contractor is required to procure, at its sole cost and expense, and provide upon notice of Contract award, proof of required insurance as detailed in Appendix F, Contractor's Insurance Requirements.