AB Manager Software Maintenance Follow Solicitation

Annual Maintenance and Support for AB Manager, a laboratory accreditation information system. Period of Service: 01/29/2027 through 01/28/2028.

Annual maintenance and support services for software needed to ensure the ongoing functionality and viability of AB Manager database.

Background

TCEQ's Monitoring Division, Laboratory & Quality Assurance Section has implemented an environmental laboratory accreditation program. TCEQ accredits environmental laboratories for specific fields of accreditation. [...] TCEQ currently accredits approximately 245 environmental laboratories.

Basic System Description

The Contractor shall maintain TCEQ's current system, AB Manager database, for the following:

• Maintaining and, if necessary, revising information concerning TCEQ's accreditation program.
• Maintaining and, if necessary, revising information concerning laboratories applying to TCEQ for accreditation and laboratories accredited by TCEQ.
• Incorporating proficiency testing results from proficiency testing sample providers and exporting TNI LAMS.
• Determining whether laboratory(ies) successfully complete proficiency testing studies according to accreditation standards.
• Making small-scale internal queries concerning laboratories applying to TCEQ for accreditation and laboratories accredited by TCEQ.
• Operating Environment: The system must operate within and ensure complete compatibility with the TCEQ environment.

The system shall not take more than three seconds to load a page and be ready for user interaction for most screens. Pages that require complex operations shall display in less than five seconds.

At a minimum, the Contractor shall maintain the system to enable TCEQ and others to determine routinely (24 hours a day/seven days a week), without difficulty, on a full- and real-time basis, and without resorting to special effort on the part of TCEQ, the Contractor, or others current and historical information concerning the accreditation program.

By mutual consent and within one month of receiving instructions from TCEQ, the Contractor shall incorporate other capabilities into its system. Unless mutually agreed upon by TCEQ and the Contractor, other capabilities shall be incorporated into the Contractor's system at no additional cost to TCEQ.

Submission

Responses may be submitted electronically to TCEQebid@tceq.texas.gov. The e-mail subject line must contain the solicitation number, company name, and the due date and time. The respondent is solely responsible for ensuring the complete electronic submission is sent to, and actually received by, TCEQ before the due date and time stated on the solicitation document.

**Bid due date:** 11/10/2026 at 2:00 PM CST. Unsigned bids will not be considered under any circumstances. Late, illegible, incomplete, or otherwise non-responsive bids will not be considered.

Award and terms

Bid prices are requested to be firm for TCEQ acceptance for 30 days from bid opening date. Cash discounts are not considered in determining an award. The State reserves the right to make an award on the basis of low line item bid, low total of line items, or in any other combination that will serve the best interest of the State. Any contract may also be extended up to three months at the sole discretion of the State.

The issuing office believes that the requested items in this request for offers may be proprietary to one vendor under Section 2155.067 of the Government Code; however, the issuing office strongly encourages offers from all qualified respondents that may be able to provide the requested items.