FinOps Cloud Management Platform
- Client
- Iowa
- RFP Number
- SW-120517
- Posted
- 10/8/2026
- Category
- Software, System and Application
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
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- Set-aside
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- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedIowa State University is soliciting proposals for a FinOps cloud management platform to deliver unified cost visibility, governance, and optimization across its Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform environments. The solution must natively integrate with all three providers via API without manual uploads and support accurate showback/chargeback reporting, spending anomaly alerts, optimization recommendations, and consistent tagging enforcement. Eligible vendors are onshore USA organizations, and the work will be performed offsite. Questions must be submitted online by October 21, 2026, at 12:00 PM CT. Proposals must be submitted digitally via ISUBid by November 4, 2026, at 12:00 PM CT, and include a detailed quote, completed HECVAT Lite, and digital accessibility documentation. Proposals will be evaluated on the total cost to the university, ability to meet required specifications, and the quality of references or past experience. Final award depends on completing a security and accessibility review, with test login credentials required for accessibility testing.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from Bid Invitation.pdf, ISU Instructions.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
Iowa State University Information Technology Services is seeking a cloud financial management (FinOps) platform to provide unified cost visibility, governance, and optimization across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform environments. Qualified contractors may submit proposals.
- Issued by
- Iowa State University of Science and Technology
- Issue Date
- 10/7/2026
- Questions Deadline
- 10/21/2026 12:00 PM (CT)
- Response Deadline
- 11/4/2026 12:00 PM (CT)
- Anticipated Supplier Presentations Week
- 11/16/2026
- How to submit
- Electronic via ISUBid online portal
- Submission details
- Responses must be submitted online via ISUBid.
- Contract term
- Initial term of one year and three years, with optional extensions after the initial term.
- Place of performance
- Offsite
- Insurance and bonding
- Contractor must comply with Insurance Requirements - Professional Services & Software Dev (Off Campus) 09-2021.
How proposals are evaluated
| Total cost for Iowa State University | |
| Ability to meet required specification | |
| Ability to meet preferred specifications | |
| Availability of support | |
| Ease of use/visual appeal | |
| Data Analytics offered | |
| Quality of references and/or past experience | |
| Exceptions taken to RFP Terms and conditions |
Scope of work
- Native API-based integration with Azure, AWS, and GCP without manual data uploads
- Unified cost visibility, normalization, and consolidated single view of cloud spend
- Showback/chargeback reporting by department, college, project, or custom cost center
- Budget creation, alerts, and spending anomaly attribution
- Rightsizing recommendations for compute, storage, and database resources
- Idle and unused resource identification
- Reserved Instance, Savings Plan, and Committed Use Discount management and tracking
- Tagging policy governance, tag-based cost allocation, and compliance reporting
Minimum qualifications
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
- Natively integrate with Azure, AWS, and GCP via API
- Meet standard higher-ed security, accessibility, and identity requirements (HECVAT, WCAG/Section 508, SSO via Microsoft Entra ID)
- Compliance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA for software purchased after July 1, 2026
Documents to include with the bid
- Detailed Quote
- Higher Education Cloud Assessment Tool (HECVAT / HECVAT Lite)
- Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for Digital Accessibility
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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