South Dakota Immunization Information System (SDIIS)

1.1
Purpose of Request for Proposal (RFP)

1.1.1 Background:
The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH), in
cooperation with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is
soliciting proposals from qualified sources of supply for software and
professional services to implement and support an Immunization Information
System (IIS).

Goals and Objectives:
The
system will be internet based allowing authorized users real-time access to
input, analyze, and report immunization data. The system will be configurable
at SDIIS level, allowing authorized stakeholders to easily update fields and
tables for required changes, updates, and reporting associated with registry
functionality.

The
State is open to more than one hosting model. An Offeror may propose any of the
following Hosting Options, or a combination of them:

(a)
Vendor-Hosted—the
solution is hosted and operated by the Offeror or its agent in the Offeror’s
environment;
(b)
State-Hosted
(On-Premises)—the solution is hosted by the state on the State’s internal
infrastructure;
(c)
State-Hosted
(Azure PaaS)—the solution is hosted in the State’s Azure cloud tenant as a
Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution.

The
State has not established a preference among the Hostin Option and will
evaluation each proposed Hosting Option on its own merits. Options (b) and (c)
are referred to collectively in this RFP as the State-Hosted Options.
Requirements applicable to each Hosting Option are set out in Section 4.
The following
items provide additional information on particular needs or inherent project
issues that will confront the Department and Offerors, and which must be
addressed in the Offeror’s proposal, work plan, task deadlines, etc. They are
presented here for emphasis and should not be considered an exhaustive list.
Overall, the possible expectations of this system include the ability to:

·
Meet
current performance standards and be user-friendly, configurable, stable and
secure
·
Accept
all data existing in SDIIS with no data loss
·
Enter/view
immunization data via web
·
Interface
with SDIIS's Current HL7 connections
·
Automate
client and service de-duplication
·
Manage
vaccine inventory and automatically decrement doses when administered
·
Manage
the new system with existing staff
·
Generate
ad-hoc reports and extracts
·
Run
provider-based and geographic-based recall
·
Integrate
newborn screening data
·
Enhance
School Nurse functionality
·
Enable
VFC Functionality (Provider enrollment/management)
·
Connect
to VTrckS to enable functionality
·
Connect
to the South Dakota Birth Registry
·
Connect
to South Dakota Electronic Disease Surveillance System (Maven)
·
Enable
mobile connection
·
Provide
Public Portal access
·
Enhance
public health emergency response and mass vaccination efforts
·
Generate
reports based on CDC requirements and recommendations
·
Provide
Clinical Decision Support (CDSi)
·
Provide
2D Bar Code Scanner

Connect with the State
Health Information Exchange (South Dakota Health Link) via CDC predefined
standard for queries relating to immunization queries. These are all SOAP
wrapped XML packages, using a two directional SSL certificate. Health Link can
also accept the following message types and versions:
·
HL7
2.5.1
·
RSP^K11

·
QBP^Q11
All written questions should be sent to:
sddoh.immunization@state.sd.us, only emailed questions will be accepted.

Each offeror may
submit up to fifty (50) questions via email concerning this RFP to obtain
clarification of requirements. No questions will be accepted after the date and
time indicated in the above schedule of activities. Email questions to the
email address listed above with the subject line “RFP#27-0904002-003”. The
questions and their answers will be sent to all offerors that submitted Letters
of Intent, submitted questions, or requested the questions and answers via
email before the proposal submittal date and will be sent by the date and time
indicated in the above calendar of events. Offeror may not rely on any other
statements, either of a written or oral nature, that alter any specification or
other term or condition of this RFP that have not originated from the SD RFP
Project Contact. Offerors will be notified in the same manner as indicated
above regarding any modifications to this RFP. Offerors and their agents may not
contact any state employee other than the buyer of record regarding any of
these matters during the solicitation and evaluation process. Inappropriate
contacts are grounds for suspension and exclusion from specific procurements.

Invitation Only · Ready for Responses

Documents (5):
• BIT Attachment 1 ITSP v6.0.pdf (1149 KB)
• Contractor Security Acknowledgement Form 2026_.docx (75 KB)
• DOH SDIIS RFP 2026_FINAL.docx (256 KB)
• RFP DOH SDIIS IT Exhibit 10.14.26.docx (75 KB)
• Security and Vendor Questions v3.3 Production.docx (89 KB)

View the full solicitation and download documents on South Dakota's posting board.