The department is planning to replace its legacy Emerging Threats (ET) system, which CDFA’s Animal Health and Food Safety Services Division (AHFSS) uses to protect animal health, public health and the state’s economy from catastrophic animal diseases, food safety problems and other health or agricultural issues.
The department issued a pre-solicitation notice in July, seeking vendor input on the planned solicitation. When that notice was issued, the department’s agency information officer, Rob Peterson, told Industry Insider — California that the solicitation would be “very large.”
As Industry Insider reported, CDFA wants the new system to consolidate the functions of the legacy ET system with standalone and external applications and to allow mobile capability for use where Internet access may be limited or unavailable. In addition, CDFA requires that the replacement system include a central data repository in order to leverage master data at an enterprise level.
Along with the ET legacy replacement, CDFA is seeking seven standalone applications, three external applications and five mobile apps that currently support the business operations of AHFSS. The solution CDFA seeks would have two main elements: data management and query software and database management system software; and IT service delivery of a cloud-based platform as a service (PaaS).
ET2, as the new Emerging Threats system is known, was funded in the new state budget. CDFA was approved for:
- $6,685,000 and three new positions in fiscal year 2023-24, of which $4,212,000 would come from the state’s General Fund and $2,473,000 from CDFA
- $12,138,000 in FY 2024-25 and 2025-26 ($7,647,000 of which would come from the General Fund and $4,491,000 from the department)
- $6,672,000 in FY 2026-27 ($4,204,000 from the General Fund and $2,468,000 from CDFA)
- $5,073,000 ongoing ($3,196,000 from the General Fund and $1,877,000 from the department)
