Oregon aims to consolidate licensing systems for 14 boards; DAS posts statewide RFP

Jun 17, 2026

The Department of Administrative Services outlined a statewide procurement for modern licensing systems serving 14 boards and commissions, using a two-tier approach (core platforms and higher-security instances) and an RFP/timeline that the department expects to convert into master contracts by September.

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Betsy Eimholt, director of the Department of Administrative Services, told the committee that varied legacy systems across state boards and commissions create duplicated costs and operational risk. Catherine Jones, the state's chief procurement officer, described the procurement strategy: "So what we're doing is we created an RFP kind of identifying these 2 tiers... we may get 1 vendor that can scale, but we want the marketplace to tell us."

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