SBU/Automated Testing Platform Request for Information

Overview: This Request for Information (RFI) is issued by the State University of New York at Stony Brook (hereinafter referred to as "SUNY") to obtain information regarding automated testing platforms capable of supporting a diverse enterprise application environment, with a primary focus on ERP platforms: Oracle Fusion and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, but also capable of supporting custom-developed applications (primarily C#), API integrations and off-the-shelf systems including thick and mobile app clients. This RFI will help SUNY assess market capabilities, validate functional requirements, and prepare for competitive future procurement for an enterprise-wide testing automation solution. Background: The State University of New York (“SUNY”) is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating more than 467,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses with nearly 3 million alumni around the globe. SUNY is committed to reduce administrative costs, maximize efficiencies, and move resources toward academics and student services. Stony Brook University is Long Island’s premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine represents Stony Brook University’s entire medical enterprise and integrates all Stony Brook’s health-related initiatives: education, research, and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, the six Health Sciences schools — Dental Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare — as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York system, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to almost 26,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 14,500 faculty and staff. Stony Brook University is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). It consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. Stony Brook University offers more than 200 undergraduate programs, more than 100 master’s programs and more than 40 doctoral programs. Notable facts about Stony Brook University’s student population (Fall 2024): Total students– 26,689: Undergraduates – 18,263 Graduates - 8,426 Additional information about Stony Brook University and its students can be found at the following website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ Scope: SUNY has conducted an initial assessment, and the institution has identified that automated end-to-end testing—across web applications, our ERP platforms, API’s, thick clients and mobile applications, is critical to improving deployment confidence, accelerating release cycles, and ensuring quality across complex enterprise systems. The assessment also identified significant limitations in open-source solutions due to steep maintenance overhead and lack of unified test management. SUNY supports a wide range of applications, including: · Oracle Fusion Cloud (WolfieONE) · PeopleSoft Campus Solutions · Custom .NET and web applications · APIs, databases, and integration services · Desktop applications such as OnBase · Mobile applications Given the breadth of technologies in use, SUNY seeks information from vendors offering comprehensive, resilient, and scalable testing automation capabilities. Objectives of the RFI: Through this RFI, SUNY seeks to: · Understand available automated testing platforms and their fit with SUNY’s environment. · Assess vendor capabilities in integration testing, system testing, regression, smoke, UAT, and performance testing. · Evaluate security, compliance, governance, and identity management capabilities. · Understand licensing models, scalability, TCO, and non-obvious cost factors. · Determine the feasibility of a pilot and future procurement steps. Key Events: RFI Opens 1/26/2026 Bidders Questions due date and time 2/16/2026 -5PM Responses due date and time (any proposals received after this deadline may not be considered) 2/24/26 - 5PM SUNY reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the above schedule. Bidders will be notified via email of any changes in a timely manner. Bidders’ Questions: Any Questions regarding this RFI should be submitted on the Q&A Board citing the particular event section where applicable. Bidders should make efforts to ensure all questions are submitted no later than the questions date listed in the Key Events section, as questions received after the closing date for questions may not be responded to prior to the RFI due date. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to inquire about any requirement of this event that is not understood. Proposal Submission: Bidder is responsible for all costs, direct or indirect, that it incurs related to the preparation and submission of a proposal in response to this RFI. All responses and proposals submitted in response to this RFI become and remain the property of SUNY. Contact Information: Bryan Decker Contract Officer Email: contact@example.gov Margaret Remiszewski Sr. Contracts Officer E-mail: contact@example.gov Review of RFI responses: RFI responses will be reviewed by the affected SUNY business unit and Procurement department. Ultimately, the information provided may be reflected in a Request for Proposal (RFP) that SUNY at Stony Brook may issue in the future. Bidders’ response may address all the questions asked in this RFI or the portions of the questions that are relevant to the bidder's specific technology offerings. NO AWARDED CONTRACT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE RFI PROCESS. Submitting a response to this RFI is voluntary. Submitted RFI’s responses will in no way bind SUNY or any other agency to any purchase for any reason. The RFI is for informational gathering purposes only. All information provided by Bidders will be at no cost and without obligation to SUNY. Reserved Rights: SUNY Reserves the right to: Withdraw this RFI at any time, at SUNY’s sole discretion. Prior to the RFI closing, amend the RFI specifications/questions to correct errors of oversight, or to supply additional information, as it becomes available. Request clarifications from Bidders for purposes of assuring a full understanding of their responses.