Specifications include, but are not limited to: DEM has launched an initiative to modernize underground storage tanks management through improved business processes and technology. This modernization project is expected to include the complete implementation of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) operations section (registration/notification processing and management of the Excess Liability Trust Fund (ELTF)); the UST compliance section including all the data collection, analysis, and internal/external documentation and correspondence of the inspection processes; and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) section which corresponds with and issues demand letters to UST owners/operators and/or their consultants regarding regulatory requirements from a confirmed release to no further action required. The Tanks Modernization Project should automate major IDEM management functions including a selfservice portal, registration, notification, closure, compliance, remediation, monitoring, UST billing, ELTF, and claims processing. This project also wants the flexibility to interface with existing IDEM databases for permitting, enforcement, and financial functions.