26-748-143 - Canto Software Renewal 60 Month Term - Office of Communications
| Agency: | State Government of Ohio |
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| State: | Ohio |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
| NAICS Category: |
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| Posted Date: | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Due Date: | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Solicitation No: | SRC0000036168 |
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Description
| Solicitation ID: | SRC0000036168 |
| Solicitation Name: | 26-748-143 - Canto Software Renewal 60 Month Term - Office of Communications |
| Original Begin Date: | 1/6/2026 3:33:10 PM |
| Begin Date: | 1/6/2026 3:33:10 PM |
| End Date: | 1/28/2026 10:00:00 AM |
| Inquiry End Date: | 1/21/2026 10:00:00 AM |
| Commodity: | Network attached storage NAS device |
| MBE Set Aside: | MBE Set Aside |
| Agency: | DNR250230 OIT Administrative Services DNRFRA |
| Solicitation Status: | Open for Bidding |
| Solicitation Type: | Request for Quote (RFQ) |
Solicitation General Information
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Solicitation ID
SRC0000036168
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Solicitation Name
26-748-143 - Canto Software Renewal 60 Month Term - Office of Communications
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RFx Type
Request for Quote (RFQ)
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Lot #
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Solicitation Status
Open for Bidding
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Round #
1
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MBE Set Aside
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Begin Date
1/6/2026 3:33:10 PM (ET)
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Amendment?
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End Date
1/28/2026 10:00:00 AM (ET)
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Inquiry End Date
1/21/2026 10:00:00 AM
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Summary
26-748-143 - Canto Software Renewal 5 Year Term - Office of Communications - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Communications is seeking to purchase a new annual subscription of CANTO Software, with a 60-month contract term, that may be renewed annually each year, for the years of 2026 -2030. Canto software is a Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform used by businesses and organizations to centrally store, organize, manage, find, and share large volumes of digital assets like images, videos, and documents, streamlining workflows, ensuring brand consistency, and making content easily discoverable through AI-powered search, tagging, and metadata management. It acts as a single source of truth for brand content, improving collaboration and distribution for marketing, creativity, and other teams. This purchase is being sourced from an Agency Competitive Selection solicitation in Ohio Buys.
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Process
The bid will be awarded to the lowest bidding responsive and responsible supplier.
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Ship To
P002284 DNR OIT I-2 Information Technology Columbus
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REQUEST FOR QUOTE
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is requesting bids for: Canto Software Annual Subscription
with a 60 Month Contract Term.
Name or Title of the Service or Supply:
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Communications is seeking to purchase a new
annual subscription of CANTO Software, with a 60-month contract term, that may be renewed annually
each year, for the years of 2026 -2030.
Canto software is a Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform used by businesses and organizations
to centrally store, organize, manage, find, and share large volumes of digital assets like images, videos,
and documents, streamlining workflows, ensuring brand consistency, and making content easily
discoverable through AI-powered search, tagging, and metadata management. It acts as a single source
of truth for brand content, improving collaboration and distribution for marketing, creativity, and other
teams.
Ordering Division and address:
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Office of Communications
2045 Morse Rd. Building G
Columbus, OH 43229
Specifications
ODNR would like to purchase a new Canto software annual subscription with all of the specifications
listed in the charts contained in this document. In addition, ODNR is requesting a 60-month contract
term for the purchase of the Canto software, with annual renewals for the use of the software,
throughout the 60-month term.
Please Note: A Price Reference Quote from Canto is attached to this solicitation as a separate
document.
ODNR may need to purchase additional storage during the term of the contract. Please provide the
purchase cost that ODNR will be charged, based on each TB (Terabyte) of storage requested.
ODNR is requesting an initial quote for 8 Seats for Power Users of the Canto Software. However, ODNR
may need to add additional Seats for Power Users throughout the term of the contract. Please provide
the purchase cost that ODNR will be charged, based on each additional Seat for Power Users of the
Canto Software.
REQUEST FOR QUOTE
Canto Platform Features
Canto DAM
Power Users
Storage
Cold Storage
Canva
AI Visual Search
Customer Success Manager
Description
Quantity
Centralize, organize & share
your brand assets. See
"Included & Unlimited features"
for more.
Included
Administrators, Contributors & 8 Seats
Custom Power User Seats
Your Canto account powered by 9 TB
AWS storage & image
recognition
Your Canto account powered by 3 TB
AWS storage & image
recognition
Search Canto in Canva's side
panel, add assets to your
designs, and save back to Canto
without leaving Canva
Included
Enables users to quickly find
most relevant assets based on
image content rather than just
metadata, employing advanced
algorithms to analyze and
match visual elements, making
asset retrieval more intuitive
and efficient
Included
Dedicated account manager for Included
ongoing training & support
REQUEST FOR QUOTE
Subscription Add-Ons
Description
Quantity
Brand Templates
Enable approved edits to
InDesign files, on-demand
Not Included
Media Publisher
Media Publisher enables
customers to directly deliver
images and documents from
their Canto DAM to their
website, eCommerce platform,
PIM, CMS, or digital platforms.
Includes 100 embedded videos.
Not Included
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Simplify the way images from
Canto can be accessed & used
when creating emails/email
templates within Salesforce
Marketing Cloud
Not Included
Single Sign On Integration
Integrate Canto with your SSO Not Included
system of choice
Included & Unlimited Features
Description
Quantity
Consumers
Guests
Users
Named users with search,
preview, download, & share
privileges
Public access to pre-approved
content
Unlimited
Unlimited
REQUEST FOR QUOTE
Sharing
Portals
Curate shareable on-brand content Unlimited
collections, customize
Style Guides
Share Links
Upload Links
Workspaces
Asset Workflows
AI Smart Tags for Images
AI Smart Tags for Videos
AI Facial Recognition for Images
AI Facial Recognition for Videos
AI OCR for PDF
AI Text Recognition for Images
AI Video Transcription for
Subtitles
branding & Colors
Unlimited
Manage brand messaging, logo,
colors, fonts, & imagery with style
guides, private or public
Share individual or bulk files
Unlimited
accessible on-demand 24/7 to
global teams
Collaboration
Collect, approve, and upload files Unlimited
and metadata on-demand from
third parties
Collaborate with internal and
Unlimited
external teams on in-progress
content and files
Create and manage linear workflows Unlimited
with tasks, dates, comments, &
approvals
Advanced metadata
Detects objects in imagery using Unlimited
AI and adds tags
Detects objects in videos using Up to 100 Video hours
AI and adds tags
Recognizes faces in images,
Unlimited
enables search by face
Recognizes faces in videos,
Up to 100 Video hours
enables search by face
Extracts text from PDF files and Up to 1M PDF Pages
applies the text as metadata
Recognizes text and applies the Up to 5,000 files
text as metadata
Transcribes subtitles for videos Up to 100 video hours
REQUEST FOR QUOTE
Adobe Connector Plugin
Microsoft Office Connector
Cloud File Storage
Zapier
Mailchimp
Social
Chrome Extension
Slack
Canva
Hootsuite
monday.com
Wrike
Workfront
Integrations
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Premiere Pro, After Effects, &
Lightroom
Included with power users
Teams, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word,
Excel
Google Drive, Dropbox, Box,
SharePoint, OneDrive, Egnyte
No code integration between Canto
and other apps
Add files to Mailchimp campaigns
Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X,
Vimeo, YouTube
Search, view, and download assets
for local use
Canto connects with Slack to
enhance communication and
collaboration
Search Canto in Canva's side panel,
add assets to your designs, and save
to Canto without leaving Canva
Search your Canto library and attach
images to social media posts
without leaving Hootsuite
Find files, attach them to
monday.com items, and push final
files back to Canto without leaving
monday.com
Search Canto, attach content to
projects and tasks, and save new
content to Canto without leaving
Wrike
Search Canto, attach files to projects
and tasks, and save new files to
Canto library without leaving
Workfront
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
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