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This document is a draft appendix on specifications and standards for the Ascend Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) solicitation, which is a pre-solicitation for a GSA governmentwide cloud solutions contract.

The appendix lists numerous technical standards and specifications from organizations such as ANSI, BICSI, TIA, ISO, IETF, GEC, GHG Protocol, SPDX, OWASP, SERI, X12, IRS, and NIST that will apply to the IaaS, PaaS, and related professional services required under the Ascend BPA. These cover areas like data center design and operations, electronics recycling, software identification, cryptography, digital identity, and cloud security.

The overall Ascend BPA solicitation is scheduled to be released in phases, with the first pool covering IaaS and PaaS solutions. GSA is accepting questions and comments on the draft solicitation documents through May 17, 2024, but will not provide direct responses. Anticipated award dates are yet to be determined.

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Appendix <<XX>>: Specifications and Standards

Table XX: Specifications and Standards

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

XX American National Standards Institute https://www.ansi.org/

— Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI)

XX ANSI/BICSI 002-2019, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices https://www.bicsi.org/standards/avail able-standards-store/single-purchas e/ansi-bicsi-002-2019-data-center-d esign

XX ANSI/BICSI 009-2019, Data Center Operations and Maintenance Best Practices https://www.bicsi.org/standards/avail able-standards-store/single-purchas e/bicsi-009-2019-data-center-operat ions-and-maintenance

— Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

XX ANSI/TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers https://tiaonline.org/products-and-se rvices/tia942certification/ansi-tia-94 2-standard/ e-StewardsⓇ

XX Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment© https://e-stewards.org/

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

XX ISO 3166-1 Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and Their Subdivisions - Part 1: County Code https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country -codes.html

XX ISO 8601 Date and Time Format https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-a nd-time-format.html

XX ISO/IEC 5962:2021 Information technology - SPDX® Specification V2.2.1 https://www.iso.org/standard/81870.

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XX ISO/IEC 19770-2:2015 Information Technology - IT Asset Management - Part 2: Software Identification Tag https://www.iso.org/standard/65666.

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Sam ple

Draf t https://www.ansi.org/ https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/ansi-bicsi-002-2019-data-center-design https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/ansi-bicsi-002-2019-data-center-design https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/ansi-bicsi-002-2019-data-center-design https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/ansi-bicsi-002-2019-data-center-design https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/bicsi-009-2019-data-center-operations-and-maintenance https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/bicsi-009-2019-data-center-operations-and-maintenance https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/bicsi-009-2019-data-center-operations-and-maintenance https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase/bicsi-009-2019-data-center-operations-and-maintenance https://tiaonline.org/products-and-services/tia942certification/ansi-tia-942-standard/ https://tiaonline.org/products-and-services/tia942certification/ansi-tia-942-standard/ https://tiaonline.org/products-and-services/tia942certification/ansi-tia-942-standard/ https://e-stewards.org/ https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html https://www.iso.org/standard/81870.html https://www.iso.org/standard/81870.html https://www.iso.org/standard/65666.html https://www.iso.org/standard/65666.html

XX RFC 791, Internet Protocol, Darpa Internet Program Protocol Specification https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/r fc791

XX RFC 3339, Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/r fc3339

XX RFC 3526, More Modular Exponential (MODP) Diffie-Hellman groups for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/r fc3526

XX RFC 8200, Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/r fc8200

XX RFC 8446, The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/r fc8446

Global Electronics Council (GEC)

XX EPEAT Ecolabel https://epeat.net/about-epeat

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol

XX A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-sta ndard

The Linux Foundation

— Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®)

XX The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®) Specification Version 2.3 https://spdx.dev/specifications/

Open Worldwide Application Security Project® (OWASP)

— CycloneDX

XX CycloneDX Specification https://cyclonedx.org/specification/o verview/

SERI

XX Responsible Recycling Standards for Electronic Recyclers (R2) https://sustainableelectronics.org/we lcome-to-r2v3/document-library/

X12

XX EDI Standard Unit of Measure https://x12.org

United States Federal Government

— Internal Revenue Service (IRS) https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc791 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc791 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3526 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3526 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8446 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8446 https://epeat.net/about-epeat https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard https://spdx.dev/specifications/ https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/ https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/ https://sustainableelectronics.org/welcome-to-r2v3/document-library/ https://sustainableelectronics.org/welcome-to-r2v3/document-library/ https://x12.org/

XX Publication 1075, Tax Information Security Guidelines, For Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Safeguards for Protecting Federal Tax Returns and Return Information https://www.irs.gov/forms-instruction s-and-publications

— National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

XX FIPS PUB 140-3: Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/fips/140/3/final

XX FIPS PUB 186-4: Digital Signature Standard (DSS) https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/fips/186/4/final

XX FIPS PUB 197: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/fips/197/final

XX FIPS PUB 199: Standards of Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/fips/199/final

XX FIPS 200: Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/fips/200/final

XX FIPS PUB 201-3: Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/fips/201/3/final

XX NIST, Software Supply Chain Security Guidance https://www.nist.gov/itl/executive-ord er-14028-improving-nations-cyberse curity/software-supply-chain-securit y-guidance

XX NIST, SP 500-267A Rev. 1: NIST IPv6 Profile https://www.nist.gov/publications/nis t-ipv6-profile

XX NIST, SP 500-267B Rev. 1: USGv6 Profile https://www.nist.gov/publications/us gv6-profile

XX NIST, SP 500-292: NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture https://www.nist.gov/publications/nis t-cloud-computing-reference-archite cture

XX NIST, SP 800-37 Rev. 2: Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and Privacy https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-37/rev-2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-52 Rev. 2: Guidelines for https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions-and-publications https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions-and-publications https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/140/3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/140/3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/186/4/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/186/4/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/197/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/197/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/199/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/199/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/200/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/200/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/201/3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/201/3/final https://www.nist.gov/itl/executive-order-14028-improving-nations-cybersecurity/software-supply-chain-security-guidance https://www.nist.gov/itl/executive-order-14028-improving-nations-cybersecurity/software-supply-chain-security-guidance https://www.nist.gov/itl/executive-order-14028-improving-nations-cybersecurity/software-supply-chain-security-guidance https://www.nist.gov/itl/executive-order-14028-improving-nations-cybersecurity/software-supply-chain-security-guidance https://www.nist.gov/publications/nist-ipv6-profile https://www.nist.gov/publications/nist-ipv6-profile https://www.nist.gov/publications/usgv6-profile https://www.nist.gov/publications/usgv6-profile https://www.nist.gov/publications/nist-cloud-computing-reference-architecture https://www.nist.gov/publications/nist-cloud-computing-reference-architecture https://www.nist.gov/publications/nist-cloud-computing-reference-architecture https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-37/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-37/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-52/rev-2/final the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations ail/sp/800-52/rev-2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-53 Rev. 5: Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-53/rev-5/final

XX NIST, SP 800-56A Rev. 3:

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-56a/rev-3/final

XX NIST, SP 800-56B Rev. 2:

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Using Integer Factorization Cryptography https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-56b/rev-2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-56C Rev. 2:

Recommendation for Key-Derivation Methods in Key-Establishment Schemes https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-56c/rev-2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-63-3: Digital Identity Guidelines https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-63/3/final

XX NIST, SP 800-63A: Digital Identity Guidelines: Enrollment and Identity Proofing https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-63a/final

XX NIST, SP 800-63B: Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-63b/final

XX NIST, SP 800-63C: Digital Identity Guidelines: Federation and Assertions https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-63c/final

XX NIST SP 800-76: Biometric Specifications for Personal Identity Verification https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-76/2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-88 Rev. 1: Guidelines for Media Sanitization https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-88/rev-1/final

XX NIST, SP 800-218 Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/21 8/final

XX NIST, SP 800-126 Rev. 3: The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): SCAP Version 1.3 https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-126/rev-3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-52/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-53/rev-5/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-53/rev-5/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56a/rev-3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56a/rev-3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56b/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56b/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56c/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56c/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63/3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63/3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63a/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63a/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63b/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63b/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63c/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-63c/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-76/2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-76/2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-88/rev-1/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-88/rev-1/final https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/218/final https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/218/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-126/rev-3/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-126/rev-3/final

XX NIST, SP 800-126A: SCAP 1.3

Component Specification Version Updates: An Annex to NIST Special Publication 800-126 Revision 3 https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-126a/final

XX NIST, SP 800-144: Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-144/final

XX NIST, SP 800-145: The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-145/final

XX NIST, SP 800-146: Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-146/final

XX NIST, SP 800-157: Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-157/final

XX NIST, SP 800-162: Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/16 2/upd2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-171 Rev.2: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-171/rev-2/final

XX NIST, SP 800-171A: Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-171a/final

XX NIST, SP 800-172: Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A Supplement to NIST Special Publication 800-171 https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-172/final

XX NIST, SP 800-175B Rev 1: Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-175b/rev-1/final

XX NIST, SP 800-181 Rev. 1: Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-181/rev-1/final

XX NIST, SP 800-190: Application Container Security Guide https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-190/final

XX NIST, SP 800-207: Zero Trust Architecture https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-207/final

XX NIST, SP 800-210: General Access https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-126a/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-126a/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-144/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-144/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-145/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-145/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-146/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-146/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-157/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-157/final https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/162/upd2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/162/upd2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-171/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-171/rev-2/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-171a/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-171a/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-172/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-172/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-175b/rev-1/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-175b/rev-1/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-181/rev-1/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-181/rev-1/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-190/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-190/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-207/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-207/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-210/final

Control Guidance for Cloud Systems ail/sp/800-210/final

XX NIST, SP 800-218: Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/sp/800-218/final

XX NISTIR 8060: Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/det ail/nistir/8060/final

— Small Business Administration (SBA)

XX US Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards Matched to North American Industry Classification System Codes https://www.sba.gov/document/supp ort-table-size-standards

— United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

XX Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2022 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa _def.htm

— United States Census Bureau

XX North American Industry Classification System https://www.census.gov/naics/

— United States Postal Service (USPS)

XX Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards, Appendix B Two-Letter State and Possession Abbreviations https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28ap b.htm

Uptime Institute

XX Tier Classification System https://uptimeinstitute.com/tiers

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

XX Web Authentication (WebAuthn) https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/ https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-210/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-218/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-218/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8060/final https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8060/final https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm https://www.census.gov/naics/ https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm https://uptimeinstitute.com/tiers https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/

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