FLHSMV-SS-003-25 PUR7776-AAMVA VLS_.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)

TITLE: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Verification of Lawful Status (VLS) System.

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Access to AAMVA's VLS online information retrieval system.

CONTACT

Name: Joley Owens Address: 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Telephone: 850-617-3198 Email: JoleyOwens@flhsmv.gov Internal tracking number, if any: FLHSMV-SS-003-25 Date posted: August 27, 2024 Last day for receipt of information: September 18, 2024

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

83121604: Online Database Information Retrieval Systems

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Three (3) Years 10/01/2024 – 09/30/2027

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Division of Motorist Services, Business Support Services

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute, or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operates the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program pursuant to federal law. The SAVE program is an intergovernmental initiative designed to aid federal, state, and local benefit-issuing agencies and

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licensing bureaus in verifying an applicant’s immigration status, thereby allowing the agencies or bureaus to ensure that only eligible applicants receive public benefits. These benefits are to include driver licenses, permits and identification cards (ID).

AAMVA's Verification of Lawful Status (VLS) System is designed to be integrated into the FLHSMV’s driver licensing and ID card issuing systems and provides an interface to the SAVE system for the purpose of verifying lawful status of driver license and ID card applicants. Legacy AAMVAnet Message Interchange Envelope (AMIE) messages or a web service interface can be used for integration as both options allow the VLS requests and responses to operate in real time.

Fraudulent and altered immigration documents may be presented to FLHSMV, as proof of identity and proof of lawful status in the U.S. The VLS allows FLHSMV to verify that the document matches the electronic record of the document held by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the SAVE program. Real ID-compliant driver licenses and ID cards can only be issued after FLHSMV has verified the lawful status of the applicant. The VLS provides a means for FLHSMV to comply with this verification requirement.

Intended Single Source:

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400 Arlington, Virginia 22203

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$1,500,000.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service, or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

The VLS application offered from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) links FLHSMV in real time to the USCIS operated SAVE program to verify documents held by the DHS that are essential to the Department’s mission. The VLS is needed by FLHSMV in order to comply with REAL-ID verification requirements. The AAMVA is the only authorized network provider of the VLS.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Jim Bamber, Division of Motorist Services Stephanie Sanford, Procurement Administrator

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.