Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Request for Information (RFI)

The National Science Foundation Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Support is seeking qualified vendors to administer its Flexible Spending Account (FSA) program through a Request for Information. The FSA program serves approximately 1,300 NSF employees and enables participants to set aside pre-tax funds for eligible health care and dependent care expenses. Vendors must demonstrate experience in reliable program administration, regulatory compliance, responsive customer service, and provision of user-friendly tools for enrollment, claims processing, and account management. The NSF will evaluate vendor responses based on industry best practices and innovations, information requirements for proposal preparation, evaluation criteria beyond pricing, common challenges in FSA administration for federal entities, factors influencing proposal submission likelihood, availability through existing contract vehicles such as GSA Schedule or Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and vendor qualifications including UEI and business size classification. Vendors were required to submit responses not exceeding two single-spaced pages by March 19, 2026, with submissions directed to chloss@nsf.gov.

This pre-solicitation notice carries no set-aside designation, meaning all qualified vendors regardless of business size are eligible to respond. No incumbent contractor or current administrator has been identified in the available documentation. The RFI does not specify an award value or budget range, as this Request for Information is designed to gather industry input prior to formal solicitation development rather than to solicit binding proposals or pricing. The FSA program administration requirement applies to NSF's workforce of approximately 1,300 employees, indicating a moderate-sized federal benefits administration engagement. This pre-solicitation phase will inform NSF's acquisition strategy and formal solicitation development, with the ultimate goal of securing a qualified contractor to manage the agency's FSA program going forward.