RFI for nationwide law-enforcement database
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 28321325RI0000032
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
- PSC
- 7H20 It And Telecom - Platform Products: Database, Mainframe, Middleware (Hw, Perpetual License Software)
- Place of performance
- Baltimore, Maryland 21235, United States
- Points of contact
- More information
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Social Security Administration (SSA), specifically the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness (OSEP), is seeking a nationwide law-enforcement database solution to support HSPD-12 credentialing requirements. The agency needs capabilities to verify and validate approved identity documents and query national and international law enforcement sources for background investigations and identity proofing. The primary objective is to ensure that credentials are only issued to individuals deemed trustworthy for accessing agency facilities and information systems. The solicitation, posted on April 18, 2025, requires responses by May 2, 2025, and focuses on maintaining an agency membership with NLETS, a not-for-profit corporation operated by state law enforcement agencies. While specific evaluation criteria are not explicitly detailed, the contract appears to prioritize robust identity verification and security infrastructure.
The solicitation does not indicate any specific set-aside designations and has been classified under NAICS category 519290 for Web Search Portals and Information Services, with a PSC category of 7H20 for IT and Telecom Platform Products. The place of performance is located in Baltimore, Maryland, ZIP code 21235. No specific award value or budget range is mentioned in the notice. The contract aims to support OSEP's ongoing requirements for secure credential issuance, with a focus on implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) compliance. The solution will need to interface with NLETS' network, which is administered by a Board of Directors elected from state law enforcement agencies, suggesting a complex and highly regulated procurement process.
Notice text
The Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness (OSEP), is the agency's physical and protective security authority. As such, OSEP is charged with implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which ensures the quality and security of identification used to gain access to agency facilities and information systems, particularly where potential for enemies for the United States to damage critical infrastructure exists.
OSEP is responsible for issuing HSPD-12 compliant credentials to agency employees and contractors. A critical element of HSPD-12 is the requirement for identity proofing, including the presentation of two forms of approved identity documentation. The HSPD-12 credentialing process also automates and codifies the requirement for background investigations on potential employees and contractors. OSEP needs the capability to verify and validate approved identity documents and to query a network of national and international law enforcement sources to ensure that credentials are only issued to individuals deemed trustworthy of access to agency facilities and information systems.
To access information required for HSPD-12 mandated identity verification and validation, we need to maintain an agency membership with NLETS. NLETS is a 50l(c) (3) not-for-profit corporation owned and operated by the fifty States, districts and territories known as the Principal membership and is administered by a Board of Directors elected from those state law enforcement agencies. NLETS employs a small staff to run the system and network on a daily basis.
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