Identity Access Management (IAM)

The State of Nevada Department of Education (NDE) is seeking proposals for an Identity Access Management (IAM) system through Solicitation 30DOE-S1482. The primary objective is to replace the existing Forms Based Authentication security access model with a new IAM system that will integrate with the state's student information system (Infinite Campus), existing SharePoint portal (Bighorn), educator credentialing system (OPAL), and data warehouse (SAIN). The selected vendor will be required to provide cloud-hosted IAM services, including centralized directory services, access management, access policy management, audit and reporting, and authentication that meets state security standards. The solution must support approximately 1,100 users initially, with the ability to scale to include additional community users such as teachers, students, and parents in the future. NDE is seeking a phased implementation approach, with a target go-live date of January 2023.

The solicitation is open to all qualified vendors, with no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. There are incumbent contractors for some of the existing systems, and NDE currently lacks a centralized IAM solution, relying on individual product-level security controls and manual auditing processes. NDE has an approximate budget of $2 million for this effort, funded by a federal grant, and is open to both managed service and self-managed solutions, as well as innovative and cost-effective proposals.