Credential Service Provider Services for Multiple Government Applications

COTS ServicesThis announcement is issued for informational and acquisition planning purposes only. This Sources Sought (SS) is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately to award a contract on the basis of this SS or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Responses to the SS will not serve as proposals, bids, or offers, which could be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of the Information and Security Services (ISS) is conducting market research to identify vendors who are capable and interested in providing a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Credential Service Provider Services for Multiple Government Applications. Solutions must meet the following criteria: Kantara Initiative Approved Service or NIST 800-63 rev 3 conformant for IAL2/AAL2/FAL2Executive Order (14028) Improving Nation's Cybersecurity for MFA

compliance.Federal Zero Trust Strategy (M-22-09) alignmentFedRAMP FIPS 199 Impact Level of Moderate or HighIntegrations using OIDC (preferred) and/or SAML 2.Interested vendors shall provide no more than a 2-page capability statement, inclusive of any pictures, graphs, or charts with a font size no small than 9 in Arial or Times Roman font that identifies their:Contact information,Socio Economic Status(es) (Business Size)Capabilities of their organization and key personnel (project manager(s)) to perform the work described in "Requirements List", and Their existing Government-Wide Contract Vehicle number and SIN Categories/Pool Number. (e.g. GSA Schedule 00CORP contract, OASIS)Responses submitted will assist the Government in its market research to determine the availability of commercial sources in determining an acquisition strategy in terms of setting aside this requirement. In order for Fiscal Service to assess set-aside possibilities, interested parties shall aslo identify their socio economic status(es) based on the following in their capability statement: 1) small business, 2) 8(a) business, 3) HUBZone small business, 4) small disadvantaged business, 5) woman-owned small business, 6) economic disadvantaged women-owned small business, 7) veteran-owned small business, 8) services-disabled veteran-owned small business, or 9) large business under each of their GWACs.Interested Vendors shall submit responses on or before the due date to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, ATT: MW/RG, Subject: SS-ISS-24-027.All electronic materials and attachments submitted shall be formatted in accordance with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service's Security Requirements. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data sunmitted with these extensions cannot be opened: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, .html, mhtml, and .zip filesNo pricing or technical approach is being requested or will be considered at this time. This is only a request for information for determining an acquisition strategy.No other information regarding this Sources Sought Notice will be provided at this time.This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All vendors responding to this notice are advised that their response is not an offer that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice.NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Notice. Telephone responses to, or inquiries about, this Notice will NOT be accepted.