SSA RFI 28321318RI0000043 - SSA Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card Middleware Tool

This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Quote (RFQ). This RFI is a market survey for informational and planning purposes only, and shall not be construed as a solicitation for bids, proposals or quotes, or as an obligation or commitment by the Government to release a related solicitation or award. The Government may use information gathered as a result of this RFI to make appropriate acquisition decisions. The release of this RFI does not guarantee that the Government will, in the end, complete an acquisition for the products or services described in this RFI. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with providing information in response to this RFI, or any follow-up information requests, or the Government's use of the information. The Government will not notify respondents of the results of any evaluation of the information received. The Government will not return to any information submitted in response to this RFI. No email or telephone calls will be accepted requesting a quote package or solicitation related to this RFI. There is no quote package or solicitation related to this RFI. All interested sources must seek and respond to future solicitation announcements separately from response to this RFI. No phone calls regarding this RFI will be accepted or returned. The Government reserves the right to contact, or not contact, any party responding to this RFI in order to obtain further information for market research purposes. Please reference SSA RFI 28321318RI0000043 when responding to this RFI. Submit response by 04/30/2018, 6:00 PM Eastern. 1. OBJECTIVES The Social Security Administration (SSA) requests information from interested and qualified vendors regarding the current availability of a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card Middleware Tool to replace the current Symantec PKI Client software that allows the Windows operating systems to communicate with the PIV card for Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 compliant authentication. DigiCert acquired the Symantec PKI Client portfolio and recently announced that this software will no longer be supported. As such, SSA must find a replacement COTS middleware product that meets the agency's technical requirements for PIV card based authentication within SSA's computing environment. 2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS See attached document for additional information regarding technical requirements and response format.