GSA, Information Resources Management Service, KES, 18th and F Streets, NW, Room G-1, Washington, DC 20405

70 -- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Contact Joanne Viola, Contract Specialist, 202/501-1655 or James Bowdren, Contracting Officer, 202/501-0633. The General Services Administration, Information Technology Service is soliciting interest to identify vendors for participation under a centralized government-wide program for the acquisiton of messaging products for Electronic Data Interchange to support electronic commerce. Messaging products to support messaged-based electronic commerce. Such products shall be compliant with both 1988 X .400 (particularly X.435) and SMTP/NIME (typically for the Internet). Directory Service products shall be compliant with X.500 (1988/92) and suspport X.509 Public Key Certificates. Electronic Commerce Security Services shall support 1988 X.400, PEM and X12 (X12.58 v.2) functionality as well as perform digital signatures and encryption according to both industry (RSA) and/or government (DSS) standards. The products may be modular or integrated to provide the maximum flexibility in agency selection depending on specific requirements. This is not a request for proposals and the Government will not pay for the information solicited or received. Prospective vendors are requested to provide information on products and services which they propose for inclusion under this program. Interested parties should provide information on proposed products, and any written comments and suggestions by February 28, 1995 to GSA, Information Technology Service, Schedules Division, KES, 18th and F Streets, NW, Room G-1, Washington, DC 20405, Attention: Joanne Viola. See numbered Note 12. (019)

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