70 -- RFI ABOUT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MIDDLEWARE FOR DOD'S COMMON ACCESS CARD PROJ

Notice Date

February 16, 2001

Contracting Office

Naval Inventory Control Point -- Mechanicsburg, Code M2522, PO Box 2020, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0788

ZIP Code

17055-0788

E-Mail Address

NAVICP IMIT Contracting Department (rodney_L_klinger@icpmech.navy.mil)

Description

This is a Request for Information (RFI) being released by the Naval Inventory Control Point Mechanicsburg (NAVICP) Information Management/Information Technology Contracting Department on behalf of the Common Access Card Office. The Smart Card Senior Coordinating Group (SCSCG) established the Middleware Working Group to define the Department of Defense's requirements for client-side interfaces to the Common Access Card (CAC). These interfaces apply to common PKI functions (log-on, email encryption/decryption, email signing, and authentication); data storage/retrieval functions; and Service/Agency unique requirements. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is: 1) to announce the intentions of the Department of Defense to deploy smart card technology in support of the Common Access Card (CAC); 2) to provide an opportunity for industry and other interested parties to provide DoD with feedback on department-wide requirements for middleware; 3) to assist DoD in their efforts to improve their understanding of the industry and its capabilities to meet the specified requirements in the desired timeframe. (There are no intentions to organize the material for wider dissemination or publication); and 4) to assist DoD in their efforts to evaluate the 'current status' of COTS products currently in the marketplace and/or under development. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING DEPICTIONS OF EXISTING ARCHITECTURES AND STATEMENTS OF MIDDLEWARE REQUIREMENTS, CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.DONSMARTCARD.COM. RESPONDENTS MUST ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF SEVERAL OF THE SECTIONS INCLUDED THEREIN. Invitations for personnel from the Common Access Card Office to visit the facilities of respondents for demonstrations will be considered. THIS RFI IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION OR ULTIMATELY AWARD A CONTRACT. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PROPOSALS NOR WILL ANY AWARD BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS SYNOPSIS. All information contained in the RFI is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. FAR clause 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997), is incorporated by reference into this RFI, with the following fill-in in para c: "obtain information regarding middleware products currently in the marketplace ". NO PROPRIETARY DATA SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI. ANY SUBMISSIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MAY BE HANDLED BY NON-GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL. NAVICP will acknowledge receipt of information submitted in response to this RFI but will not provide feedback to the originating party. Please provide responses electronically with attached Word files to: RODNEY_L_KLINGER@ICPMECH.NAVY.MIL PROVIDE ALL RESPONSES TO THIS RFI BY 4:00 P.M. EST 9 MARCH 2001.

Web Link

Department of Navy Smart Card Office Homepage (www.donsmartcard.com)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010221/SPMSC008.HTM (W-047 SN50D9E6)