National Institute of Standards and Technology

D -- TESTING IMPLEMENTATIONS AGAINST THE MINIMUM INTEROPERABILITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR PKI COMPONENTS SOL 52SBNB6C9245 DUE 090396 POC Marsha Rodgers (301)975-6398 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Mitretek Systems, McLean, Virginia, for services to include testing implementations against the minimum interoperability specifications for PKI components. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shall conduct a fifteen month effort to develop tests for conformance of implementations of public key infrastructure (PKI) components with the Minimum Interoperability Specifications for PKI Components (MISPC). The contractor shall develop test assertions, a test design, and a suite of objective conformance tests. They shall also assist NIST in the execution of the test suite against selected PKI components. Key personnel shall include a project manager with expertise in formal test development and experience managing test development projects.--F.O.B. Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland-- The period of performance is from date of award through September 30, 1998.--A sole source with MitreTek Systems is required because: 1) MitreTek is neutral and impartial, since they do not manufacture software or hardware for sale and do not work for for-profit companies; 2) MitreTek possesses the necessary expertise in computer security and public key infrastructure; and 3) MitreTek possesses the technical expertise and recent experience in test design and development having recently completed development of conformance tests for FIPS 140-1.--See Notes 12 and 22 (0201)

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