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A -- REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE MINIMUM INTEROPERABILITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR PKI COMPONENTS SOL 52SBNB7C1168 DUE 081597 POC Calvin Montgomery (301)975-6334/Fax(301)963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will conduct a nine month effort to develop reference implementations of Public Key infrastructure (PKI) components meeting the Minimum Interoperability Specifications for PKI Components (MISPC). The contractor will develop a system design and implement a certification authority, organizational registration authority, and a certificate holding client. The contractor will also assist NIST in the demonstration of the PKI components. This project requires a project manager with expertise in PKI and experience managing custom development projects. The contractor will also be required to demonstrate the following: 1) The contractor possesses the necessary expertise in computer security and public key infrastructure; and 2) The contractor possesses the technical expertise and recent experience in system design and development. Required Delivery FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, Md. nine months after contract award. A solicitation using Simplified Acquisition Procedures will be used with an anticipated award date of August 15, 1997. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. See Note 26. (0176)

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