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Department for this solicitation: Procurement
Date Prepared: 07/23/25 Types: RFP
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Solicitation/Project#: 6100062752 Solicitation/Project Title: SWIF Account Validation Services
Description: The Pennsylvania Fiscal Code was amended (Act of July 11, 2022 (Act No. 54, P.L. 540)) to include section 301.5 captioned "Commonwealth Payment Security, " requiring the implementation and maintenance of electronic payment security standards, measures, and procedures as required...shall be designed to confirm and verify the existence, status , standing maturity and signatory authority of the banking account, authenticate account, ownership, and control and accurately identify the identity of intended payment counterparties, prior to the 4 initial and completion of a payment to the account or against the account."

The Department of Labor and Industry, on behalf of the State Workers' Insurance Fund (SWIF) is seeking offers from providers with a solution that delivers a determination of the validity of a bank account and routing number.  The qualified Provider shall be able to determine whether the financial data provided to agencies, as the payee's self attested bank account information, is accurate, correct, valid and matches the identify of the bank account owner/authorized signatory of the direct deposit bank account information provided.  The Offeror's solution shall include identity verification services that use additional details about the individual requesting the bank account addition or change to identify potentially fraudulent actors.
 
TO BE CONSIDERED, THE OFFEROR MUST BE QUALIFED BY TH PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY TO PROVIDE ACCOUNT VALIDATION SERVICES TO COMMONWEALTH AGENCIES.  ACCOUNT VALIDATION SERVICES (PATREASURY.GOV)

All Offerors are required to create a user profile within the Commonwealth's JAGGAER portal.

Link to the JAGGAER portal -- https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=CommonwealthPA.

Only those proposals submitted electronically through the JAGGAER portal will be accepted.

For system navigation questions, contact the DGS Help Desk - 1-877-435-7363, ext. 2.  For those problems logging in and/or password-related issues contact JAGGAER technical assistance -- 1-800-233-1121 or RA-GSJAGGAERHELP@pa.gov.

Questions must be submitted using the Q&A Board within this JAGGAER event.  Questions must be submitted as individual questions.  Only one question is to be submitted at a time and no attachments are to be uploaded.  Questions must be submitted by the posted deadline. All questions and responses are considered an addendum to and part of this RFP.  The Issuing Office shall not be bound by any verbal information, nor shall it be bound by any written information that is not either contained within the RFP or formally issued by the Issuing Office.  The Issuing Office does not consider questions to be a protest of the specifications or the solicitation.
Department Information
Department/Agency: Department of Labor and Industry Delivery Location: 100 Lackawana Avenue  Scranton  Pa
County: Lackawanna Duration: 1 year with 4 one year renewal options
Contact Information
First Name: Lori Last Name: A Micheals
Phone Number:
(XXX-XXX-XXXX)
717-783-0326 Email: lmicheals@pa.gov
Solicitation Information
Bids must be received by the purchasing agency on the Solicitation Due Date no later than the Solicitation Due Time as set forth in the solicitation. Any conflict between the dates and/or times contained in the solicitation itself or its attachments and this advertisement shall be resolved in favor of the solicitation.

Solicitation Start Date: 07/28/25
Solicitation Due Date: 08/29/25 Solicitation Due Time: 4:00 PM
Solicitation Opening Date: 09/02/25 Solicitation Opening Time: 8:00 AM
Opening Location: Responses To This Solicitation Will Be Opened Electronically At 651 Boas Street  Harrisburg  Pa 17121
No. of Addendums: 0
Amended Date: 07/28/25
Related Solicitation Files


Original Files
6100062752 Account Validation Services Technical Submittal.docx
AVS IT Terms and Conditions 1.14.25.pdf
AVS Cost Matrix.xlsx
DOMESTIC WORKFORCE UTILIZATION CERTIFICATION.docx
IranFreeProcurementCertificationForm.pdf
Worker Protection and Investment Certification Form (BOP 2201).docx
TradeSecret ConfidentialPropertyInfoNotice Blank.pdf




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