99 -- Electronic Access to Vital Records

The Social Security Administration plans to award a sole source requirements contract to the State of Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics, for electronic access to vital records. This contract will cover a base year plus four option years, providing the SSA with access to birth, death, marriage, and divorce records maintained in the Florida Department of Health's Automated Index Retrieval System (AIRS). The purpose is to facilitate the retrieval of vital statistics to support SSA operations. The contract, identified under solicitation number Reference-Number-4977-05-1001 and associated with NAICS code 519190, will be managed by the SSA Office of Acquisition Grants based in Baltimore, Maryland. The designated contracting officer, Rickie J Bowens, can be contacted for further information. The arrangement emphasizes a direct partnership with a state agency to ensure a reliable and efficient data source crucial for Social Security’s administrative processes.