The Department’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Program Office (ESS) is issuing this solicitation to interested parties for the purpose of obtaining Asset Verification Services (AVS) that will deliver electronic data on assets held by Financial Institutions that affect the public benefit clients and recipients. The Office of Public Benefits Integrity (OPBI), also under ESS, is responsible for safeguarding the integrity of these programs by preventing, detecting, and investigating public assistance fraud or misuse of public assistance benefits and recovering benefit overpayments.

The Department’s authority for contracting for the provision of these services is stated in section 20.19(1)(c), Florida Statutes (F.S.). Any person interested in participating must comply with the terms and conditions described in this Request for Proposals (RFP), including all appendices and attachments.

This AVS shall interface with and transfer data with the Department’s ACCESS Systems. This data will enable the Department to more accurately determine public benefit eligibility by discovering and verifying personal financial assets that individuals and families can use to pay for medical care in lieu of State and Federal Medicaid funding.

Request for Proposal will be opened at the below address at 01:30 P.M., October 15, 2021.