8-4.8 Solicitation Provisions

  • Provision 4-4: Demonstrability should be included in solicitations for commercial hardware or software when a system test using Postal Service test data is required.
  • Provision 4-5: Functional Demonstration should be included in solicitations for commercial hardware or software when a functional demonstration of one or more products is required.
  • Provision 4-6: System Integrity should be included in contracts for third-party software installed on all computer systems in the possession of the Postal Service, with the exception of personal computers.
  • Provision 4-7: Postal Computing Environment should be included in solicitations for commercial hardware or software so as to ensure that standard solutions emerge from the solicitation to the greatest degree possible. This provision also requires the identification of nonstandard solutions by prospective offerors to the contracting officer.
  • Provision 4-10: Application of Information Security Requirements should be included in all solicitations for IT and other information processing and information gathering services when Postal Service information or information resources (including PII or other sensitive information) would be generated or collected during contract performance.