Military Enlistment Data Access to Lift Student Success (MEDALS)

The Department of the Navy (DoN) and the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) are issuing this RFI to identify a trusted third‑party intermediary that can design, implement, and sustain a secure, role‑based data‑matching service linking State Education Agency (SEA) graduate records with DoD enlistment data. The solution must support a hub‑and‑spoke agreement model (or an equivalent novel structure) in which the third party holds the primary contract, executes standardized Data Use Agreements (DUAs) and licenses developed by the MEDALS workgroup, and manages onboarding of state, tribal, territorial, and federal stakeholders. Core deliverables include: (1) a scalable architecture for ingesting 2023‑2024 K‑12 graduate data, performing encrypted matching (using PII, SSN, tokenization, privacy‑preserving hashing, or hybrid methods), and returning de‑identified match results to each SEA; (2) comprehensive DUA/licensing administration, version control, audit and compliance support; (3) adherence to all applicable federal security and privacy statutes (FISMA, DoDI 8500.01/8510.01, NIST SP 800‑53/61/88, FIPS 140‑2/3, FedRAMP, FERPA, CMPPA); and (4) a financial model covering contract administration, annual SEA and DoN costs, and SLA metrics for continuous improvement. Respondents must describe their experience managing large‑scale licensing and data‑privacy programs, including federal‑to‑state intermediaries, FERPA‑compliant data handling, and risk mitigation for nationwide deployments. Proposals should outline operational approaches for DUA governance, stakeholder onboarding timelines, funding mechanisms, and sustainability plans, as well as optional alternate contract concepts, scalability to additional SEAs, and long‑term bi‑directional exchange capabilities. The anticipated NAICS code is 518210 (Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services).

Notice ID

538356bffc1e47c78a9e4cafd480004c

Solicitation Number

2026_MEDALS_RFI

NAICS Code

N/A

Classification Code

N/A