(1) Vendor needs to provide governance, administration and privileged access management solutions. • Seeking analysis, discovery, architectural, implementation, and integration services for a modern Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution (the “Solution”) to facilitate enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) processes for staff, partner, and otherwise privileged user accounts. • The Solution will empower the Department to efficiently manage the full identity lifecycle—from onboarding to offboarding (new hire, relocation, separation)—while improving visibility into access entitlements. • The Solution will include automated controls to prevent unauthorized, stale, or otherwise risky access, reduce manual overhead, improve access and entitlement auditing, and allow Department personnel to focus on high–priority initiatives • Entitlement management and review capabilities across a variety of systems and platforms • Support for role–based and attribute/policy–based access control • Automated provisioning and deprovisioning • Integration with cloud and on–premises systems • Access and entitlement compliance reporting and audit readiness • Integration with HRM and contract management system(s) • Integration with Active Directory, Azure Entra ID, M365, and Salesforce • Real–time audit logging of account activity, security events, entitlement changes, and system actions • SSO and MFA support for administration and portal use (via 3rd party integration acceptable) • Policy management tools and support for compliance–driven enforcement • Platform session security, e.g., inactivity timeout, max lifetime, session context step–up, manual termination, and user–initiated logout (2) All questions must be submitted no later than November 6, 2025.