The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a continuing requirement for services to support the ongoing and expanded deployment of the SSA Access to Financial Institution (AFI) Project.

In September 2003, SSA awarded a contract to design, develop, implement and maintain a proof-of-concept (POC) system that could test an automated process for the delivery of, and response to, Form SSA–4641. The POC system used a secure internet-based system known as “e4641” to enable SSA field office (FO) users to complete automated verification requests using a “Web Form” which emulated the form and format of the paper SSA-4641. Regardless of whether the Contractor sent the SSA-4641 financial account requests to the FIs via internet, fax or mail, the creation of the verification requests and the receipt of the FI responses were automated, identical and transparent to the FOs. Utilizing the secure internet application, FIs received verification requests immediately and the FI responses via the internet were in turn received immediately by the FOs. For FIs receiving and sending the verification requests via fax or mail, the Contractor acted as intermediary to convert fax and mail to automated, secure internet transmissions to the FOs.

In June 2010, SSA awarded a contract to implement the AFI program nationwide. The AFI program uses the services of a Contractor to obtain financial account information from FIs. The AFI program automates the formerly paper-based Form SSA-4641 verification process with an electronic process to verify financial account balances as well as detect undisclosed accounts. The process is integrated with SSA’s automated Modernized SSI Claims System (MSSICS), providing electronic SSA-4641 financial account request and response processing between SSA and the Contractor’s system. In addition, a secure website application provides SSA-4641 financial request and response processing for requests that cannot be processed via the MSSICS automated process. The AFI program is currently operating in SSA FOs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and in 10 regional Office of Quality Review (OQR) field sites.

• Contractor System Requirements. 10
  • Contractor System Requirements for Financial Requests received via AFI Web service and AFI Website. 10
  • Contractor System Requirements for Financial Account Requests received via AFI Web Service. 13
  • Contractor System Requirements for Financial Account Requests received via AFI Website. 15
  • Contractor System Requirements for Processing SSA-4641 Financial Account Requests. 17
  • Contractor System Requirements for SSA-4641 Financial Account Responses initiated via AFI Web Service and AFI Website
  • Contractor System Requirements for SSA-4641 Financial Account Responses initiated via AFI Web Service only.
  • Contractor System Requirements for Processing SSA-4641 Financial Account Responses initiated via AFI Website only.
  • Contractor System Requirements for AFI Website (User Administration) 21
  • Contractor System Requirements for the Content of FI Reimbursement Invoices for SSA-4641 Financial Account Requests.
  • Contractor System Requirements for the Submission of FI Reimbursement Invoices for SSA-4641 Financial Account Requests received via AFI Web Service only.
  • Contractor System Requirements for the Submission of FI Reimbursement Invoices for SSA-4641 Financial Account Requests received via AFI Website only.
  • SSA-4641 Financial Account Request and Response Traffic Requirements.
  • Contractor System Service Requirements
  • Contractor System Security Requirements
  • Contractor System Testing Requirements
  • Contractor System Section 508 Requirements
• Program Management
  • Management of the AFI Program
  • System Maintenance of the AFI Web Service and the AFI Website
  • Helpdesk Telephone/Email Support
  • AFI Website User Guide
  • AFI Relationship Management
  • FI Recruitment
  • FI Participation
  • FI Reimbursement
  • Quality Assurance
  • Risk Assessment
  • Continuity of Operations
  • Meetings
  • Contract Transition
  • FCRA Support
• Required Documentation
  • Program Management Documentation
  • Technical Documentation
  • Management Information (MI) Documentation
  • Additional Services
  • Programming Services
  •  Integration Services