The State of Vermont’s Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking a vendor to design, print, and securely package driver’s licenses, non‑driver IDs, enhanced licenses, and related credential types, and to provide a real‑time API for status tracking. The contract will begin January 1 2027, run for an initial five‑year term (with one optional five‑year extension), and requires compliance with Federal, State, and AAMVA security standards, as well as extensive NIST‑based cybersecurity and data‑privacy obligations. The vendor must also support quarterly governance meetings, provide all necessary consumables/equipment, and be able to ship cards within three business days of data receipt.
• Design and production of up to ~40 credential variations, including Real ID, EDL, and voter‑ID markings.
• Secure printing, packaging, and U.S. distribution with next‑day overflow shipping at no extra cost.
• Development and maintenance of a real‑time API that reports production status, errors, and transaction logs, with 99.9 % system uptime.
• Mandatory compliance with NIST 800‑53 (moderate), DPPA, HIPAA, PCI‑DSS, IRS 1075, and other data‑privacy regimes; $500 k litigation bond and $10 M professional/cyber liability insurance required.