Continuing Education (CE) Provider Registration and Tracking System

Background
The IRS is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury and oversees Continuing Education (CE) programs for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents (ERPA). The RPO's mission is to improve taxpayer compliance by providing oversight and support of tax professionals. The RPO is interested in learning about innovative technologies and methods in application development related to the 20 requirements cited under General Scope section of the RFI.

Work Details
The IRS is seeking to continue developing and administering a similar solution once the current contract expires on August 31, 2026. The contractor will provide support to continue the registration, annual renewal, and review of CE providers. This includes developing, hosting, and maintaining a system to administer CE Provider registration/renewals, course completion records, and related tasks by electronic and paper means. The anticipated requirements include web-based application development, compliance with IRS security policies, IPv6 compliance, phishing resistant MFA, PIV card authentication, auditing, PCI compliance for secure payment, account management functions for providers, communication with providers via secure mailbox, historical data storage, PTIN updates storage, call center support for providers.

Period of Performance
The current contract expires on August 31, 2026.