Integrated Employee Portals

Are You Ready for the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) IEP 2.0 Bid?

Brenda Crist

Facts At-a-Glance TopicDescriptionNameIntegrated Enterprise Portals (IEP 2.0)AgencyInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Period of performance8 yearsIndustry dayJune 13, 2023Request for Proposal (RFP)November 2023 (estimate)Value$1.7B per the Industry DayContract typeBlanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)NAICS541512 Computer Systems Design ServicesCompetition typePer the Industry Day Q&A, IRS indicated it was still in the market research phase; therefore, the requirement does not yet contain a small business (SB) set aside. However, based on its current market research, IRS expects to include SB subcontracting goals.Competition vehicleGSA Schedule IT-70Number of winnersSingle awardAward dateApril 2024IncumbentsTIRNO17D00004, Accenture Federal ServicesList of interested vendorsPublished in the Industry Day Q&A document IEP 2.0 Overview The IEP is the front door to the IRS Enterprise systems/applications for users and plays a mission-critical role in serving taxpayers, tax preparers, and employees. IRS awarded the current IEP contract in 2017 as an 8-year contract with a $1.017B ceiling. The current IEP contractor provides a range of application development, hosting, security, and operations services for 90+ IRS business applications. Some of the IEP-hosted applications are mission-critical to the IRS and essential for delivering a successful filing season.

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