Specifications include, but are not limited to: HISD is seeking a non-exclusive Licensee of the USPS® to provide Full Service NCOALink processing, and other USPS data products. The full NCOALink file retains these changesof-address (COAs) for a four-year period from the move-effective date and the file is updated weekly. The NCOALink Product is a secure dataset of approximately 160 million permanent change-of-address (COA) records consisting of names and addresses of individuals, families and businesses who have filed a change of address with the USPS® (United States Postal Service®). Developed with secure data store technology to increase security of postal customer data and protect the privacy of this information, the NCOALink Product enables mailers to process mailing lists and update lists with new addresses prior to mailing. The NCOALink data is provided on a regular basis to companies that have been licensed by the Postal Service. VI. At minimum, the Proposer must outline the functionality of their software platform to accomplish the following: i. Access to the NCOALink® database from the USPS ii. Address format standardization iii. Linking or chaining across multiple moves done by a single family or household iv. Interface address changes with other databases used within HISD’s IT infrastructure (e.g., SIS) VII. At minimum, the Proposer must outline the costs associated with initial set-up (including processing up to 1 million unique individuals/families), as well as annual costs for up to 500,000 address verifications/ transactions per year. Additionally, the Proposer ought to identify the options available to HISD if a future stage of this project could include a direct interface with the Student Information System (SIS). 1. Sections 2.1 VI and 2.1 VII can be found as part of Form P Questionnaire in Tab 2. Questions must be answered in the Excel Form P Questionnaire uploaded as a separate attachment with this RFP. VIII. The District intends to award this bid to a single or multiple firm(s) selected to provide the “best value “to HISD per section 2.7 Evaluation Factors.