Credit Card Services

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) issues this Request for Information (RFI) to solicit information that will be used to assist with the development of a solicitation for Credit Card Services which may be released by the Commonwealth in the near future.

The Office of the Budget (OB), Comptroller Operations is seeking a solution to provide credit card services for the Commonwealth’s Agency Airline Card, Lodging Card, Corporate Card, and Purchasing Card programs and for COSTARS members, including a vendor-hosted solution, with a high degree of skill and knowledge that shall meet the Commonwealth’s requirements.

Specifically, this request seeks information from which the Commonwealth can formulate specifications and requirements, realistic timeframes and cost structures for the referenced procurement and project. The Commonwealth desires to produce a solicitation that promotes vendor competition and creative technical solutions. The Commonwealth is open to any and all ideas in relation to this project and encourages alternative ideas that will help the Commonwealth better define its requirements. [...] This RFI will also help the Commonwealth identify vendors who are able to provide the required services to support this goal.

The Commonwealth is requesting feedback from firms with expertise in Credit Card Services, as set forth below:

1. Include a cover letter, with the RFI response, on Company Letterhead, which includes a point of contact name, phone number and email address.
2. Complete Attachment A, Credit Card Services Questionnaire. Please respond to the questions in the questionnaire and limit the responses to these questions only.
3. Complete Attachment B, Trade Secret/Confidential Proprietary Notice.

**Submission method:** The Commonwealth is requesting that all responses to this RFI be submitted via email to Joshua D. Smith, RA-GSITPROCUREMENT@pa.gov by **2:00 PM ET on Thursday, November 12th, 2026** with the subject line of Credit Card Services - 6100066732.

The sole point of contact for this RFI shall be Joshua D. Smith, RA-GSITPROCUREMENT@pa.gov.

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for future business, an offer for procurement or any other type of current or future procurement or contractual action and is only intended to gather input. The Commonwealth will not award a contract on the basis of this RFI nor will it pay for information it receives.

A Respondent who determines that it must divulge confidential proprietary information or trade secrets must submit the completed *Attachment B, Trade Secret/Confidential Proprietary Notice* and must additionally provide a redacted version of its response which removes only the confidential proprietary information and trade secrets.