Added: May 21, 2008 8:57 am
This is a Request for Information prepared in accordance with FAR 52.215-3.
FAR 52.215-3 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR SOLICITATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES (OCT 1997)
(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in sub-section 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(b) Although proposal and offeror are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.
(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of market research.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has a requirement for Financial Management Services. USAID is a worldwide organization with missions in over 50 countries. Overseas missions post directly into a real-time, web-based accounting system. This system is an Oracle-based, Momentum product. USAID works with many types of appropriations including those related to Credit Reform programs, allocations to and from other federal agencies, Gifts and Donations, Foreign Currency trust funds, Working Capital Funds, Suspense Funds, and normal appropriations. USAID operations under 511/517 Authority which makes the Treasury Account Funds (TAFs) change once funds are obligated. This complicates many of USAID s accounting processes. USAID s 2007 Fund Balance with Treasury was $19 Billion, Loans Receivable Net was $4.4 Billion and Budgetary Resources was $16.8 Billion. In March 2008, USAID reported on 204 TAFs in FACTS II.
The contractor will provide the following deliverables:
The five principal statements, footnotes and required supplementary information;
Crosswalks and audit trails showing how the specific account balances roll up to the financial statement, and footnote line items;
All adjustments, with supporting documentation, required to properly present USAID s financial position for the reporting period
Financial Section of the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD &A);
FACTS I, FACTS II submission to Treasury/ Financial Management Services (FMS) and related FACTS Notes
A set of General Ledger Balances that support the Financial Statements
Supporting work papers (both electronic and hardcopy), for all reports and analyses
Services must be performed in the Washington DC area.
USAID is conducting market research to determine if there are any qualified small businesses available and interested to fulfill the need for this requirement.
North American Industry Classification System
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541611 and the small business size standard for this NAICS code is $6.5 million dollars in annual receipts.
Responding to RFI
Interested firms with the technical capability to perform this requirement may respond by providing the following information:
1. Company name, address, and contact information
2. Written documentation evidencing company s capabilities in this area.
3. Business size (e.g. small business, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.)
Information shall be submitted in writing to:
United States Agency for International Development
Attn: Patrice Cunningham
Office of Acquisition and Assistance
Room 7.09-102
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20523
PCunningham@usaid.gov
Closing Date
All responses to this RFI shall be received by June 18, 2008, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Added: Jun 19, 2008 5:04 pm
Please review the attached file that changes the description of work for this Sources Sought Notice.
