General Fund – Audit Infrastructure (GF-AI) Sources Sought Notice and Draft PWS

Interested parties should submit a tailored capabilities statement for this requirement not to exceed fifteen (15) pages (including any attachments) that clearly details the firm's ability to perform the aspects of the requirement described within this Sources Sought. Interested parties must articulate its qualifications and capability for each NAICS code area of work, 541211.

Specifically, the Government requests that capabilities statements include the following information:

a) Vendor's business name, point of contact, address, and DUNS number.

b) Indication of current certified business and socioeconomic status/category; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of the capabilities statement.

c) A statement or explanation of the company's background, technical expertise, experience, staffing, and other capabilities that demonstrate the company's ability to perform the stated services and requirements by each NAICS code 541211.

d) Explanation of your team's knowledge and experience in working with:

-The Army's ERP systems (General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) and Global Combat Support System - Army (GCSS-A).

GAAP, FASAB, GAGAS, Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR), DoD financial management policies and procedures and DoD and Army organizational structures.
- Current trends to enhance ERP systems, (GFEBS,GCSS-A, LMP, IPPS-A).

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policies and federal financial management systems requirements.

DoD policies, systems and procedures for personnel, acquisition, inventory, property and material management.

e) Description of any relevant examples of similar performance or involvement with similar contracts or projects. Relevant examples must be comparable work performed within the past 3 years with a brief description of the project, customer name, and timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project. Provide at least 2 examples.

f) Explanation of your team's past experience in delivering audit readiness training to organizations similar in size and scope of the Department of the Army.

g) A summary of the company's facility and personnel security clearance levels or the company's ability to obtain such clearances within a sufficient timeframe to support this requirement.

In addition, the vendor's capabilities statements should answer the following questions:

Q1) From a personnel resource stance, does your company have sufficient human capital assets in the area of audit readiness to properly resource a project of this size and scope?

Q2) Does your company have a current approved DCAA Cost and Accounting System?

Q3) Does your company have interest as a prime or subcontractor?

Q4) What elements of the PWS would your company subcontract rather than perform with your own resources?

Q5) Does this Performance Work Statement (PWS) provide sufficient information for you to bid?

Q5a) If not, what additional information is required?

Q6) Are there any ambiguities that need clarification?

Q7) Are the standards of performance clear?

Q8) Are there additional standards that should be incorporated?

Q9) In the Vendor's assessment, is a Time and Materials type contract the best fit for this requirement?

Q9a) If not, please propose a different contract type and substantiate the reasoning.

Q10) Is the vendor's company an Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm?

Q11) Is the vendor aware of any General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) that could satisfy this requirement? If so please identify them.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Electronic files larger than 5 MB shall be broken down into multiple files with no one file exceeding 5 MB. Each electronic submission shall include:

1) "W91CRB-17-R-0018 Capabilities Statement" in the subject line.

2) If the submission includes more than one email, the file number and total files being submitted (e.g., File 1 of 4, File 2 of 4, etc.) in the subject line.

3) In the body of the email, include a Point of Contact (POC), phone number, and email address of the person to be contacted regarding any correspondence between the Government and the vendor. This person should be a primary contact and capable of addressing questions or issues associated with the submission or content of the capabilities statement.

4) Include a brief summary of the email's content, the vendor's name, and mailing address.

5) The capabilities statement attachment.

All capabilities statements sent in response to the Sources Sought must be submitted via e-mail only to alexander.s.obriwin.civ@mail.mil, no later than 12:00 PM EST, on Friday, March 3rd 2017. Capabilities statement receipt time will be determined by the recorded time of receipt in the email box. In the event submissions include multiple electronic files, all files must be received in the electronic mailbox by the due