SPECIAL NOTICE
L -- Futur Phases Software Systems/Functional Areas
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, AL, 36112-6334
- ZIP Code
- 36112-6334
- Solicitation Number
- F2XTA46199A100
- Response Due
- 9/25/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2006
- Description
- This Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) is to inform that the 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL intends to award a contract for a "sole source" to CACI-CMS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC, an ongoing Budget Information Systems (BIS) requirements through the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) by providing continuous improvements to all BIS software systems and related functional areas. This will be a firm-fixed price contract. If there is any business that can provide an "or equal" technology that meets the following Statement of Work (SOW), they must respond to this notice before 1: 00 PM (Central Daylight Savings Time) on 25 Sep 2006. If no responses are received by the above date, a sole source contract for CACI-CMS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC will be pursued. The point of contact (POC) for this notice is Genell Carter. Mrs Carter can be contacted by the following mail address: 42nd Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6334; Fax: (334) 953-2198; Phone: (334) 953-5866; and email address: genell.carter@maxwell.af.mil. Statement of Work (SOW) is as follows: STATEMENT OF WORK SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BUDGET INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SAF/FMPTB) 1. OVERVIEW 1.1. Mission Support the ongoing Budget Information Systems (BIS) requirements through the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) by providing continuous improvements to all BIS software systems and related functional areas. Our goal is to provide quality support, combined with full documentation of user needs. Our mission is accomplished through: Professional program management and decision analysis techniques State-of-the-art training using the latest technology to reach the maximum audience Development, implementation, testing, and monitoring of upgraded systems Quality methods, techniques, and state-of-the-art procedures with professional personnel 1.2. Vision Our vision is to forge new pathways and techniques to improve Financial Management and Budgeting (FMB) methods; to continuously enhance the knowledge and functional performance of all financial and budgeting personnel; and to provide a rich resource of dedicated professionals and innovative technologies capable of ensuring these possibilities in the 21st century. 1.3. Scope This Statement of Work (SOW) represents services needed to support a ?proof of concept? that has been agreed upon jointly between SAF/FMPT and OSD Defense Business Transformation Agency (BTA). 1.4 Background Enterprise Funds Distribution (EFD) was established in 2006 as a key initiative to provide full visibility of funds distributed through and across the DoD and to streamline and modernize existing, disparate funds distribution systems. The EFD initiative has the potential to provide significant substantive improvements in the Financial Visibility Business Enterprise Priority (BEP). However, key to the EFD approach is the involvement of the stakeholder community to drive business requirements and to validate the enterprise-wide funds distribution solution. While the primary purpose of the EFD initiative is to transform funds management at the enterprise-level of the Department, the following EFD objectives lead to significantly enhanced funds distribution capabilities: Provide full visibility of appropriated funds as they pass through and across different levels of the enterprise; Streamline funds distribution processes for all DoD appropriations and standardize funds distribution data across the enterprise; Automate audit trail between president?s budget submission and appropriations enactments; Automate and integrate funds authorization documents (FADs), track funds reprogrammed, and electronically track funds distributed for execution. The Enterprise Funds Distribution solution will provide a web-based application for the pre-planning, apportionment, reprogramming, rescission, continuing resolution, and reporting of enterprise-level funds control and distribution of appropriated funding for the DoD. The EFD solution will minimize duplication of core capabilities across Components and provides visibility both vertically (echelon levels) and horizontally (enterprise-wide). Middle-ware services will provide integration to legacy funds distribution systems until full migration to the core solution. Additional services allow for the assignment of the Organization Unique Identifier (OUID) at the budget execution phase as part of wide-area workflow. 2. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Description of Work A ?proof-of-concept? project is required to test the viability of using an existing GOTS system to satisfy the basic set of EFD requirements using several accounts. A key objective of the proof-of-concept project is to validate and prioritize a set of to-be functional requirements and to validate a shared operational concept capable of handling the complexity of an enterprise-level funds distribution solution, i.e. Comptroller requirement for incorporating SFIS codes as well as the requirement to track by BA/BSA and/or budget line item number depending on the appropriation. The Business Transformation Agency and OUSD(C) personnel have designed multiple test scenarios using FY06 data and developed a set of evaluation criteria to review the set of known funds distribution requirements against an existing Department GOTS funds distribution system. This includes funds control based upon Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) rules for consistent, common accounting practices. Key to this proof-of-concept will be the review of multiple appropriated funds accounts to include Military Construction, Military Personnel, Procurement, O&M, RDT&E, and Treasury Index Funds & Working Capital Funds. In addition, the Military Construction account spans multiple-year appropriations and multiple project codes. A key outcome of the proof-of-concept project is the identification of modifications needed to close identified gaps between the validated set of requirements (including access control) and the existing GOTS system. Specific enterprise-level funds distribution capabilities being reviewed include but are not limited to the following: Data visibility to the echelon II level; Process integration between funds distribution with budget formulation and budget execution; Automate audit trail between president?s budget submission and appropriations enactments to include tracing Congressional marks; Automate and integrate funds authorization documents (FADs), track funds reprogrammed, and electronically track funds distributed for execution; Standardized funds allocation and distribution processes; Results of the proof-of-concept project will support the completion of a gap analysis between the Automated Funds Management (AFM) system and Program Budget Accounting System (PBAS). The EFD workgroup will be used to review GAP analysis. The analysis will also identify the historical and current PBAS data required to be converted in the transition of those data to the EFD. Additional responsibilities will include the review and approval of required Acquisition documentation for the EFD solution. The EFD proof-of-concept project will span approximately six months beginning June, 2006 and includes support requirements for 3 functional analysts, 2 database analysts, and 1 systems administrator. These personnel will work the requirements gap analysis between AFM and the EFD concept of operations to be business processes and operational environment. In addition they will work the systems administration to allow the OSD personnel access to loaded appropriations in the existing AFM database. The proof-of-concept tests will include: Uploading PB information into AFM Congressional Tracking Creation of DD1414, 1415, and 1416b reports Creation of FADs Passing funds from OSD to Echelon 2 Importing distributions into AFM from excel spreadsheets Creation of Reports The appropriations in the test include: Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 97-0100 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 97-0400 Other Procurement, Army, 21-2035 Military Construction, Navy, 17-1205 Military Personnel, Air Force, 57-3500 National Guard Personnel, AF, 57-3850 2.2 Required Reports The contractor is to provide monthly reports showing hours expended and denote major accomplishments. These reports should be sufficient to track hours and dollars left on the contract and the burn rate associated with the performance from month to month. Schedule progress, and other types of reports will be completed on an as required basis. This report is a simple spreadsheet denoting the information requested above. 2.3. Personnel Skill Qualifications The personnel skill qualifications required for timely, quality completion of this work include, but are not limited to, financial management analysts, data managers, requirements analysts, software test engineers, program management analysts, curriculum developers, technical writers, software designers, multimedia developers, training consultants, mobile and resident trainers, and instructional designers.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Maxwell-Gunter Annex, AL (Montgomery, AL)
- Zip Code: 36112
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 36112
- Record
- SN01143601-W 20060916/060914220910 (fbodaily.com)
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