(1) Action Code: N/A (2) Date: 01/28/14 (3) Year: 2014 (4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 19111 (5) Classification Code: 541512 (6) Contracting Office Address: 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 (7) Subject: See synopsis below (8) Proposed Solicitation Number: SP4701-14-R-0017 (9) Closing Response Date: Anticipated closing date is February 2014. However, the date is subject to change depending on the solicitation issuance date. (10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Deborah Lombardi, deborah.p.lombardi@dla.mil and Contract Specialist: Erica Nicolucci, erica.nicolucci@dla.mil (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: SP4701-14-R-0017 (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: N/A (13) Contract Line Item Number: N/A (14) Contract Award Date: N/A (15) Contractor: N/A (16) Description: See synopsis below. (17) Place of Contract Performance: The majority of the work will be performed at the resultant awardee's site with occasional work at the Government sites located in Alexandria, VA, Pentagon and Government hosting facilities. (18) Set-aside Status: Unrestricted; This acquisition seeks to establish a single Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with 40 percent of total labor dollars proposed being set-aside for Small Business (SB) firms utilizing a Contractor Teaming Arrangement (CTA) approach. Synopsis: The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)) is responsible for advising the Secretary of Defense on all Defense budgetary and fiscal matters, for development and execution of the Defense budget, and for overseeing financial management across the Department. The OUSD(C), Program and Financial Control (P&FC) Directorate has a broad set of responsibilities in supporting Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE). The Office of the Director Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) provides independent analytic advice to the Secretary of Defense on all aspects of the Defense Program, including alternative weapon systems and force structures, the development and evaluation of defense program alternatives, and the cost-effectiveness of defense systems. The OUSD(C) P&FC and the CAPE currently use at least four distinct automated systems: Comptroller Information System (CIS), Program Resource Collection Process (PRCP), Budget Execution System (BEX) and Standard Data Collection System (SDCS) to formulate, justify and publish the Department of Defense (DOD) Program and Budget. OUSD(C) and the CAPE require a more efficient and effective environment for the formulation and justification of the Defense budget that optimizes the Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution cycle to ensure users are processing, and reporting efficiently and DOD Senior Leadership has the information required to make informed, critical decisions. NGRMS general objectives are to provide: Standard/Common Processes: - A set of standardized processes for Budget Estimate Submissions and Decision Document decisions Integration: - A single source for all budget formulation and justification information - Business Information Sharing: - Notification of all participants of changes - Incorporation of controls in a seamless, automated manner Data Standardization: - An open architecture that allows data to be easily stored and retrieved - A flexible data structure - Ability to create new fields, mappings and different views of the same data. - Data Structure and Terminology: - A DOD Standard Financial Information Structure (SFIS)-compliant budget structure Executive Level Reporting: - A common data query capability for integrated access to budget data at the specified level of detail - A standard reports and an ad-hoc query capability External Data Exchanges: - Ability to exchange data with all DOD Program/Budget Components - Ability to exchange data with OMB's MAX Information System - Maximum system to system data exchanges - Minimum manual data and non-data base information exchanges - Data collection and entry across all levels to meet customer requirements Flexible Business Processes: - A single integrated system that incorporates emerging requirements Business Intelligence: - A one-stop source of significant DOD historical Program/Budget data - Ability for retrieval and trend analysis over time Certification and Accreditation: - Compliance with the current DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) and later, the DOD Information Assurance Risk management Framework (DIARMF), for Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET) and Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) - Robust configuration control procedures The system shall support requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), which requires Federal agencies acquiring electronic and information technology to ensure that Federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that are comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities The solicitation will be issued in accordance with FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation and FAR Part 16.5 Indefinite Delivery Contracts. The resultant contract will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. The resultant contract will have an effective base period of performance of 1 year, with four 1 year options. Solicitation SP4701-14-R-0017 is expected to be issued in February 2014 for a period of 30 days.
