DescriptionTHIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. A SOLICITATION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Controller Operations Division (COD), Administrative Payment Branch (APB), is conducting market research to seek qualified sources to provide management consulting services and operating assistance to process and pay telephone and utility invoices. It is our intent to solicit sources on an unrestricted basis. This notice will assist us in determining if there are a sufficient number of small or large businesses with an established customer base in the utility and telephone audit and payment industry to partner with USDA/OCFO/COD in an A-76 competition. USDA/OCFO/COD may partner with another USDA agency to provide complementary services to Telephone and Utility customers. The contractor should have an established customer base and a performance history, which demonstrates management capabilities in utility and telephone payment and audit industry. The applicable NAICS code for this effort is 541611. The prospective offeror will be required to provide web based and intelligence reporting tools, data and trend analysis, and recommend execution strategies. The offeror should have a system in place that will provide strategies to improve facility efficiency, and reduce utility costs. The offerors should be able to handle approximately 25,000 phone bills and 10,000 utility bills per month. Prospective offerors must respond no later than 4:30pm, December 14, 2007. Interested firms should submit a Statement of Capabilities (SOC) to this office to include, but not limited to: (1) a summary of similar, recent performance history. Identify in what capacity that work was performed (e.g. prime contractor, consultant, subcontractor, etc) and (2) business size status (e.g., large, small, hubzone, etc.) Reponses to this notice will assist the Government in determining potential sources and is not a request to be considered for a contract award. If a solicitation is issued, it will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities web site, http://www.fedbizopps.gov . All interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice. Point of Contact Charlotte Dejan, Contracting Officer, phone 504-426-0280, fax 504-426-8373, email charlotte.dejan@usda.gov Deidre V. Phillips, Head, Contracting Support Team, phone 504-426-0274, email Deidre.Phillips@usda.gov
