SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Data Conversion and Collection
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Federal Election Commission, Office of the Staff Director, Administrative Division, 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20463
- ZIP Code
- 20463
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-FEC-NAICS518210
- Response Due
- 12/8/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/23/2003
- Point of Contact
- Jacquelyn Connell, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-694-1328, Fax 202-219-3505, - Sylvia Butler, Administrative Officer, Phone (202) 694-1240, Fax (202) 219-3505,
- E-Mail Address
-
joda4419@aol.com, sbutler@fec.gov
- Description
- The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is a 370 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1975-- the statute that governs the financing of Federal elections and its amendments. The FEC has four major statutory responsibilities: (1) Provide disclosure of campaign finance information, (2) Ensure that candidates, political committees, and political parties comly with the limitations, prohibitions,a and disclosure requirements of the FECA, (3) Administer the certification of public funding for Presidential elections and ensure that all related expenditures comply with FECA, and (4) Serve as a clearinghouse for information on election administration. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to interested sources with recent experience in converting coded and non-coded data from paper documents into specified formats. The overall objective of this project is to provide the interested public with timely, and accurate information regarding itemized receipts, itemized disbursements and itemized debts and obligations as reported by federal candidate committees and party and non-party political committees. The specific objective of this project is the collection, conversion, and return of documents and data contained in documents as filed by political committees and others into prescribed electronic formats, with emphasis on timeliness and accuracy. The FEC requires the conversion of a minimum of 12,000 transactions per day with an accuracy rate of 99%. A transaction is defined as an individual receipt to include the donor?s full name, address, place of business, date, dollar amount, election designation or an individual disbursement to include recipient?s full name address, purpose, date, dollar amount and election designation. The volume of documents to be processed will fluctuate based on reporting requirements for election and non-election years. The greatest volumes will be quarterly after the fifteenth of April, July, October and the thirty-first of January. The number of transactions contained in each document will very from one to twenty thousand. Firms that wish to respond to this RFI should provide the following information: (1) a brief summary of the services offered in response to this RFI, (2) a statement indicating an interest and the capability to provide the services as described, (3) statements of relevant experience based upon the criteria listed above, (4) a technical approach to perform the services specified in this RFI (5) a cost estimate (the cost estimate should be a per transaction price). The cost estimate will be used for budgetary planning purposes. The Federal Election Commission is issuing the RFI to industry. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY!!! It is neither a Request for Proposals (RFP)/Solicitation, nor an indication that the FEC will contract for services described in this RFI. There is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services described in this RFI. The Government will NOT pay for information received in response to the RFI. Submitted documents will NOT be returned to those firms who provide responses to this RFI. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System code is 518210. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with applicable Government regulations. All interested parties submitting capabilities information must respond via e-mail with information on their services in sufficient technical and price detail to allow for a detailed evaluation of potential sources to the Contracting Officer, Jacquelyn Connell. Responses to this RFI must be received nlt than December 8, 2004, 12:00p.m. Email address is jconnell@fec.gov. Provide GSA schedule information.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
- Zip Code: 20463
- Zip Code: 20463
- Record
- SN00468298-W 20031114/031112212247 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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