MODIFICATION
R -- USAC - FIN - Internal Controls Documentation
- Notice Date
- 10/3/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- USAC-FIN-2007-09-28
- Response Due
- 10/26/2007
- Archive Date
- 11/9/2007
- Point of Contact
- Jay Beard, Purchasing Manager, Phone 202-776-0200, Fax 202-776-0080
- E-Mail Address
-
jbeard@usac.org
- Description
- At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its web site, a copy of the Request For Proposals (RFP) for Evaluating Internal Controls its Finance Division. The RFP is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFP describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. --- BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost, Low Income, Rural Health Care and Schools & Libraries as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. The purpose of the RFP is to solicit proposals to acquire contracted services that will assist USAC in developing the controls required to conform to the accountability standards set forth in the internal controls integrated framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission and with the internal control process promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123. These services will assist USAC with its annual report on the effectiveness of its internal controls procedures. They will also assist USAC in developing and implementing corrective action plans for any identified internal control weaknesses. All proposals submitted in compliance with the instructions and requirements of the RFP will be evaluated. USAC expects to award a contract to the selected vendor (Contractor) no later than November 2007 to perform the functions identified in the RFP. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFP WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Complete proposals must be submitted to Mr. Jay Beard, USAC Purchasing Manager, USAC Contracting Office, no later than the date and time set forth in the RFP. Proposals must be submitted electronically to rfp@usac.org. A paper copy may also be submitted by mail, courier or hand delivered to: Universal Service Administrative Company Attn: Mr. Jay Beard, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200. Washington, DC 20036. Please submit an original signed by a duly authorized representative and an electronic copy of the proposal in Microsoft Word format on magnetic disk or CD-ROM. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (03-OCT-2007); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/USAC-FIN-2007-09-28/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20036
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20036
- Record
- SN01428419-F 20071005/071003225134 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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