SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- MSC Financial Management Support Services
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, MSC HQ - Washington, 914 Charles Morris Court, SE, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia, 20398-5540
- ZIP Code
- 20398-5540
- Solicitation Number
- N00033-11-R-8017
- Point of Contact
- Tiffany K. Wulfsohn, Phone: 202-685-5949
- E-Mail Address
-
tiffany.wulfsohn@navy.mil
(tiffany.wulfsohn@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The mission of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies, and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war for as long as operational requirements dictate. During a contingency, more than 95 percent of all the equipment and supplies needed to sustain the U.S. military is carried by sea. As one of three TRANSCOM component commands, MSC provides the sea transportation to support the TRANSCOM mission. Numerous recent international crises underscored the vital role of MSC as a major contributor in the execution of U.S. national strategy. MSC operates an extensive fleet in support of Navy combatant forces, operates ships that provide Special Ocean mission support to U.S. Government agencies and operates ships loaded with military supplies and equipment that are prepositioned at strategic locations worldwide. MSC operates under two working capital funds (WCFs) for its distinct Navy and TRANSCOM business segments. Within MSC, the Comptroller Directorate (N8) is responsible for providing Financial Management support to all MSC Functional Directorates and Program Managers. N8 must ensure that all MSC financial systems and the resultant financial data meet the requirements of MSC Management while complying with myriad financial guidance promulgated by the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of the Navy (DoN), and others. In 2005, DoD initiated the Defense Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Plan to set the course for improving financial information and achieving audit readiness. The FIAR Plan has three goals: (1) provide timely, reliable, accurate, and relevant financial information; (2) sustain improvements through an effective internal control program; and (3) achieve unqualified audit opinions on DoD annual financial statements. The Department of the Navy Financial Improvement Program (DON FIP) is a multi-year Department-wide effort to strengthen Navy-Marine Corps business processes and systems, transforming them to better serve worldwide operations. The program's goal is to produce financial information with greater accuracy, reliability, and accessibility. With this improved information, DON's senior leaders will be able to allocate the Department's resources in a better-informed, more precise way. Additionally, DON is engaged in a financial management transformation effort designed to resolve historical deficiencies, address new and emerging management challenges, and standardize Department-wide business processes. This initiative is being conducted in parallel with an effort to comply with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, Management's Responsibility for Internal Control. OMB Circular A-123 defines management's responsibility and accountability for internal control in Federal agencies and reflects policy recommendations developed by a joint committee of representatives from the Chief Financial Officer Council (CFOC) and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE). The policy changes in this circular intend to strengthen the requirements for conducting management's assessment of internal control over financial reporting. The circular also emphasizes the need for agencies to integrate and coordinate internal control assessments with other internal control-related activities. Specifically, Appendix A of OMB Circular A-123 sets forth a methodology that agency management must follow to document, assess, test, and report on the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting. The objective of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) is to obtain financial management support services for MSC's N8 Comptroller Directorate. Services provided under this PWS will include preparing the command to assert formal audit readiness for an independent financial audit, as well as support for MSC's accounting and budgeting policy, financial and feeder systems support, transactional support, process improvements, financial reporting, and program management support. In addition to the following OMB Circular A-123 guidance, the Contractor shall refer to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and any and all applicable Government pronouncements, for example, DoD FIAR Plan, DoN FIP Program, GAO, PCIE financial and audit methods as set forth in the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM) and the GAO Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM). OMB Circular A-123 implements and incorporates the CFO Act, Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (FMFIA), Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act), Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA), Improper Payment Information Act of 2002 (IPIA), and Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (CCA). These Government pronouncements are all available online. This RFP will be posted online at the Military Sealift Command Procurement website as well as the Federal Business Opportunities website on or around 21 May 2011.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/MSC/MSCHQ/N00033-11-R-8017/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 914 Charles Morris Ct, Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, 20398, United States
- Zip Code: 20398
- Zip Code: 20398
- Record
- SN02444992-W 20110513/110511234252-1930f6186a45907caa1e3fd566a665f6 (fbodaily.com)
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