SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- FOREIGN CURRENCY PURCHASING SERVICES - SAQMMA13Q0138
- Notice Date
- 5/1/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA13Q0138
- Point of Contact
- Pete W Jones, Phone: 8437460650
- E-Mail Address
-
jonespw@state.gov
(jonespw@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FOREIGN CURRENCY PURCHASING SERVICES FO COMPTROLLER GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, CHARLESTON *****PLEASE SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL********** REQUIREMENTS CGFS/S/DO/IB generally sells US dollars against foreign currencies to fund bank accounts held in the names of both the Bangkok and Charleston United States Disbursing Officer. The office trades in various amounts up to $50 million on any given deal, or may have occasion to sell as little as $5,000 on a given transaction. Our annual US dollar sales against the foreign currencies are approximately US $4.0 billion. The average number of trades executed annually is 4,500. The average size of the trades executed is $500,000 in US dollar terms. On occasion, we sell foreign currencies against the US Dollar from posts that have excess dollars due to collections for machine-readable visas and other reasons. With every trade, we must obtain at least 3 blind simultaneous bids. This currency purchasing system will be used to transact these foreign exchanges. This system will be used and must have the capability to sell US dollars for every currency that can be purchased at nonfixed legal rates. The currency purchasing system must provide the ability to store and make available during the currency trade LCU settlement instructions and buy instructions. Accordingly, the system must allow for contact to small and large foreign exchange traders and banks throughout the world and maintain a large subscription base of foreign exchange traders. Additionally, the system must allow a minimum of 5 simultaneous real time conversations. The system must provide a stringent audit trail of all transactions made in the system and meet Department of State computer and information security requirements. The system must also provide a foreign exchange rate database for every currency in the world and we must be able to access this database to download the daily foreign exchange rates to an excel spreadsheet. The excel spreadsheet is used as feeder file for the Department of State's financial systems and website. The vendor's system must be available 24 hours a day - seven days a week.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/A-LM-AQM/A-LM-AQM/SAQMMA13Q0138/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: COMPTROLLER GLOBAL fFNANCIAL SERVICE, CHARLESTON, 1969 DYRESS AVE, CHARLESTON, South Carolina, 29483, United States
- Zip Code: 29483
- Zip Code: 29483
- Record
- SN03049754-W 20130503/130501234448-24ffdf992ae60965b394b2b8b2ec28ad (fbodaily.com)
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