SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- DHP AUDIT READINESS SUPPORT
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541211
— Offices of Certified Public Accountants
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Health Agency, Contract Operations Division - Falls Church, 7700 Arlington Blvd., Suite 1M401, Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22042
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-15-002
- Point of Contact
- Xiomarys Altagracia Vargas, Phone: 7036815376, Robert Leblanc, Phone: 703-681-1790
- E-Mail Address
-
xiomarys.a.vargas.civ@mail.mil, robert.e.leblanc6.civ@mail.mil
(xiomarys.a.vargas.civ@mail.mil, robert.e.leblanc6.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1.0 Purpose of the RFI This Request for Information (RFI) is issued to conduct a Sources Sought in the area of support services for the Defense Health Program (DHP) for audit readiness (e.g. financial statement audit/examination and audit improvement support). These services will be performed in support of and in accordance with the Department of Defense Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) guidance which can be found at: http://comptroller.defens.gov/fiar/documents/FIAR_Guidance.pdf Additionally, contract support is needed in preparing Annual Statements of Assurance (ASA) that are reported to DoD, which in part identify material weaknesses and corrective actions taken. The support services that are being sought are strictly non-personal in nature. 2.0 Background The Defense Health Program (DHP) is required to meet the requirements of the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1980 to undergo an independent public accountant (IPA) audit and achieve an unqualified opinion on its financial statements. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2010 (Public Law 111-84). Section 1003, required that the DoD's financial statements be validated as audit ready by 30 September 2016. In October 2011, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta established a DoD goal of achieving audit readiness of the DoD's Statement of Budgetary Resource (SBR) by 2014. Congress formalized the 2014 deadline in the NDAA for 2013 (Public Law 112-239), Section 1005 when it mandated that "the statement of budgetary resources of the Department of Defense is validated as ready for audit by not later than September 30, 2014." Due to concerns of the ability of DoD organizations to meet the SBR review date, the Department of Defense Comptroller subsequently changed the goal to require a Statement of Budgetary Activity (SBA) Examination in FY 2015. The DHP is currently supporting the SBA Examination for which the results will enable the DHP to focus corrective actions in order for the DHP to be prepared to undergo a full financial audit in FY 2016. The DHP oversees of a budget of more than $52 billion dollars for FY 2015. 3.0 Current Situation The Defense Health Program is currently supporting a Schedule of Budgetary Activity (SBA) Examination that will be submitted to the OUSD Comptroller in early September 2015. In addition, the DHP is preparing for a full financial statement audit engagement in FY 2016. The current support contract has been providing audit readiness support for three of the DHP financial statement reporting entities (FSRE). They are the DHA Contract Resource Management (CRM), DHA Comptroller, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Additionally, the contractor has been providing audit readiness support for the Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund (MERHCF) as well as the Service Medical Activities (SMA) for Army ((MEDCOM), Air Force (Air Force Surgeon General), Navy (Bureau of Medicine & Surgery) and National Capital Region Medical Directorate.. The DHA CRM FSRE has under gone audits since FY 2009 and has received an Unmodified Audit Opinion (known previously as Unqualified) for the last five years (FY2010 through FY 2014). MERHCF FSRE has been under audit for the last twelve fiscal years and has received a Unmodified Audit Opinion each time. Additionally, more than 10 contractor FTEs have been providing support to DHA-CRM in Aurora, Colorado with their pharmacy drug rebate program which annually receives nearly $21 billion dollar in remittances from drug manufacturers. 4.0. Estimated Period of Performance The current audit readiness contract ends in Summer 2015. The new contract will be a 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods with multiple tasks within each period. 5.0. How to Respond a) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. In accordance with FAR 15.201€, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derive from this market research will be the outcome of a competitive process. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested vendor's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. The formal closing date for this RFI and the submission of responses to the questions in Appendix A is Monday, May 11, 2015 at 3:00 PM EST. All responses should be submitted electronically using PDF, HTML, MS Word or PowerPoint formats with subject "RFI-DHP Audit Readiness" to the following Email address: robert.e.leblanc6.civ@mail.mil xiomarys.a.vargas.civ@mail.mil The official DoD contact for this RFI to whom all requests and communications should be addressed is: Xiomarys Vargas Contract Specialist DHA Contract Operations Directorate Email: xiomarys.a.vargas.civ@mail.mil All responses must include the following information: a.) Company name; b.) Company address; c.) Company business size; d.) Current North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes; and e.) Point-of-contact name, telephone number, and email address. Appendix A - Specific Questions a) Describe your company's experience in supporting DoD organizations in their audit readiness activities using the DoD Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Guidance. In your description, please provide the level of effort (full-time equivalents (FTEs, contract dollar, other similar useful measures) and the time period for each of your applicable DoD audit readiness support contracts. b) Describe your company's approach in providing full financial statement audit and examination readiness support for your current and past DoD clients. c) Describe your company's experience in using the GAO's Federal Information Systems Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM) in support of DoD organizations. d) Describe your company's experience and approach for development and utilization of audit response tools to support audits and examinations. e) Describe the FISCAM self-assessments that your company has performed to support full financial statement audits and examinations for federal (both DoD and non-DoD) organizations. f) Describe your company's experience with audit and examination results (including SSAE-16 and FISCAM assessments), if any, for the DoD organizations you have provided audit readiness support. g) Provide a description of your company's prior and/or current work with DoD audits and examinations of federal financial statements to support Provided by Client requests and support Audit Remediation due to Notice of Findings and Recommendations provided by the auditors. h) Describe your company's experience in supporting DoD organizations in the preparation of their Annual Statements of Assurance reported to DoD. i) Describe your company previous experience in providing audit readiness support to other federal organizations (non-DoD) in those organizations' efforts to meet the requirements of the CFO Act of 1990 and achieve unqualified audit opinions. j) Describe the audit results (including SSAE-16 and FISCAM assessments), if any, for the federal organizations (non-DoD) you have provided audit readiness support. k) Provide any additional information regarding your company's past experience in supporting non-DoD organizations in their audit readiness efforts. l) Describe your prior experience in supporting the Department of Defense with contracts services of any type. Please provide the level of effort full-time equivalents (FTEs, contract dollar, other similar useful measures) and the time period for each of the contracts you cite. m) Provide your company's abilities to meet the professional staffing requirements to support DoD agencies' audit support needs for full financial statements audits and examinations. n) Describe your company's experience with technical and financial compliance analysis and reconciliation of data to support audit requirements for defense medical operations.
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- Address: 7700 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
- Zip Code: 22042
- Zip Code: 22042
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