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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 25, 2016 FBO #5389
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R -- Implementation of Standards for Internal Controls over Operations-Office of Internal Controls - Attachment

Notice Date

8/23/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541219 — Other Accounting Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;23 Christopher Way;Eatontown NJ 07724
 

ZIP Code

07724
 

Solicitation Number

VA11816R1514
 

Response Due

8/25/2016
 

Archive Date

9/24/2016
 

Point of Contact

Angel Santos
 

E-Mail Address

0-9647<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice to conduct market research for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Department of Veterans Affairs is not at this time seeking proposals. Responders are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. However, in order to satisfy the requirements of 38 U.S.C. 8127, these results will be used as part of VA's determination as to whether or not two or more service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses, or Veteran-owned small businesses, that are verified in the VetBiz database (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/) are capable and interested in competing for this effort. Please ensure your company name, address, main point of contact, socioeconomic status, and capability to comply with any limitation of subcontracting/non-manufacturer rule clauses/provisions are clearly documented. Please ensure any proprietary information submitted as part of your response is appropriately marked as such. Background: The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Office of Internal Controls (OIC), Internal Controls over Operations (ICO) has been assigned responsibility to develop and implement a program to assess and improve internal controls over VA operations. To accomplish this task, ICO assumes responsibility for the following new work requirements: (1) Develop an operational risk assessment to evaluate risk of VA assessable units and prioritize evaluation and validation activities; (2) Review assurances from VA assessable units to understand issues that are being reported; and (3) Monitor ICO issues and corrective actions to ensure VA makes progress on improving internal controls. VA OIC-ICO requires support of a contractor with experience in developing centralized internal controls program that meets the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) Section II, and the Government Accountability Office's Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (The Green Book) and develop procedures to test and validate statement of assurances (SOAs). Please address the following questions: 1.What experience do you have in developing a centralized internal control framework for a Federal Audit or Internal Controls organization at the level of complexity, size, and scale of the Department of Veterans Affairs? 2.What experience do you have in recommending and/or developing a scoping white paper that provides a roadmap and establishes a timeline for implementing OMB Circular A-123, FMFIA Section II, The Green Book, and SOA validation testing at the level of complexity, size, and scale of the Department of Veterans Affairs? 3.What experience do you have in developing policy and procedure manuals for implementing VA's Internal Controls framework for testing and validating VA's SOAs at the level of complexity, size, and scale of VA? 4.What experience do you have in developing templates that will validate VA SOAs in accordance with OMB Circular A-123, FMFIA Section II and The Green Book at the level of complexity, size, and scale of the Department of Veterans Affairs? 5.If you have provided the aforementioned support to Federal agencies, please provide a list of the types of Federal customers you have successfully supported and the resultant outcomes. Please include detail such as the level of complexity, size, and scale of the organizations supported. 6.If you have the capability to perform 50% or more of this effort, please provide information to demonstrate this capability. Please provide specific detail with respect to the experience (i.e., the number of years, the size of the organization(s) supported, relevant contract numbers and dollar value, names of systems supported, name(s) of organization(s) supported, etc.) for all the questions contained within this RFI. Vendors may also submit additional information not specifically requested above, which would provide value and insight to the Government. Please do not submit general capability statements, marketing materials, or other nonspecific information. *Note: VA may elect to contact individual companies based upon the content of the submission to gather further information. Responses are due via email by Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 12:00PM (Noon) EST to angel.santos2@va.gov and Robert.Kately@va.gov. Please note the total email file size is restricted to 5MB. Files exceeding this threshold shall be submitted over multiple messages, and be identified as "Message #x of #x". Point of Contact for this RFI: Angel Santos, Contract Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center, Phone (732) 440-9647, Email Angel.Santos2@va.gov and Robert Kately, Contracting Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center, Phone (732) 440-9681, Email Robert.Kately@va.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/e221528f7d2646d2edf8ec4da8ebdc96)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA118-16-R-1514 VA118-16-R-1514.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2961119&FileName=VA118-16-R-1514-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2961119&FileName=VA118-16-R-1514-000.docx

 

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Record

SN04237186-W 20160825/160823235550-e221528f7d2646d2edf8ec4da8ebdc96 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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