Defense Personnel Support Center, Attn: DPSC-PBA, Bldg. 6-1-D, 2800 South 20th St., Phila., PA 19145-5099

A -- DEMONSTRATION AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING PROGRAM (DAAP) SOL BAA 96-354. Contact Point: Robert M. Zarrilli, Program Manager 215-737-2623. DEFENSE PERSONNEL SUPPORT CENTER, CODE SPO100, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145-5099. DEMONSTRATION AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING PROGRAM (DAAP) SOL BAA 96-354; POC Point of Contact Robert M. Zarrilli, Program Manager (215) 737-2623. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) are interested in receiving concept proposals for the Demonstration Audit & Accounting Program (DAAP). Proposed projects should investigate innovative and creative business solutions that lead to or enable advances in auditing accounting and procurement records for identifying overpayments made to vendors of the Department of Defense. This demonstration program is authorized under Section 354 of the Fiscal Year 1996 Defense Authorization Act. The goals of the demonstration program are to: (1) develop and apply information technology and processes which will identify and yield recoupment of government overpayments to vendors, and (2) provide continuous prevention mechanisms eliminating future vendor overpayments, duplicate payments, unauthorized charges, and other discrepancies. The demonstration project will be limited to contracts of the Defense Personnel Support Center for fiscal years 1993, 1994 and 1995. Concept proposals will be required to examine and compare government contracts records, payment records including invoices, and public and proprietary information to identify payments to contractors not allowable under the terms of the agreement or law or amounts paid to the contractor that should have been deducted under the agreement. The overpayments will be identified by category describing the reason the overpayment occurred. Demonstration project applications should include the ability to provide: (1) narrative descriptions of overpayments identified; (2) accounts receivable transaction input for amounts overpaid; (3) generation of demand letters to payees for each identified overpayment; (4) summary reports of actions reviewed and overpayments found by category; (5) analysis of overpayments to identify systematic or patterns of errors; (6) notice of trends in vendor submission which indicates manipulation of Department of Defense billings; and (7) notice and narrative of apparent fraudulent payments. Availability of funds for efforts under this BAA will be made and include provisions for bonus or incentive payments. Such payments will not exceed 25 percent of the NET recovered amount not to exceed a total of $5 million. Calibration of incentive payments or bonuses will be based on payments ACTUALLY RECOVERED rather than on payments identified for recovery. GENERAL INFORMATION: The government anticipates award of multiple contracts, however, the number of awards will be dependent upon technical excellence and availability of funds. This BAA will remain open for a period of 12 months. The initial round of concepts papers are encouraged to be submitted 30 days after a BAA WORK SHOPS SCHEDULED ON MAY 22, 1996 at DPSC. PARTIES INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE 354 BAA WORK SHOP SHOULD CONTACT Robert M. Zarrilli at the address or phone number cited below. Concept proposals received within this initial timeframe will be considered for submission of formal proposal and initial contract awards. Concept paper received subsequent to that date will be considered for funding at later dates, contingent on funding availability. In order to minimize unnecessary efforts in proposal preparation and review, proposers are strongly encouraged to submit brief proposal abstracts in accordance with BAA 96-354, Proposer Information, which provides further information regarding the scope of the demonstration project, submission of proposals, the evaluation and award process, proposal format, and other general information. This information pamphlet may be obtained via facsimile or mail request to: Defense Personnel Support Center, Attn: DPSC-PBA (Robert M. Zarrilli), 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145-5009; fax 215-737-7942; phone 215-737-2623 or 2251. NOTE: Proposers already having formally requested 354 DAAP information from DLA/DPSC will automatically receive the BAA pamphlet. Proposers are required to submit an original and four (4) copies of their demonstration concept proposal to: Defense Personnel Support Center, Attn: Business Opportunities Office (Bldg. 12-1), 2800 South 20th street, Philadelphia, PA 19145-5099. This notice, in conjunction with the pamphlet BAA 96-354, Proposer Information, constitutes the total BAA. No other information is available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation be issued regarding this announcement. The government reserves the right to select for award all, some or none of the proposals received. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the government's needs may submit a concept paper which shall be considered by DLA/DPSC. Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals; however, no portion of this BAA will be set-aside for HBCU and MI participation due to the impracticability of reserving discrete or severable areas of research and development in accounting and auditing fuctions. (129)

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