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R -- A-76 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTING SOL MDA220-99-R-0001 DUE 031999 POC Contracting Officer Mr. John ZIU or Contract Specialist Mr. Jack Palmieri (703) 602-4936 In accordance with FAR 5.205(e) this is the second of three notices to be published on this requirement. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) has the following announcement: Interested sources are sought to perform Depot Maintenance Accounting (DMA) at various locations within CONUS and OCONUS to meet Department of Defense (DoD) Service Level Reporting, and Mission Management Requirements. Depot Maintenance Accounting includes the maintenance of a general ledger and the appropriate subsidiary accounts necessary to meet the needs of DoD for Financial Reporting in accordance with Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (PL97-255, 8 Sep 82), 31 U.S.C. 3512(1), CFO legislation and DoD 7000.14-R requirements and to meet the specified requirements of the individual services for accounting data sufficient to manage their workload and meet their mission. DMA includes the production and submission of prescribed financial statements to the DFAS Centers and the Service Managers within designated time contraints. In addition, the contractor must maintain interfaces and provide the appropriate timely data to other accounting functions performed by DFAS to include the financial functions of contractor pay, disbursing, collections, Civilian Pay and Military Pay. Accomplishing this service will require interface with automation systems currently in use by the Services and DFAS. The Government will make the DMA automated systems available for use to the contractor. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items and services necessary to perform the Depot Maintenance Accounting functions set forth in the Performance Work Statement. This procurement will be conducted as part of a cost comparison under the Commercial Activity OMB Circular A-76 Guidelines. A Firm Fixed Price contract will be issued for a base year and four options. The solicitation issue date is planned for January 22, 1999. Interested parties should reference the DFAS Web Site (www.dfas.mil)for further information. A preprosal conference is scheduled in Kansas City, MO on February 10, 1999 at the DFAS Kansas City Center 1500 East 9th Street, Kansas City, MO, starting at 8:30 a.m. local time and concluding on the same day. All prospective contractors are urged to attend. Upon issuance of the RFP, offerors are requested to submit any questions pertaining to this procurement in writing (by mail or by telefacsimile 703-602-8773) at least five days before the date of the conference. Questions shall be submitted to: Mr. Jack Palmieri, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Crystal Mall 3, Room 227, Attn:ASO/CPI, 1931 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Va. 22240-5291. Offerors shall contact the above not later than five days before the pre-proposal conference with the name(s) of the offeror's representative(s) who will attend the conference. Posted 01/12/99 (W-SN287394). (0012)

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