DFAS-IN Central Procurement, 8899 E 56th St, Indianapolis IN 46249-0240

R -- STANDARD SERVICE AND PRICING MODEL FOR DELIVERY OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS SOL MDA260-00-Q-0017 POC Julie Harbert, Contract Specialist 317-510-4701 (p) 317-510-4698 (fax) E-MAIL: MDA260-00-Q-0017, julie.harbert@dfas.mil. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Operating Forces is seeking information in support of a request for quote for acquiring outside consultants to establish a standard service and pricing model for delivery of payment. DFAS-Indianapolis is 5200 plus employee organization consisting of military, civilian, and contractor personnel engaged in financial, accounting, payroll, and sundry core processes located at over 10 primary CONUS and 2 OCONUS locations. The organization is considering acquiring the assistance of an appropriate source to provide requirements definition support in the area of delivery of payment service. The requirement definition phase, if implemented, is to: (a) Provide a payment delivery system to individuals, businesses, government agencies or financial institution throughout the world. Approximately, 1000 payments will be made annually. (b) Deliver cash, check, EFT to any country in the world within 24 hours to an individual, business, government agency or financial institution. (c) Provide real time exchange rates. (d) Assume accountability of the payments, to include delivery. (e) Track activity on accounts anywhere in the world. (f) Make payments and move funds from a variety of accounts in multiple currencies. (g) Conduct foreign exchange transactions in various currencies. (h) If a draft for foreign currency or something similar is used, return hard copy documents to government, or legally reproduce. (i) Settle the transactions with DFAS within the U.S. (j) Access to the expertise of banking specialists located throughout the world. Requirements will have to be of sufficient detail to create a realistic Statement of Work (SOW) for selecting and implementing a pricing solution with assurance that all processes can be accurately computed. The solicitation is planned to be released by August 3, 2000. The period of performance is for one year, with 4 one-year options. Evaluation criteria that will be considered in the award of an order are: past performance, cost, and best overall value to the government. Any vendor that wishes to be considered for award, MUST be registered in the CCR. This may be done at www.ccr2000.com Only written requests for the RFQ will be honored. This announcement is based on a previously published CBD announcement for sources sought posted November 1, 1999. Posted 07/21/00 (W-SN477616). (0203)

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