SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Information Technology and Telecommunications Services
- Notice Date
- 10/15/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Procurement Operations Division, 300 7th Street, S.W., Room 377, Reporters Building, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024
- ZIP Code
- 20024
- Solicitation Number
- AG-3142-S-10-0004
- Point of Contact
- Sheila M. Makle, Phone: 202-720-4674, Steven Bryce Eckland, Phone: 816-926-6106
- E-Mail Address
-
Sheila.Makle@usda.gov, steven.eckland@cfo.usda.gov
(Sheila.Makle@usda.gov, steven.eckland@cfo.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address United States Department of Agriculture, Management Services, Procurement Operations Division, 300 7 th and D Streets, S.W., Room 377, Washington, D.C. 20024, Attn: Sheila Makle, Contracting Officer. Description The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), is issuing this Sources Sought Notice (SSN) as part of market research to determine availability of services, products, and capabilities in the marketplace, in an effort to seek sources capable of providing a commercial Governance, Risk, and Compliance solution. The solution will be required to map USDA's financial statements with its financial systems, businesses processes, regulatory requirements, and internal controls. It will also be a management tool to evaluate and manage risk effectively and focus resources to address those risks. Finally, the solution will be required to provide a mechanism to continuously monitor internal controls testing, minimize duplicate or redundant testing, and ensure compliance with Federal mandates. Federal Mandates The tool must be able to map the regulatory requirements of the following mandates while providing the flexibility to accommodate future mandates: •· Budget & Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 •· Federal Management Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) of 1982 •· Government Management Reform Act (GRMA) of 1994 •· Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996 •· Information Technology Management Reform Act (Clinger-Cohen Act) of 1996 •· Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-50 •· OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A •· OMB Circular A-127 •· OMB Circular A-130 •· Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 •· Prompt Payment Act PPA) •· Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) •· Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002 •· Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 •· American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 There are several requirements in the above regulations, some of which overlap. Currently, the USDA assesses compliance with many of the above mandates separately, causing process and testing duplication. Further, as additional requirements are passed by Congress or OMB, compliance monitoring and reporting will become more complex and time consuming. GRC Application A GRC application should provide a centralized system to manage the compliance activities under one risk management and governance framework. The data repositories should allow for data to be shared year over year and across assessment programs. The GRC should provide the tools needed to plan and execute an assessment or remediation project. The GRC should have a robust reporting tool so managers and users can assess effectiveness of compliance activities across multiple programs. Requirements Can your proposed GRC solution : Map specific regulatory requirements (from Federal Mandates) to specific business processes and application controls? Identify compliance gaps and provide a mechanism to remediate the gap? Map business processes and internal controls to financial statement line items using United States General Ledger (USSGL), and accounting assertions? Provide for the centralized testing, and artifact repository supporting compliance activities and internal control testing? Provide for real-time monitoring of testing activities performed at individual component agencies? Analyze testing results across component agencies within the same assessment year, as well across multiple years? Serve as a management oversight tool for remediating failed testing results, including milestones, timeframes, and responsible personnel? Provide for separation of duties among testers, reviewers, managers, executives, and oversight personnel? Map information system controls to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and Special Publications? Provide standard and user customizable oversight and compliance reports for multiple levels of management and oversight personnel? Allow end-user download of data for import into other management systems? Allow for the development of custom interfaces with existing and future systems (including, but not limited to, a centralized access control or single sign-in solution) using industry standard protocols? Provide accessibility via multiple common web-browsers to eliminate end-point client installs and provide for telework/remote access? Allow component agencies within USDA to manage their own users, managers, and executives, yet allow for Department oversight of users if necessary? Additional Questions: How quickly do you upgrade your application to incorporate any new controls and requirements? What hours are your support personnel available? Are they available 24/7/365? Do you provide a toll free number for support calls? Identify the maximum number of concurrent transactions your solution will support. The is not a Solicitation, it is a Request for Information ONLY.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/OPPM/POD/AG-3142-S-10-0004/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20024, United States
- Zip Code: 20024
- Zip Code: 20024
- Record
- SN01986283-W 20091017/091015235423-0f17450eed2f2b65c2621f4661dd1f91 (fbodaily.com)
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