SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Electronic Invoicing Services - E-Invoicing Draft SOW
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, Maryland, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- FDA-RFI-10-1068257
- Archive Date
- 10/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Danielle Pena,
- E-Mail Address
-
Danielle.Pena@fda.hhs.gov
(Danielle.Pena@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- E-Invoicing Draft SOW THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT AN OFFER. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY ANY COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION OF ANY SUBMISSION TO THIS NOTICE, OR TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES. The purpose of this notice is to obtain industry feedback on the draft statement of work, availability of vendors and to determine interest in participation before a potential Request for Proposal (RFP) is released for the required services. The anticipated period of performance is a base period of one year and 4 one year option periods. For this announcement the draft statement of work is attached. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Financial Services (OFS) requires contractor support for electronic invoice processing. The objective is to establish a contract with an electronic invoicing (e-Invoicing) service provider to support FDA's processing of acquisition invoices by providing a means for FDA suppliers to submit their invoices through the service provider via direct electronic exchange, web portal interface, or the postal mail service and to provide the data through an electronic interface to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Unified Financial Management System (UFMS) Oracle Financial system. In addition to electronic invoice processing, other tasks included with this acquisition are supplier enrollment services, project management, and technical support services. Respondents are requested to review the attached draft statement of work and submit responses to the following questions: 1. Name of your organization with telephone/fax numbers, and name, email address, and mailing address of the primary point of contact. 2. Organization's business size status (for example, large or small business, specific category of small business) for NAICS code 541519, Other Computer Related Services 3. If a small business, can your company assemble a team that performs at least 51% of the work (by dollar value)? 4. If NAICS code 541519 is not appropriate, which code is the most appropriate for a potential solicitation with the attached requirement? 5. Are the tasks clearly defined? Do you understand what the FDA requires? If not, what information needs to be added, changed and/or reworded? 6. What do you foresee as the risks of performance, cost and schedule with this effort? How might these risks be mitigated? 7. Keeping in mind that Time & Materials and Labor Hour contract types are becoming more difficult to receive approval for, what contract type is the most appropriate for the attached statement of work? 8. Do the descriptions of the task contain sufficient detail to allow firm-fixed-price type proposals? Please provide the type of information that you would need in order to put together a firm-fixed-price type proposal. 9. What are potential cost drivers associated with the attached statement of work (including other direct costs and travel)? 10. General question(s), if any, relating to the above requirements that need to be clarified prior to release of a potential RFP. Please provide the above information no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on March 31st, 2010. Responses should be emailed to Danielle Peña at danielle.pena@fda.hhs.gov.
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