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D -- PRESOLICITATION CONFERENCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S CORE FINANCIAL REDESIGN DUE 013095 POC Cathy Girouard 202-708-8529 Glenn Perry. D - The Department of Education will hold a pre-solicitation conference on January 30, 1995, 10:00 am, at 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 2413, for the procurement of ED's Financial Management Systems Software (FMSS). The conference will provide vendors with an overview of the Department's plan to upgrade and streamline its core financial management work processes, including the systems and technologies supporting these work processes. The Department plans to implement a single seamlessly integrated core financial management system, called the Department of Education's Central Automated Processing System (EDCAPS), to obtain redesigned core financial functions, work prcesses, and procedures. EDCAPS shall consist of the following funcations: a general ledger; funds management, including budget formulation,budget execution and funds control; grants pre & post award processing; including grant application, program payments and accounting; contract pre- & post award processing including invoice processing; receivable management; fixed assets; cost management; and administrative processes (e.g, purchasing, travel, miscellaneous payment). With regard to the Financial Management Systems Software application of EDCAPS, the subject of the upcoming RFP, the Department has been granted a waiver from the current GSA FMSS MAS Contracts Program in order to obtain a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) financial management system with features that support ED's strategic goals cited in its April 1994, Strategic Business Plan. The waiver allows ED to issue a ful and open competition. Offerors will be required to be in compliance with all aspects of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Procedures (JFMIP) dated April 1994; the CFO Act; OM a-123; OMB A-127; and OMB A-130 guidelines amd demonstrate a firm commitment to the Federal Government marketplace. (0017)

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