Financial Agent Selection Process

Dept of Treasury, Financial Management Servce, Washington DC intends to negotuiate a sole-source firm fixed price contract for below described services. This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is available. All interested parties must respond in writing with clear and convincing evidence to support their ability to provide timely and effective service, as well as proof That they have no affiliations with any lock box equipment company or finaicial instituion by the closing of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. FMS Federal Finance (FF) is engaged in a major initiative called Cash Management Collections Modernization (CCMM) and as part of this FMS priority initiative, FF must arrive at the most optimal end-state for its General Lockbox Network (GLN). FF needs a valuable expert with in depth knowledge of the lockbox industry to advise on how this end-state might look and to assist FF in achieving for the Federal Government the largest cost savings and the greatest efficiencies for a lockbox network that will likely be around for another 10 years or more. Over the next year, FF requires expert contract service support to help develop a Financial Agent Selection Process (FASP) aimed at achieving the desired results for the GLN in support of the priority CCMM initiative. Follow-on contract phases in support of the FASP execution and implementation are also required. Under this first phase, specific expert services required to support the development of the FASP include assistance on the following: 1) recommendation of an optimal GLN end state for all retail, wholesale and specialized lockboxes; 2) in support of the desired GLN end state, development of a FASP strategy and all associated supporting documentation including the FASP announcement and overall requirements document; 3) development of clear and concise Statement of Work (SOW) and pricing template for all GLN cashflows and/or only those cashflows that will accompany the FASP invitation to bid. The contractor shall also: 4) assist in the development of the FASP evaluation methodology and criteria; 5) assist in the development of a scorecard for evaluating proposals in response to the FASP offer; 6) recommend improvements to the GLN Service Level Agreements (SLAs); 7) recommend penalties associated with non-compliance with SLAs; and, 8) make improvements to the GLN FA SLA tracking system.