N6247018R5005_Financial_Systems_Contract_Support_25_Oct_2017.docx

NAVFAC Financial Systems Transition Support Requirements Documentation

PoP: 1 Feb 2018 to 31 Jan 2019 (with 4 option years)

Background: Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) is a worldwide organization providing facilities engineering, design, construction, consultation, test and evaluation, technology demonstration/implementation, public works, environmental, and acquisition for the Navy and Marine Corps, Department of Defense, and other federal agencies i.e. Veterans’ Affairs, Department of Energy etc.

NAVFAC Headquarters currently uses the Standard Accounting and Reporting System Field Level (STARS-FL) for Fund Administrators, Major Commands, and Systems Commands as its official general fund accounting and reporting system. In addition to STARS FL, NAVFAC uses the Facilities Information System (FIS) as the financial management tool for all facilities design, construction, repair, and maintenance and demolition projects. As an approved financial feeder system, FIS supports contract business functions such as managing contractors, authorizations (projects), contracts/delivery orders, facilities design, construction, environmental investigation and remediation; as well as financial functions including budgeting, funds control, labor distribution, work execution, invoice payment and job order administration. FIS is critical to the execution of NAVFAC’s mission and supports Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and other Department of Defense agencies facilities projects by automating the management of facilities design, construction, maintenance and demolition.

The Assistance Secretary of Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller (FM&C) has recently notified NAVFAC that the Department of Navy (DoN) will be eliminating STARS-FL and that NAVFAC must migrate to the US Marine Corp Standard Accounting Budgeting and Reporting System (SABRS). This transition will significantly modify the use of FIS to support NAVFAC’s project/contract management process, complicates the management and direction of FIS, FIS data warehouse (COGNOS BI and COGNOS TM1) and associated computer data system interfaces, e.g. project scheduling (eProjects), building maintenance tracking (Maximo), Expeditionary equipment maintenance system (EXMIS) and contract award system (eContracts) etc. FIS is a specialized management information system unique to NAVFAC’s mission and business processes; all data tables and transaction records within FIS must be able to crosswalk between SABRS and all of its approved interfaces and the legacy system STARS-FL to support multiple years accounting records.

Requirements: NAVFAC requires contractor support with the requisite skills and experience in systems implementations, along with extensive functional and technical knowledge of FIS and NAVFAC financial management processes. In addition, NAVFAC will need the contractor to assist us with the SABRS transition. The contractor must have qualified personnel on staff with extensive SABRS and DoN financial system implementation experiences.

Tasks:

1. Serve as the Subject Matter Expert in support of STARS/FIS financial system and COGNOS data warehouse transition

2. Provide on-going support for NAVFAC HQ transition from the current legacy environment (STARS-FL) to the to-be environment, e.g. SABRS, CEFMS, including year-end closing and new fiscal year start up procedures

3. Provide expert knowledge and recommendations in the NAVFAC Supervision, Inspection and Overhead (SIOH), and Project Over Sight (PO/S) process, must be able to respond to FIAR requests for information, provide process flow charts and documentation, data queries/reporting requirement and support FIS application changes due to SABRS transition or NAVFAC process changes

4. Develop SIOH and PO/S year-end closing and Treasury Cash Account balance reconciliations methodology recommendations that are compatible with SABRS programming framework

5. Provide assessment and recommendations of NAVFAC FIS Change Requests for impact to support Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) initiatives. Review NITC cost and POA&M timelines for completeness and interoperability with both legacy and future IT platforms.

6. Provide training to NAVFAC employees and support the establishment of a NAVFAC Tiger Team to support SABRS transition/deployment in all matters related to financial management transactions, new system deployment, and development of System Change Requests (SCRs), and related issues

7. Develop recommendations for standardized queries and provide consolidated data from various DoD and NAVFAC financial systems to support budget drills and management reviews

8. Serve as a consultant to the NAVFAC Comptroller on all IT system-related issues and provide recommendations on courses of action and potential resolution. Provide support to develop recommendations for financial processes, standard operation procedures, training guides and documentation, and financial system change requests on DoD financial systems and their approved feeder-systems

9. Provide financial and management system support for FIAR related tasks, identify problem areas, and generate SCRs to ensure all FIAR requirements are being met.

a. Provide system support to Navy’s real property initiative, including real property management system (iNFADS)

b. Develop recommendations of procedures for all Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) for non-MILCON projects and support all phases of financial system audit testing in accordance with Financial Information System Control Audit Manual (FISCAM).

c. Responsible for drafting financial system related corrective action plans

d. Support HQ-CIO in all re-certification requirements for financial system interfaces

Labor Categories:

1. Program Manager (Key Personnel)

a. At least 7 years of experience with NAVFAC FM

b. At least 5 years of managerial experience in DoN/NAVFAC financial/business system support (or equivalent)

c. Master degree in Business Management, Accounting, Finance or Business System Management is desired

d. Bachelor degree in Business Management, Accounting, Finance or Business System Management required.

2. Financial System SME (Key Personnel)

a. 10 years or more of knowledge in NAVFAC Financial Process/Practices at NAVFAC HQ and ECHIII/IV commands (including but not limited to Resource Allocation Plan (RAP), budget formulation and execution, Business and Support lines vertical and horizontal reviews, etc.)

a. Expert (10 years or more) knowledge in FIS, STARS-FL and STARS-HCM processing logic/interface and all other approved DoD systems interface to STARS-FL & FIS (Expeditionary Management Information System (EXMIS), Defense Travel System (DTS), SLACADA (Standard Labor Data Collection and Distribution Application), Standard Procurement System (SPS), Standard Accounting Budget Reporting System (SABRS), Central Financial Management System (CEFMS) etc.

b. 7 years or more experience in NAVFAC system and financial crosswalk to DoN-approved data elements and lines of accounting (i.e. Program Elements (PE), Special Interest Codes (SICs), appropriation (APPN), sub-heads (SH), bureau controls (BUCON), etc.)

c. Candidate must be able to demonstrate their knowledge in both General funds and Working Capital fund execution process. He/she must have 3 or more years of experience in NAVFAC’s RAP, budget development, and execution process migration to SABRS.

d. 5 or more years of RAP input, financial execution data, lines of accounting, work centers and job order number structures in support of NAVFAC’s resource allocation execution within SABRS

e. 15 years of working experience in DoD/Government System Accounting and/or Financial Management

f. Bachelor Degree in Financial Management discipline or Computer Programming/IT system discipline (desired)

3. Financial Analyst

a. 5 or more years of experience in DoD/DoN Financial Process/Practices, including but not limited PPBES, PBIS, USSGL, NWCF

b. 3 or more years of experience in DoD/DoN financial crosswalk to DoN-approved data elements and lines of accounting (i.e. Program Elements, SIC codes, appropriation, sub-heads, BUCON, etc.)

c. 3 or more years of general DoN financial system (e.g. STARS, SABRS, CFPMS etc.) processing logic/interface and all other approved DoD systems interface related to NAVFAC financial info system (EXMIS, DTS, SLACADA, SPS etc.)

d. 5 years or more of experience in DoD/Government System Accounting or Financial Management

e. One or more years of experience in DoN/DoD financial system frame work and protocol in the development of FM related training and produce training documentation, e.g. system related training, process driven training and function training etc.

f. Bachelor Degree in Financial Management discipline e.g. Accounting, Finance, Business Management

Travel:

Performance Location: Washington Navy Yard, DC or Norfolk, VA (Situational telework is allowed) Required travel: 1 week per month to other NAVFAC locations, including but not limited to Washington DC, Norfolk VA, Pearl Harbor, HI, or Port Hueneme CA.

Clearance:

-Key Personnel must have current Secret clearance at time of award