Standard Contract Reconciliation Tool (SCRT)

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is conducting market research to identify qualified System Integrators to lead a technical refresh of the Standard Contract Reconciliation Tool (SCRT), a legacy PowerBuilder client-server application. The procurement seeks sources capable of modernizing this system while maintaining functional parity with the existing four-module structure (Registration, Compare, Adjustments, Reports) and supporting 14 external system interfaces across approximately 390 users. Key requirements include transitioning to a modern cloud-native architecture deployable to IL4/IL5 environments (DISA Stratus, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government), utilizing non-proprietary object-oriented code with low-code and no-code platforms explicitly prohibited, achieving 99.5% uptime, and meeting all DoD security mandates including CAC/PKI authentication, RMF Authority to Operate, and DISA STIGs compliance. Evaluation will focus on 13 specific criteria encompassing PowerBuilder refresh experience, proposed technology stack, DoD security integration capabilities, system interface management, disaster recovery planning, implementation timelines, training support, and rough order of magnitude pricing. Interested vendors must submit questions by March 23, 2026, at 12PM ET, and capability statements no later than March 31, 2026, at 12PM ET, with responses limited to eight pages and submitted via email to the DFAS point of contact.

No set-aside designation has been applied to this procurement, though DFAS encourages responses from small businesses, 8(a) small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, and women-owned small businesses. This is a single-award contract with no incumbent contractor, as the sources sought notice indicates this represents a new requirement with no parallel operation planned with the legacy system. No target implementation timeline, program budget, or budget range has been disclosed in the market research phase. The existing SCRT system comprises 1,746 objects including 786 DataWindows, 480 User Objects, and 299 Windows, with the legacy application built on PowerBuilder 2019 R3 and an Oracle 19c database. The contractor must grant the Government unlimited rights to all resulting source code and functional application per DFARS 252.227-7014, and cleared personnel are required with minimum staffing expectations including software developers, a project manager, and an analyst. Remote work is permitted with travel up to one week per month, though all development must occur on Government Furnished Equipment within the DoW network.