This June RFP, to help support the Office of Financial Management (OFM) modernization of aging and outmoded legacy financial, accounting, data management, procurement and asset management systems, is certain to draw a lot of interest.
Background
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)’s Financial System Modernization (FSM) effort will bring ICE and ICE Component Customers into compliance with new regulatory mandates for financial operations and will resolve long-standing deficiencies in the Department’s ability to effectively manage financial services. To sustain this effort, OFM requires additional contractor support services to assist with day-to-day financial management operations while Subject Matter Experts (SME) within OFM concentrate on FSM activities that go over and above those normal operations.
Specifically, OFM requires SMEs to be integrated into the implementation process during all phases of FSM program development to include pre-discovery, discovery, configuration, testing and data cleansing. Starting in FY24 Q2, SME involvement will ramp up with discovery efforts, refinement of business processes, testing, and training through FY 2028, when FSM is expected to be fully transitioned and stabilized. To meet scheduled milestones for readiness and implementation additional expanded contractor support services are required starting in FY 2024 Q3 in a phased approach to provide day-to-day support while SMEs concentrate on FSM activities. During the phased transition, customer Components will shift from the current Federal Financial Management System (FFMS) to the SAP S4/HANA solution over a two-year period, requiring OFM to provide simultaneous operational support in two financial systems using different business process models.
The FSM project will require ICE OFM staff to focus on maintaining financial operations for ICE and its Component Customers while migrating those operations to a new system and adapting current processes to take advantage of new efficiencies provided by a new system. This requires OFM to simultaneously perform financial operations in two financial management systems from the year USCIS goes live in FY 2026 to the final Components go live in FY 2028 while providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to the FSM program. During this time, OFM requires contractor support resources in six (6) essential workstreams: Technical Accounting, Financial Support, Financial Reporting, Policy & Compliance, Systems Accounting, and Program Analysis.
The RFP is expected to be released on GSA OASIS vehicle in mid-June, but the issue for many is that the agency plans to use the 541219 Accounting Services NAICS. No decision has been shared at this time as to whether this will be competed unrestricted or as a small business set-aside action. Expect interested firms to be actively working to influence the vehicle and NAICS.
Looking to partner – check out this list of firms who have recently win 541219 contracts at ICE – Details Here.
More will be shared as it is made available.
Potential Key Points of Contact (Current or Past)
- Laurie Nadeau – laurie.nadeau@ice.dhs.gov – (214) 915-6069
- Johnny Wynn, COR, DHS ICE – johnny.r.wynn@ice.dhs.gov – (202) 295-7616
- David Dalenberg, Comptroller, DHS ICE
- Priscilla Funes, Financial Systems Modernization Program – Data Cleansing Lead, DHS ICE
Related
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Looking for an 8(a), WOSB, HUBZone or SDVOSB to partner with at ICE? Click Here and filter the list by several key indicators, to include socio-economic status, NAICS, Contract Vehicle access, etc.
Firms drawing the most attention:
Included below is a list of the large and small companies we have noted as drawing the most views by Government and industry leaders on the OrangeSlices AI consultant directory in the 2nd half of 2023 and that bring direct past performance and/or related relationships in support of ICE.
- Oasys **
- Steampunk **
- Capgemini **
- Dev Technology Group **
- AVER
- Procentrix
- Accenture
- OPTiMO Information Technology
- Kurrent Logic
- Acuity
- Akira Technologies
- Harmonia Holdings Group
- IntelliBridge **
- ITC Federal **
- GovCIO **
- Alpha Omega **
- Insight Technology Solutions
- Changeis
- Inserso
- Deloitte **
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Information Technology Strategies (IT-Strat)
- Chevo Consulting **
- Excella
- Lukos
- Argentys Informatics
- WWC Global
- AttainX/ Amaze Technologies
- ICF **
- Flatter **
- Amivero **
- OCT Consulting
- Aptive **
- Indev
- Garud Technology Services
- Arch Systems
- BluePath Labs
- D&G Support Services
- DV United
- Information Technology Strategies (IT-Strat)
- CACI
- AXIS Management Group (AXIS)
** An Elev8 GovCon Honoree, noted for a corporate culture that demonstrates excellence, making the company a beacon for talent, for partners, and for clients.
We cannot and will not speculate here as to the reasons for the increased interest, but whether it is a company evaluating them as a potential partner; a federal acquisition leader doing their due diligence; or a consultant weighing their next job move, this group of companies has been receiving increased interest.
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