Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : USDA National Finance Center - NFC Forward Program RFI
Deadline : 10 Feb 2025
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 113359861
Document Ref. No. : 12314425R0009
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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Description
Introduction
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking industry responses to support the NFC Forward Program, an effort aimed at modernizing human resource and payroll system solutions for the National Finance Center (NFC) and its customers.
Purpose of Industry Announcement and Request for Information
USDA-NFC proposes to use the results of its rigorous NFC Forward Business Case Analysis conducted in conjunction with its customers and Government oversight agencies to inform industry of its intention and proposed associated timeline to procure a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) modernization partner. Additionally, USDA would like to identify qualified prime industry vendors (including small business, if any) that may have the capabilities and experience in performing the enterprise system integration and solutions support required for the NFC Forward Program.
NFC Operations and Current Enterprise Architecture Background
As a Federal shared service provider and component of the USDA Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), NFC assists over 170 USDA and other Government and quasi-Government agencies in delivering cost-effective, standardized, and interoperable solutions that provide the functionality to support these agencies- strategic financial management and human resource management directions. This includes processing payroll for 680, 000 Federal and quasi-Federal employees.
NFC maintains and enhances an intricate enterprise architecture containing approximately 60 mainframe and web applications built over the last 50 years. NFC operates on a mainframe platform known as the Payroll/Personnel System (PPS). PPS is a legacy system built using the COBOL programming language. PPS is designed to process large volumes of data and perform critical tasks such as payroll processing across 70 different Federal pay plans, 30 different retirement plan codes and various special employee group regulations such as law enfor...
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Notice ID : 12314425R0009
Related Notice : 12314424R0011
Department/Ind. Agency : AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : USDA, DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
Office: USDA, OCP-POD-ACQ-MGMT-BRANCH-FTC
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Jan 17, 2025 10:39 am EST
Original Response Date: Feb 10, 2025 04:00 pm EST
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Feb 25, 2025
Initiative: None
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NAICS Code: 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
Place of Performance: USA
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