In support of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the General Services Administration (GSA) is conducting continued market research to obtain industry feedback on the revised draft concepts and vision for the Financial Management Quality Service Management Office (FM QSMO) Marketplace outlined and included herein.

Interested respondents are not required to hold current GSA or other non-GSA Federal contracts to participate in this RFI.

 

On June 29, 2020, Treasury was designated as the QSMO for Core Financial Management by OMB. As a Treasury initiative, the FM QSMO is a key part of reaching goals under Treasury’s 10-year Vision for the Future of Federal Financial Management. For additional information about the FM QSMO, please visit:  https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fmqsmo/.

The FM QSMO continues to design its marketplace of solutions and services to help agencies meet their financial management needs and achieve shared government-wide goals using a customer-centric, collaborative approach with both Federal agencies and industry. The FM QSMO’s approach to designing its marketplace is guided by the principles of focusing on customer experience, maximizing the strategic value of data, and delivering progress using agile processes.

In December 2020, the FM QSMO released a Request For Information (RFI) containing the initial draft vision for the FM QSMO Marketplace.  More than 30 organizations responded and provided over 600 feedback items for FM QSMO consideration.

Updated Notification: June 25, 2021 – Presentation deck from the FM QSMO Office Hours Q&A session on June 16th has been provided.

Although the revised draft vision for the FM QSMO Marketplace and FMCF are presented in a structured manner for purposes of this RFI, the FM QSMO acknowledges that an agile approach involves considering alternative and innovative ideas and encourages interested vendors to respond accordingly.

Information provided in this RFI presents a revised draft vision and remains subject to change.  Nothing in this RFI should be construed as a final government decision upon which industry should take action.  Industry feedback is being sought solely for market research and planning purposes.  This RFI does not imply an obligation on the part of the government to proceed with any solicitation for products/services, nor to ultimately pursue a particular acquisition strategy. All information received in response to this RFI marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. 

This RFI has two sets of questions. The purpose of the first set of questions (within the MRAS tool) is to assist the FM QSMO in understanding the respondent’s current role, if any, in providing FM solutions and services to the Federal government and the perspective from which the respondent is providing input on the revised draft vision for the future FM QSMO Marketplace. The purpose of the second set of questions (included in Attachment 1 Marketplace Vision) is to gather the respondent’s feedback on the revised draft FM QSMO Marketplace Vision and FMCF. Several documents are referenced throughout the FM QSMO Marketplace Vision as being available in the “FM QSMO Marketplace RFI Reading Room”; the reading room can be accessed at the following: https://github.com/bureauofthefiscalservice/FMQSMO.


The FM QSMO will consider responding to questions from potential respondents. Questions shall be submitted electronically to the following email address:  FMQSMORFI@fiscal.treasury.gov, and must be received no later than 12:00PM (ET) on June 14, 2021. Potential respondents shall include "FM QSMO Marketplace RFI" in the subject line. All questions shall cite the applicable document, section, content, and/or concept to which they correspond. Time constraints, content of the inquiry, and/or other program considerations may preclude responding to all questions. Formal responses to questions will ultimately be made available to all potential respondents via an update to the RFI.

The FM QSMO will be conducting two (2) office hours sessions; on June 10, 2021 and June 16, 2021 respectively.

During the June 10th session the FM QSMO will provide a kickoff for and overview of the RFI.  The FM QSMO will respond to questions pertaining to locating and accessing RFI documents and information, and the process for participating in and responding to the RFI. Questions related to content or concepts outlined in the RFI will be deferred to the Jun 16th session.  Potential respondents may register for this session at the following: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fm-qsmo-rfi-office-hours-kick-off-registration-156734907327 (Password: FMQSMOPartners).

The June 16th session will serve as an opportunity for questions and answers pertaining to content or concepts outlined in the RFI.  The FM QSMO may address previously submitted questions; participants will also be able to submit additional questions for consideration during the session. Potential respondents may register for this session at the following: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fm-qsmo-rfi-office-hours-qa-registration-156736526169 (Password: FMQSMOPartners).



Deadline for RFI Responses Due:  July 3, 2021, 12:00AM (ET)

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A confirmation email will be sent to the provided POC email with confirmation that your response has been received with a copy of your completed responses.

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