# USAC RFI: Supply Chain Risk Management Tool Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/it24169 - Solicitation number: IT-24-169 - Notice type: Presolicitation - Status: Closed. Deadline was December 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST - Department: Federal Communications Commission - Contracting office: FCC (273FCC) - NAICS: 513210 Software Publishers - Product or service code: 7F20 Hardware and software products supporting IT Management services. Includes Enterprise Architecture (EA), Financial Management, and Strategic Planning. EA includes services supporting business, information, application and technical architecture to drive standardization, integration and efficiency among business technology solutions. Financial Management includes services involved in the planning, budgeting, spend management and chargeback of IT expenditures and the costing of IT products and services. IT Management and Strategic Planning include senior professional and administrative support services facilitating centralized IT strategy and planning. - Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia - County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001 - City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000 - First posted: November 15, 2024 - Last posted: December 10, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/92b85aa804d245568cfe70e0805dae47/view ## Description **Update:** RFI responses due date extened to 12/24/2024 At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted this RFI on its website. The purpose of this Request for Information (“RFI”) is seeking information from US based companies with the ability to provide a Supply Chain Risk Management Tool as described in the following Request for Information (RFI). This Request for Information (RFI) describes the information/products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Further details provided herein. Responses shall be submitted no later than December 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM ET. The RFI is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation issued in accordance with Part 13 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (known as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no separate written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation number is IT-24-169. Responses are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. **BACKGROUND:** USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. The purpose of this Request for Information (“RFI”) is seeking information from US based companies with the ability to provide a Supply Chain Risk Management Tool as described in the following Request for Information (RFI). This Request for Information (RFI) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Quotes are due no later than December 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM ET. The RFI is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/procurement. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFQ WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. ## Publications - November 15, 2024: Presolicitation, due December 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice e3ac06b68ecd4b54b81c32e545bb1075. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e3ac06b68ecd4b54b81c32e545bb1075/view - December 10, 2024: Presolicitation, due December 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 92b85aa804d245568cfe70e0805dae47. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/92b85aa804d245568cfe70e0805dae47/view ## Points of contact - Avaneque Johnson, Avaneque.Johnson@usac.org, 2029163485 - Noor Jalal, noor.jalal@usac.org, 2027760200 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/it24169.