BUDGET & ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR EDUCATION (BASE) CONSULTING

USBE-FT18038-DO

CANDIDATE RESPONSE FORM

Acknowledgements

Check “Yes” to confirm your acknowledgement of the items below.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / CANDIDATE CONFIRMATION
A. / I confirm that I am able to perform and comply with all aspects of the Scope of Work. / ☐ YES
☐ NO
B. / In addition to my responses in this document, I have uploaded a résumé which includes details of my education and professional experience and supports the responses I have given herein. / ☐ YES
☐ NO
C. / I confirm and acknowledge the following:
  • The hourly rate I have submitted is an all-inclusive, fully burdened rate.
  • If awarded this project, I cannot charge for, and USBE will not pay for, travel time or any work-related expenses.
  • USBE will not pay overtime rates; if my work hours exceed forty (40) in any given week, my standard all-inclusive rate shall apply to all hours worked.
/ ☐ YES
☐ NO

Qualifications

The qualifications and criteria on which candidates will be evaluated are listed below. You must respond to each item with information and an explanation of how you comply with or are otherwise able to meet the criteria. Where applicable, responses must be supported by information or experience listed in your résumé.

CATEGORY / QUALIFICATIONS / CANDIDATE RESPONSE
1. / Degree / Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s at minimum degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics or mathematics beyond pre-calculus. Alternatively, courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing may be sufficient. / Enter your response here. /
2. / Programming / Candidates must demonstrate the ability to apply systems engineering concepts and factors, such as structured design; supportability; reliability; scalability; and maintainability sufficient to ensure that applications are functionality optimized for utilizing various programming languages and tools to include but not limited to PowerBuilder IDE, Power script, JSON, XML, SQL Server, Sybase tools, Appeon tools, Microsoft Excel, SharePoint Designer Workflows, CSOM, REST API, PHP, Active Server Page (ASP), Visual Studio, Visual Basic, HTML, JavaScript, JAVA, JAVA Applets, visual basic script, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Ajax, and other related languages and tools for the development and deployment of applications and web applications. / Enter your response here. /
3. / Attention to detail / Candidates must demonstrate the ability to be thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. / Enter your response here. /
4. / Customer service / Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. / Enter your response here. /
5. / Communication / Candidates must demonstrate the ability to express information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); make clear and convincing oral presentations; listen to others, attend to nonverbal cues, and respond appropriately by written and oral means. / Enter your response here. /
6. / Problem-solving / Candidates must demonstrate the ability identify problems; determine accuracy and relevance of information; use sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. / Enter your response here. /
7. / Financial principles / Candidate must possess strong understanding of financial principles, to include funding management principles and practices, and tracking methodologies. / Enter your response here. /

In addition to your responses above, USBE reserves the right to require any or all of the following to assist USBE in its evaluation of candidates:

  • A college transcript
  • Documentation or demonstration of prior work performed
  • Feedback from references
  • An interview