Description
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) is seeking input on an Integrated Utilities and Telecommunications Expense Management (UTEM) and Invoice processing Managed Services platform. The platform should support invoice intake, validation, processing, and payment, as well as inventory management, reporting, and analytics. The USDA requires a commercial, production-grade platform with demonstrated experience supporting ≥500 site locations across the continental U.S. and territories, encompassing ~14,000 utility accounts and ~6,000 telecommunications accounts.
• The platform should have interfaces to USDA financial and operational systems
• It should provide onboarding and implementation services
• It should ensure security and privacy compliance suitable for a federal environment
• The platform should be able to support centralized governance with agency-level autonomy
• It should be able to provide customizable dashboards and analytics for identifying conservation opportunities
• The platform should be able to provide accurate cost and consumption data by location and ZIP code to support required reports.