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DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE

Contract Services Directorate
3990 E. Broad Street
Bldg. 21
Columbus, OH 43213-1152

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Justification and Approval to permit the use of other than full and open competition Part 8 - Required Sources of Supplies and Services
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Basic BPA - Unfunded

CONTRACTING ACTIVITY:

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1. REQUIRING ACTIVITY:

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED: Solicit a Sole Source requirement and award a Contract/Order. 3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: This justification covers the acquisition of the following article(s): Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training (EDFMT) delivered to DFAS personnel. The Required Delivery Date/PoP is:

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4. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

GSAR 538.7104-3(b)(ii) Only one source is capable of providing the products, services, or solution required at the level of quality required because they are unique or highly sp

5. FOR UNDER SAT GSA AND UNDER SAT FAR 16 BUYS THIS SECTION IS N/A

6. RATIONALE JUSTIFYING USE OF CITED STATUTORY AUTHORITY

DFAS requires the procurement of the Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training (EDFMT) course series. This training is essential to educate DFAS Financial Management (FM) personnel, increase workforce proficiency in Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of War (DoW) financial management practices, and prepare employees to successfully pursue and obtain the Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) certification.
The required EDFMT course series is exclusively available through Management Concepts, Inc. (MCI). MCI maintains an exclusive partnership with the Society of Defense Financial Management (SDFM)—formerly known as the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC).
SDFM is a non-profit educational and professional organization who created EDFMT as a curriculum to meet the specific needs of the DoW FM community. In fact, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)), has recognized EDFMT as a standardized credentialing benchmark that will address deficiencies in the FM community. This framework is analogous to the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation administered by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).