The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) currently has contracts that are considered over-age, as the period of performance or final delivery date of these actions has expired and the time allowed for contract file closeout has elapsed. To clear the backlog of over-age contracts, DHS, in collaboration with its Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL), developed procedures that would enable the Agency to closeout these elapsed actions in an efficient and cost effective manner. These procedures required the Agency to identify those expired contracts that could more easily be closed-out based on certain criteria that would deem them low-risk, such as firm-fixed-price contracts containing no outstanding issues and no invoice or payment activity within the past year. These contracts are listed below.
Request to Submit Invoices for Over-Age Firm-Fixed-Price Contracts
To facilitate the closeout of these actions, DHS requests that contractors with contracts identified on this list submit any outstanding invoices to the cognizant DHS Component contracting activities no later than December 2, 2016 (within 60 days after the publication of this notice).
DHS’s contract closeout backlog not only poses a significant burden to various acquisition and financial systems, but it also impedes DHS's on-going efforts to strengthen and modernize its financial management practices. The procedures DHS developed to significantly reduce the number of expired contracts with unliquidated funds will enable DHS to expeditiously close these actions. DHS developed the procedures using risk-based management principles by first identifying and classifying open, expired contracts as low-risk based on the following criteria: i) the contract is firm-fixed-price; (ii) the contract expired and the additional time allowed for contract file closeout under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 4.804-1(a) has elapsed; and iii) the contract had no invoice or payment activity within the past 12 months.
Notwithstanding DHS’s intention to expeditiously closeout the actions identified at the aforementioned list, contractors' rights are protected under 41 U.S.C. chapter 71 Contract Disputes (commonly known as the Contract Disputes Act of 1978), which establishes procedures for filing claims against Federal Government contracts. Normal contract file retention requirements will apply after closeouts (See FAR 4.805, Storage, handling, and disposal of contract files.)
This notice is also published in the Federal Register and FedBizOpps.
For General Inquiries
Eric Cho, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Eric.Cho@hq.dhs.gov., 202-447-0271
For Invoice Submissions
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
PDAuditActions@cbp.dhs.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Ronald Ortega, Ronald.Ortega@fema.dhs.gov, 202-646-2964
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)
LeeAnn Conway, Leeann.Conway@fletc.dhs.gov, 912-267-2615
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Jill Kline, ICECLOSE-OUT@ice.dhs.gov, 202-732-2524
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Kenneth Garthe, kenneth.garthe@tsa.dhs.gov, 571-227-4047
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Kweilin Hollis, HQS-SMB-CG-USCG-CloseOuts@uscg.mil
United States Secret Service (USSS)
Lauren Edwards, Lauren.Edwards@usss.dhs.gov, 202-406-6940
For Invoice Submissions Managed by the DHS Office of Procurement Operations (OPO)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Chad Parker, Chad.R.Parker@uscis.dhs.gov, 802-872-4630
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)
Chris Wallis, christopher.wallis@hq.dhs.gov, 202-254-7660
National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)
Courtney Byrd, Courtney.Byrd@hq.dhs.gov, 202-447-5420
Science and Technology Acquisition Division (STAD)
Carolyn Lethert, carolyn.lethert@hq.dhs.gov, 202-254-6931
Information Technology Acquisition Center (ITAC)
Margo Graves, margaret.graves@hq.dhs.gov, 202-379-8727
Departmental Operations Acquisitions Division (DOAD)
Janice Brinkley, Janice.Brinkley@hq.dhs.gov, 202-447-0884
Enterprise Acquisitions Division (EAD)
Brenda Musgrove, Brenda.musgrove@hq.dhs.gov, 202-447-0190
Intelligence and Operations Acquisitions Division (IOAD)
Chiara Best, Chiara.best@hq.dhs.gov, 202-447-5702
Low Risk Contract Lists
All outstanding invoices for the affected contracts shall be submitted to the cognizant DHS Component contracting activities (identified above) no later than December 2, 2016 (within 60 days after the publication of this notice).