For more than 16 consecutive years, EMA provided financial and procurement support to both Working Capital Fund (WCF) and S & E (Salary and Expense) programs within the DOT. Our procurement support is described below. EMA provided procurement, accounting, and information systems support to the OCIO's Working Capital Fund programs, which focus on IT-related services. EMA’s procurement responsibilities as part of this contract included the following:

• EMA prepared procurement requests (PRs) for both contracts and credit card purchases. EMA procurement staff worked with customers to define requirements, obtain vendor quotations, support vendor evaluations, obtain internal approvals, and prepare and submit procurement packages to the Contracting Officers for approval and award. EMA maintained a complete filing system for each procurement action, from initial request through award and modifications. EMA entered all procurement data into the PRISM procurement application as well as the OCIO Procurement Tracking System (PTS) developed for OCIO by EMA.
• EMA tracked the status of all procurements against the DOT accounting system to ensure that each action was recorded to the correct account and customer.
• EMA staff prepared Customer Agreements for all externally funded procurements. These agreements provide details about customer requirements, pricing, and cost recovery through the WCF billing process. EMA staff tracked each agreement through the procurement and billing processes to ensure that the customer's request was fulfilled accurately and in a timely manner.
• EMA provided direct support to the OST Office of Acquisitions to assist with the preparation, distribution, and storage of award documents relating to OCIO procurements.

EMA provided a variety of procurement and managerial accounting support to the OST's Office of the Associate Administrator, Office of Financial Management, which provides non-IT Working Capital Fund services to the DOT's Operating Administrations. EMA’s responsibilities and accomplishments included the following:

• EMA was brought in to organize and maintain the budget for the DOT's New Headquarters Building project, a highly visible project under intense public and congressional scrutiny. Our senior analysts monitored all New HQ Building procurements against the project WBS and departmental budget lines. This project required not only knowledge of the DOT and Federal procurement process, but also the integration of procurement and financial functions.
• EMA provided a broad range of managerial accounting support to several Working Capital Fund programs within the OST Office of Administration, including the Office of Acquisitions, the Office of Facilities, and the Office of Transit Benefits. Our staff prepared procurement requests, provided procurement training to Federal and contractor staff, and monitored procurements against budget funding levels.

EMA supported the procurement process for the TASC IT Operations practice. Our responsibilities included the following:

• EMA prepared all procurement requests (PRs) for both contracts and credit card purchases. EMA procurement staff worked with customers to define requirements, obtain vendor quotations, support vendor evaluations, obtained internal approvals, and prepared and submitted procurement packages to the Contracting Officers for approval and award. EMA maintained a complete filing system for each procurement action, from initial request through award and modifications. EMA entered all procurement data into the PRISM procurement application. EMA developed the Procurement Tracking System (PTS) to track procurement workflow, status of procurements, and provide funding detail for the budget process.
• EMA tracked the status of all procurements against the DOT accounting and procurement systems to ensure that each action was recorded to the correct account and customer.