SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- ENCORE II - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
- Notice Date
- 1/18/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Defense Information Systems Agency, Procurement and Logistics, DITCO-Scott, 2300 East Dr. Building 3600, Scott AFB, IL, 62225-5406
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5406
- Solicitation Number
- HC1013-05-R-2003-AMDT0004
- Response Due
- 1/31/2006
- Archive Date
- 2/15/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) Scott Field Office is issuing Amendment 0004 to Request for Proposals (RFP) HC1013-05-R-2003, for DISA?s Encore II Information Technology (IT) Solutions contracts. This amendment incorporates revisions resulting from the questions/comments that have been received from interested vendors regarding this solicitation. This posting also provides a complete listing of questions and responses received as of 18 January 2006. ATTENTION ALL OFFERORS: PLEASE REVIEW ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH THIS AMENDMENT. SOME OF THE ANSWERS HAVE BEEN REVISED FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROVIDED WITH AMENDMENTS 0001, 0002 AND 0003. Encore II is intended to establish multiple-award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) task order type contracts capable of providing global net-centric capabilities, attributes or services that support the military services, the DoD and other Federal agencies. The Encore II contracts will provide net-centric solutions, including network engineering, analysis and support for the acquisition, installation, fielding, training, operation and life-cycle management of components and systems in the operational environments of Combatant Commands and their subordinate components, the military services, Defense agencies, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and other Federal agencies. This includes procurement of various products, including but not limited to, hardware, software and licenses, as applicable, when such products are incidental to the implementation of the solution through separate task orders to satisfy IT activities at all operating levels. Areas to be supported by the contracts include Command and Control (C2), Intelligence and Mission Support Areas and to all elements of the Global Information Grid (GIG). Tasks performed under the Encore II contracts will include enterprise IT policy and planning, integrated solutions management, performance benchmarking, business process reengineering, requirement analysis, market research and prototyping, information and knowledge engineering, custom application development, product integration, test and evaluation, asset management, communications engineering, security engineering certification and accreditation, telecommunications support, computer-telephony integration, web services, hardware and equipment, software applications and licenses and managed services. The period of performance consists of a 5-year base period and 5 one-year option periods. Contract ceiling is $13 Billion. Encore II will also support a partial set-aside in which the Government intends to award at least three contracts to qualified small businesses, one of which will be a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), one of which will be a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and one of which will be a HUBZone Small Business. NAICS code 541710 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences/500 employees) applies. The RFP, Amendments and Attachments are available via FedBizOpps and the following website: https://www.ditco.disa.mil/dcop/Public/ASP/requirements.asp Receipt date for proposals has been revised to 31 January 2006. Written requests for clarification and information concerning this solicitation are to be submitted electronically to the DITCO Contracting Officer not later than 14 calendar days of date of receipt for offers as specified in the RFP. Questions received after that timeframe may not be answered. Contract awards are expected by the May 2006 timeframe. The DITCO Contracting Officer is Arthur Kruse, 618-229-9773, e-mail: encore2@disa.mil .
- Record
- SN00967910-W 20060120/060118211611 (fbodaily.com)
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