D -- CONTRACTOR SUPPORT SERVICES OF HQ FORSCOM NETWORKS

Notice Date

March 1, 2001

Contracting Office

Army Atlanta Contracting Center, Attn: AFLG-PRC, HQ USA FORSCOM DCSLOG CD, 1301 Anderson Way, SW, Ft. McPherson, GA 30330-1096

ZIP Code

30330-1096

Point of Contact

Specialist: Heven Ford, Jr. (404)-464-2779 , Officer: Vicky S. Rucco (404)-464-2752

E-Mail Address

Heven Ford, Jr. (fordh@forscom.army.mil)

Description

The Army Atlanta Contracting Center intends to procure, through full and open competition, a fixed price acquisition that will include a base period of twelve months plus four one-year option periods with up to five additional award term years based on performance. The contractor shall operate and maintain the distributed computing environment (DCE) for Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), Fort McPherson, and associated locations. The Contractor shall provide support services including: configuration management (hardware and software); infrastructure management; network administration; end user support; end user training; installs, moves, adds, and changes (IMACs) support; information and network security services; and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), government off the shelf (GOTS), and local unique software support. The Contractor's managed services solution shall provide adequate, timely, reliable, and secure services for all contracted services of the FORSCOM DCE. All contractor services and support shall relate to the FORSCOM network (FORSNET) and associated systems, remote sites, and interfacing with Department of the Army (DA), Department of Defense (DoD), and other federal and joint systems. The contract supports an estimated 8,000 seat environment. The contractor shall deliver comprehensive, integrated, end-to-end information technology services in the following technical areas: Network Operations (FORSCOM Systems Management Center), System Administration, System Integration and Testing, Information and Network Security, Training, Fielding, Quality Control and Special Projects. A Top Secret facility security clearance is required. A Draft Performance Work Statement can be accessed off the Army Atlanta Contracting Center homepage after 9 March 2001 and a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) can be accessed after 15 March 2001. A solicitation number has not been assigned for this procurement; however, a solicitation number will be assigned with the draft RFP. Homepage address is: www.forscom.army.mil/aacc. A pre-proposal conference will be held at Fort McPherson, GA at a later date. The actual date and time will be posted to the AACC homepage. The final RFP will be available ONLY via internet on the AACC Homepage. All future correspondence regarding this acquisition will be posted at the same website and interested sources are encouraged to monitor the website for further information. The point of contact for this action is Heven Ford, Jr. at fordh@forscom.army.mil.

Web Link

Current Solicitations (http//www.forscom.army.mil/aacc)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010302/DSOL001.HTM (W-059 SN50E910)