Encore II - IT solutions

Added: Apr 24, 2008 6:20 pm Award of the ENCORE II Information Technology (IT) Solutions contracts has been made under the Small Business Set-Aside Category. The award decision was made based on a Best Value analysis of each offerors Past Performance, Technical/Management Approach and Cost/Price. For this evaluation, Past Performance is comparatively equal to Technical/Management approach. When combined, Past Performance and Technical/Management approach are significantly more important than Cost Price.



Following are the contractors who were awarded a contract, and the Discounted Life Cycle Cost (DLCC) that was determined for each contractor:



Award date is 24 April 2008, with performance starting on 1 June 2008. The period of performance consists of a 5-year base period and 5 one-year option periods. Contract ceiling is $12.225 Billion.



The proposals submitted under the Full and Open category are still under evaluation.



ENCORE II will 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, the Department of Defense and other agencies of Federal government. 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 DITCO Contracting Officer is Arthur Kruse, 618-229-9773, e-mail: encore2@disa.mil .