US Army Program Executive Officer Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

This Pre-Solicitation Notice is issued under the authority of FAR 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The U.S. Army Program Executive Officer Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), in coordination with the Army Contracting Command, Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4), intends to release the Final RFP, on or about 12 December 2008. The Army is seeking qualified contractors to provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services to all PEO EIS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programs and to provide an enterprise IV&V services capability to assist the Army in ERP development, synchronization, and integration. The Army is implementing some of the worlds largest and most complex systems. A contractor with an emphasis on ERP implementation experience and knowledge of IV&V is sought. A website will be identified in the RFP where vendors may examine the background of each Army ERP program covered by this acquisition. The solicitation number for this requirement is W91QUZ-09-R-0001, which supersedes the previous number of W91QUZ-08-R-0056. The Army intends to award a single, performance-based, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract on a full and open, unrestricted basis. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. The Government intends to conduct this acquisition under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15. The NAICS code for the acquisition is 541519 (Other computer-related services) with a small business size standard of $25 million. The period of performance for this acquisition will be a two-year base with three, one-year option periods. All future messages and documents, including the final solicitation, can be found at the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website: (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/). To access ASFI, potential offerors must be registered as a user on the ASFI website. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is John Courtis, 703-325-6172, john.courtis@conus.army.mil. The Contract Specialist for this acquisition is Valerie Bostick, 703-325-3303, valerie.bostick@conus.army.mil.