Acquisition Description: Contracting Office: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Integrated Logistics, Electronic Systems Center, Headquarters 754th Electronic Systems Group, Enterprise Services (HQ 754 ELSG/ES), Acquisition Directorate, 200 East Moore Drive, Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex, Alabama 36114-3000 and IWIMS/ACES has a Brand Name Unique requirement for (1) the purchase of technical support and maintenance for its' VuPort Software product that maintains the legacy Civil Engineering Interim Work Information Management System (IWIMS. "This is a request for quote only for a brand name specific product to a follow on contract". This requirement will close on 18 July 2008 at 1700 hours Central Standard Time (CST). This is a full and open competition based on cost. All submissions should be e-mailed to [email protected] or [email protected]. "An ESC Ombudsman has been appointed to consider and facilitate the resolution of concerns from! offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. Before consulting the Ombudsman concerned parties should first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendation to the Contracting Officer for resolution. In addition, AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman, will be included in this acquisition's solicitation and contract. The ESC Ombudsman is the ESC Director, Commander's Staff, and can be contacted at: ESC/DS Bldg 1606 9 Eglin Street Hanscom AFB, MA 01731 Telephone #: 781-377-5106 Facsimile #: 781-377-4659 E-Mail: [email protected]. For specific questions, please contact Mr. John Crowell, Senior Contract Technical Advisor at (334) 416-4737 or Ms. Linda Mitchell, Contract Specialist at (334) 416-1479 or Ms. Sharon F. Stallings, Contracting Officer, at (334) 416-1659. BRAND NAME UNIQUE JUSTIFICATIONFOR VuPort Software SupportFA8771-08-R-0021 IWIMS system has a requirement to provide technical support to maintain the legacy program for patches, upgrades and technical support which supports the Air Force's Civil Engineers. It is imperative that the developmental environment matches the operational environment to ensure completeness in testing. Without the purchase of this software and its associated maintenance, the required testing before fielding new software and/or system architecture changes would not be able to take place. This could adversely affect Civil Engineers Air Force-wide with the introduction of new software and/or system architecture changes that are not thoroughly tested. The Government's minimum needs can only be satisfied with the purchase of this hardware and maintenance. This purchase allows the developmental environment to match the operational environment. A failure to purchase specified software and maintenance would prevent the 754 ELSG from meeting current customer requirements of! thoroughly tested changes to software and system architecture.

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