1. DESCRIPTION:

The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI), in coordination with the Project Director Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (PD CHESS) is issuing this amended Request for Information (RFI) to obtain information from industry regarding the ability to provide the specific software needs for the US Army. The estimated value of software within the scope of this RFI is $35M to $80M over a 5 year period of performance.

The original RFI was posted under RFI # W521J12-R-CONs on 21 February 2012.

2. PURPOSE:

The intent of this RFI is to obtain information regarding the ability to provide certain software needs for the US Army. The US Army has requirements for specific commercial off the shelf (COTS) software products and maintenance that have obtained a full Certificate of Networthiness (CON) through the Army's Network Command networthiness process and is not available through another Army enterprise contract. The Army is seeking the following:

· Information regarding industry interest and capabilities in participation in the concept described below, and
· General feedback and comments from industry regarding the overall concept and the specific software identified.

This is a Request for Information only. This RFI is being conducted pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.201(e). No contract will be awarded from this announcement and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information submitted in response to this RFI. As such, this RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute any obligation on the part of the US Army.

Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP or solicitation, should one be issued. All submissions become US Army property and will not be returned. All information received in response to this notice that is marked ‘Proprietary' will be handled accordingly.

3. PROGRAM BACKGROUND:

The US Army is exploring the concept of establishing a long term contract vehicle for specific COTS software products and maintenance that have obtained a full CON through the US Army's Network Command (NETCOM) networthiness process. The software targeted for this potential contract will be software not currently available on another enterprise contract, to include the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI), GSA SmartBuy or Army Enterprise License Agreement. For a full listing of software currently on an enterprise contract, please refer to Attachment 2.

CON Functional Categories as defined by the US Army Network Command:
· IT Utility and Security: Network administration tools, firewalls, backups, disk utilities, security tools, encryption tools, cryptography tools, password mangers/creators, file compression, registry tools, test and document editors, data mining, decision support systems, asset and inventory management, peripheral utilities, (scanners, printers, etc), handheld software, optical character recognition
· Modeling and Simulation: Numerical analysis, engineering, sciences/scientific, statistical, GIS software, games/gaming, 3D modeling, mapping software
· Program and Development: Editors, compilers, parsers, interpreters, linkers, loaders, components & programming libraries, documentation tools, testing environments, webpage/application creation, HTML editors, web design, software design
· Multimedia: 3D drawing, computer aided dispatch (CAD), digital photography applications, animation creation, flash design, illustration, image editing, font tools, authoring tools, desktop publishing, graphics, label makers (CD & paper)

For a listing of some of the software products that fall into these categories and have achieved a Certificate of Networthiness please refer to Attachment 1.

4. TARGET AUDIENCE:

All sources, with the capability as described herein, are requested and encouraged to respond to this RFI.

5. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

In an effort to gather information in a manner which can be analyzed, the US Army is requesting responses in three separate Sections (1) General Information; (2) Capability; and (3) General Feedback and Comments regarding the proposed concept and software products indicated (optional).

Instructions for Section 1: General Information

In order for a company's responses to Section 2 and Section 3 to be considered for the Government's analysis, the completion of Section 1, General Information , must be provided.

Instructions for Section 2: Capability

· Respondent should identify a list of software products that can be offered under the CON Functional Categories identified in paragraph 3 above.
· Provide supporting annual sales data for each software product to include corresponding quantities.
· Provide reseller status on each software product.

Please refer to Attachment 1, Listing of Preferred Software Products, for a listing of COTS software products that fall within the scope of the Functional Categories above and have achieved a Certificate of Networthiness. Further noted, Attachment 2 entitled Software Products on an Enterprise Contract is included to identify software products that will not be considered at this time.

Instructions for Section 3: General Feedback and Comments

Responses to this section are optional. However, the government is seeking general feedback and comments from industry regarding the overall concept and the software identified in Attachment 1. The additional feedback and comments are limited to three (3) pages. Responses to paragraph 3 shall be single-spaced, open-faced, not smaller than 10 point font, with one inch margins and compatible with MS Office Word 2007.
In order to move the information gathering along in a meaningful, timely, organized manner, the following cannot and will not be considered:

· Responses sent by any other mechanism (such as hard copy responses, telephonic responses, facsimile responses or hand-delivery responses)
· Responses sent to any other email addresses.
· Late responses.
· Sales brochures, videos and other marketing information materials

Interested parties shall submit an electronic copy of their responses via email to: [email protected]. The due date and time for submission of responses is December 10, 2012, 2:00pm CST.

Section 1: General Information

1) Company Name Identify company name
2) Business Size Indicate large or small
3) NAICS code Identify the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code
4) Published price lists Identify any additional published pricing lists

ATTACHMENT 1
Listing of Preferred Software Products

The COTS software products provided below are the software products that fall into the scope of the functional categories and have achieved a certificate of networthiness.

CON Category Software Publisher Product Name
IT Utility & Security 1E NightWatchman
IT Utility & Security Acronis Backup & Recover 10
IT Utility & Security Acronis True Image
IT Utility & Security Acronis Disk Director
IT Utility & Security Application Security AppDetective Pro
IT Utility & Security ArcSight ESM Manager
IT Utility & Security ArcSight Logger
IT Utility & Security Attachmate Reflection
IT Utility & Security Attachmate Relection for Secure IT
IT Utility & Security Diskeeper Diskeeper
IT Utility & Security EMC Legato
IT Utility & Security Gibson Research Corp. SpinRite
IT Utility & Security HiSoftware AccVerify
IT Utility & Security IDM Computer Solutions, Inc Ultra Edit
IT Utility & Security Ipswitch What's Up Gold
IT Utility & Security Ipswitch MoveIT
IT Utility & Security Ipswitch What's Up Event Log Management
IT Utility & Security Juniper Odyssey Access Client
IT Utility & Security Polytron PVCS
IT Utility & Security Sase Sham Wireless AutoSwitch
IT Utility & Security SNMP Research International CIAgent
IT Utility & Security Splunk, Inc Splunk
IT Utility & Security Titania Nipper
IT Utility & Security Tripwire TripWire
IT Utility & Security VizionCore vRanger Pro
IT Utility & Security Windows Sysinternals Process Monitor
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Autodyn
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Mechanical
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Ansoft
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Fluent
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Geometry Interface
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Design Modeler
Modeling & Simulation Ansys HFSS
Modeling & Simulation Ansys LS-Dyna
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Multiphysics
Modeling & Simulation Ansys ICEM CFD
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Technical Enhancements
Modeling & Simulation Ansys Spaceclaim Direct Modeler
Modeling & Simulation Bohemia Interactive Simulations Virtual Battle Space 2
Modeling & Simulation Delcam FeatureCAM
Modeling & Simulation DP Technology ESPRIT
Modeling & Simulation Eviware Soap UI Pro
Modeling & Simulation Gibbs and Associates GibbsCam
Modeling & Simulation Maplesoft Maple Professional
Modeling & Simulation MathWorks Statistics Toolbox
Modeling & Simulation MetaStorm ProVision
Modeling & Simulation Okino Computer Graphics PolyTrans
Modeling & Simulation Onset Computer Corporation Hoboware
Modeling & Simulation Smart Draw Smart Draw
Modeling & Simulation SolidWorks Simulation Professional
Modeling & Simulation SolidWorks SolidWorks Professional
Modeling & Simulation SolidWorks Product Data management
Modeling & Simulation SolidWorks Professional
Modeling & Simulation SolidWorks Parametric Modeling
Modeling & Simulation SolidWorks Media Kit
Modeling & Simulation The CAD Zone The Fire Zone
Modeling & Simulation Trane Trace 700
Modeling & Simulation Trinity Consultants Breeze Aermod Pro
Multimedia & Design Altima Technologies NetZoom
Multimedia & Design Camera Bits Photo Mechanic
Multimedia & Design Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
Multimedia & Design Corel Paintshop pro
Multimedia & Design Corel VideoStudio Pro
Multimedia & Design Corel Painter
Multimedia & Design Genuitec MyEclipse
Multimedia & Design Indigo Rose Autoplay Media Studio
Multimedia & Design JustSystems XMetaL Author Enterprise
Multimedia & Design Roxio Roxio Creator
Multimedia & Design Roxio Creator Enterprise
Multimedia & Design Roxio DVD Creator
Multimedia & Design Roxio Easy Media Creator
Multimedia & Design SigmaZone DOE Pro XL
Program & Development AdaCore Technologies Inc GNAT Pro
Program & Development allroundautomations PL/SQL Developer
Program & Development Altova XML Spy
Program & Development AquaFold Aqua Data Studio
Program & Development Atlassian JIRA
Program & Development Atlassian Confluence
Program & Development Atlassian Crucible
Program & Development Atlassian Crowd
Program & Development Atlassian Fisheye
Program & Development Atlassian GreenHopper
Program & Development Atlassian Bamboo
Program & Development Axceler Control Point
Program & Development Balsamiq Studios Mockups
Program & Development CodeSmith Generator
Program & Development ComponentArt Data Visualization
Program & Development CorasWorks CorasWorks
Program & Development Coveo Enterprise Search
Program & Development Critical Tools WBS Chart Pro
Program & Development Datawatch Monarch Professional
Program & Development EJ Technologies Jprofiler
Program & Development GraFX CVS for Dreamweaver
Program & Development Grape City Active Reports
Program & Development Jboss Applicaton Platform
Program & Development Northwoods Software Corporation GoXam for Silverlight
Program & Development RedGate Smart Assembly
Program & Development Scientific Toolworks Understand
Program & Development Serena Serena Business Manager
Program & Development Serena Serena
Program & Development SigmaTEK Systems SigmaNext
Program & Development SmartBear Software Code Collaborator
Program & Development VISIfire Silverlight
Program & Development VISIfire WPF
Program & Development webSupergoo ABCPDF .Net
Program & Development Wolfram Research Mathematica


ATTACHMENT 2
Software Products on an Enterprise Contract

The list below identifies software products that currently exist on an Enterprise Contract and at this time will not be considered within the scope of this RFI.

Adobe Digital Media Products
Adobe Server Products
Autodesk
BDNA Asset Management Software
Belmanage Asset Management Software
BigFix Situational Awareness and Incident Response
BMC Remedy
CollabNet
Computer Associates
Digital Media Bridge Data Compression Software
IBM
iGrafx
McAfee Anti-Virus
Meridio
Minitab
NetIQ
Opsware
Oracle
PowerSteering
Quest software
Red Hat
SAP Public Services, Inc
Sybase
Symantec Anti-virus
VMware
Websense
Windchill
Xacta

For additional information please refer to http://www.esi.mil/ or http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/26888