News Release: ITES-SW Contract Extended

FORT BELVOIR, Va. – The Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office, in coordination with the Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), awarded a contract extension for Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software (ITES-SW) on August 5, 2020. 

ITES-SW is a firm-fixed-price contract. The ITES-SW contract vehicle has been extended two months, allowing Army customers uninterrupted access to the three prime vendors supporting critical Army missions. 

The scope of the ITES-SW contract includes commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) software products and related services applicable under the following categories:

IT Utility & Security

Modeling & Simulation

Multimedia & Design

Program & Development

The contract extension applies to the following vendors:

W52P1J-15-D-0006   Four Inc.

W52P1J-15-D-0007   Immix Technology

W52P1J-15-D-0008   Carahsoft Technology Corporation

The extension was needed because the follow-on, ITES-SW2, is currently in source selection. CHESS Product Lead Wayne Sok states, “the extension will allow Army customers uninterrupted access to this important software vehicle at no fee as we continue to process orders through the CHESS' online RFQ Tool on the CHESS IT e-mart website.”
 

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About CHESS

Based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, CHESS reports to the Program Executive Officer Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS). Charged by the CIO/G-6 and mandated through Army Regulation 25-1, CHESS is the Army-designated primary source for providing commercial hardware and software solutions for the Army's IT requirements. Offering simple, straightforward contract vehicles through its online Army e-commerce ordering system, the IT e-mart, CHESS directly supports the CIO/G-6 strategy by providing the benefits of continuous vendor competition for best value and consolidating requirements to maximize cost avoidance and leverage the Army's buying power. CHESS works diligently with other Army Knowledge Management partners, including the U.S. Army CIO/G-6, Information Systems Engineering Command, and Network Enterprise Technology Command to provide architecturally sound, standards-and-policy-compliant IT enterprise solutions to all Army customers around the world. For more information about CHESS, visit https://chess.army.mil/.