ITES-SW2: Army CHESS Contract Vehicle Holder

The purpose of the ITES-SW 2 acquisition is to support Army, Department of War (DOW) and all Federal Agency enterprise Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and info-structure goals by leveraging Commercially available-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software products and maintenance in 14 product categories in addition to related incidental services and hardware. These 14 categories align with the major software categories identified by U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). The software catalogs are:

Audio & Visual

Multimedia & Design

Business & Finance

NetOps

Communication

Office Suite

Database

Operating Systems

Education

Programming & Development

Internet

IT Utility & Security

Modeling & Simulation

Specialized

All products and services available under ITES-SW 2 must be commercial in accordance with the definition of commercial items in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. The planned period of performance is five years with one five year option with an estimated contract value of $13 billion.