SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- F5 Network Consulting and Maintenance Services - Justification and Approval (J&A)
- Notice Date
- 12/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- ACC - Rock Island (ACC-RI), ATTN: AMSAS-AC, Rock Island, IL 61299-6500
- ZIP Code
- 61299-6500
- Solicitation Number
- W52P1J-14-Q-AN05
- Archive Date
- 1/16/2014
- Point of Contact
- Allan Nichols, 309-782-7371
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC - Rock Island (ACC-RI)
(allan.s.nichols.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Brand Name Justification The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island intends to purchase 1 - F5 Networks Consulting and Maintenance Services in support of GM GFEBS requirement to implement a single site F5 Citrix XenApp 6.5 envirnoment at Redstone Arsenal, Al. This requirement is to provide remote desktop access for external users. Army ERP is planning to use the newly deployed 11050 series device deployed with the F5 Networks BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and F5 Networks BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). The APM module is planned to provide a secure proxy configuration for the Citrix XenApp environment and provide CAC authentication. PM GFEBS has standardized its remote access solution to access GFEBS utilizing a thick client. As a result of this standardization, prvious investments have been in Citrix software products. This brand name software product is part of a single system. It is not possible to replace even one single brand name product without requiring the replacement of all other brand name products. The Government intends to purchase the requirement by awarding a competitive firm fixed price delivery order through the Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program which is the Army's designated primary source for commercial IT. In accordance with CHESS ordering guidelines, The Fair Opportunity will be given to all ITES-2H multiple award contract holders. A brand name justification has been approved and is being posted with this announcement. Responses to this announcement must be emailed directly to Allan Nichols, the Contract Specialist, at allan.s.nichol.civ@mail.mil
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