USACE IT Services
Most IT services for the US Army Corps of Engineers have historically been provided by the US Army Engineer Research & Development Center Information Technology Lab in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Additional services were provided by the individual Districts, Divisions, Centers, and HQ offices for their own needs. Although the physical locations of many of these centralized services have not changed, the organization providing the services has. IT related hardware has historically been purchased by each District or Center.
Most IT products and services are now being provided to all Corps of Engineers District, Division, Centers and HQ offices by a Field Operating Activity (FOA) named "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enterprise Information Technology Services" or ACEITS which buys products and services through a contract with Lockheed Martin Integrated Services (LMCO). ACEIT provides items and services such as desktop computers, monitors, laptops, copy machines, fax machines, AV products, network hardware, software, network security, wireless communications (cell phones, mobile data units, Blackberry, including point-to-point) and wireless networks. ACEITS also provides consumables for IT products such as printer and copier paper, laser cartridges and ink jet supplies, copier supplies, and such through Lockheed Martin and Staples. The ACEITS FOA took operational control in May, 2008. Learn more at ACE-IT Online.
ACEITS and the Lockheed Martin contract are the result of a multi year "A-76 Public/Private Competition" completed under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular # A-76 Due to the rules established by OMB for A-76 Competitions, the requirements in FAR part 19 (which implements the Small Business Act) do not apply to acquisitions made by ACEITS.
Corps of Engineers commands' IT hardware and software purchases that are not covered under the ACEITS/LMCO FOA are purchased through CHESS. Army personnel are required to utilize CHESS for all COTS Purchases: The Army CIO/G6 have issued a memo dated 4 May 2009, subject: Use of Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) as the Primary Source for Procuring Commercial Information Technology (IT) Hardware and Software, which reminds all Army leaders of the requirement for all commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, desktops, notebook computers and video teleconferencing equipment regardless of dollar value to be purchased through CHESS. "When procuring IT Services (under CHESS), consideration must be given to setting aside requirements for small businesses and other small business categories" in accordance with FAR Part 19. For the Corps of Engineers, this applies only to services that are NOT covered under the ACEIT FOA and its associated Lockheed Martin contract. Aditional information can be found at PEO EIS.
To provide your company's capability statements as follows: complete the Company Information Form and place it in the body of an email addressed to supplier.communications@lmco.com. Your information will be used to populate a database in Supplier Link that is available to all Lockheed Martin employees. Finally, submit supplier information into the TOMS database, located on the ACE-IT website. You may also visit Lockheed for more information.
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This is not an official document from ACEITS. The information is provided as a courtesy to small businesses by the Army Engineer R&D Center. Information is believed to be current as of 31MAR2010.