70 -- Customer Software Maintenance Agreement

The 21 Contracting Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is seeking a contractor to provide custom software maintenance and upgrades for the USAF Academy Band’s Microsoft Access databases used in operations, supply, library, publicity, and transportation. The work requires ensuring the databases adapt to evolving operating systems and Microsoft Office upgrades while maintaining critical functionality such as exchange export during an upgrade from Exchange Server 5.5 to 2003. The contractor must have extensive expertise in Microsoft Access Workgroups for security, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), Visual Basic for Applications, Visual Basic 6, and .Net. They should provide proven backup systems and strategies, dedicate the majority of contracted hours to maintenance work, and be familiar with USAFA Band databases and Air Force Band logistics and operations. The contract requires providing services, materials, and labor for 10 hours of maintenance per month, including same-day on-site support, with a performance period from October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005. This opportunity is set aside exclusively for small businesses under NAICS code 541511. Interested parties were asked to respond by September 29, 2004, with the anticipated award date of October 1, 2004. The solicitation emphasizes the need for a contractor well-versed in technical maintenance and operational support of custom software systems critical to the USAF Academy Band's functions. Points of contact are Carla Jacobs and Joseph Poniatowski at Peterson AFB.