D -- Education Management System (EMS) Support Services

The Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Contracting Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, anticipates issuance of a - DRAFT solicitation as a competitive 100% set-aside for small business concerns. This requirement is for software support services for Air University's Education Management System (EMS). The contractor will be expected to perform in the following areas: project management, software development and maintenance support, software development and maintenance environment support, software configuration management, database management support, database standardization, and database and data migration services. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed-price labor hour contract with a two-month transition period (01 Aug - 30 Sep 2005), twelve-month base period (01 Oct 2005 - 30 Sept 2006) and four consecutive six-month options, with the last option expiring 30 Sep 2008. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541511 with a small business size standard of $21,000,000. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the agency. A - DRAFT solicitation will be posted by 8 Mar 05. The - DRAFT solicitation may be downloaded from the Federal Business Opportunity website at http://www.eps.gov. Verbal requests will not be acted upon. All questions and comments should be addressed to Harold Melton, Contracting Specialist +1 (555) 000-0000 or via e-mail at contact@example.gov or Jackie Crawford +1 (555) 000-0000 or via e-mail at contact@example.gov.