SAM #EVRIS-26-CFS-001

Army Solicitation for Enterprise Virtualization Software Solutions and Services

The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) is seeking innovative commercial virtualization software solutions and related services to modernize and diversify the Army's enterprise virtualization capabilities. - Government Buyer: - Department of the Army - Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) - Objective: - Expand and diversify the Army's enterprise virtualization portfolio - Increase market competition and reduce total cost of ownership - Support over 750,000 endpoints across enterprise, regional, edge, and tactical environments - Products/Services Requested: - Commercial virtualization software solutions - Associated professional services for integration, migration, and support - Notable Requirements: - Solutions must enable modular, consumption-based scaling - Seamless migration of existing workloads - Support for both connected and disconnected (air-gapped) domains - Operate across multiple security classifications and cross-domain boundaries - Must avoid vendor lock-in and allow for future on-ramping of additional vendors - Procurement Details: - Open to multiple vendors; no specific OEMs named - Awards may be made via FAR contracts or Other Transactions under DFARS 212.70 - The government may re-open the Call for Solutions to add more offerors as needed

Description

OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW & AWARD VEHICLES

The Department of the Army is issuing this Call for Solutions (CFS) to acquire innovative commercial virtualization software solutions and associated services. The goal is to diversify the Army's enterprise virtualization portfolio, increase market competition, and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) across its global computing estate.

Award Mechanisms: This CFS may result in the award of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) contracts or non-FAR agreements (such as Other Transactions) In Accordance With (IAW) DFARS 212.70 – Defense Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO). Other Transaction (OT) agreements awarded under this CFS are not subject to the FAR or its supplements. Scope & Scaling: The Government intends to award multiple Enterprise Contracts open to all of the Army, with plans to scale to the Department of War at a later date. On-Ramping: The Government reserves the right to re-open this CFS and leave it open on an ongoing basis to on-ramp additional offerors as desired.

THE CHALLENGE & ENVIRONMENT

The Army operates a massive, globally distributed network spanning more than 750,000 endpoints across enterprise, regional, edge, and tactical environments. This unique infrastructure spans disconnected and connected domains, multiple security classifications, and logically or physically separated environments (including air-gapped and cross-domain boundaries).

To break vendor lock-in, the Army requires a new, multi-vendor approach. Solutions must enable modular, consumption-based scaling and support the seamless migration of existing workloads without operational disruption.

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