The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois — in accordance with the Army Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) product office within the Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems — has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for contractors to support the Information Technology Enterprise Software and Solutions – 4 Hardware (ITES-4H) contract vehicle.

Army Knowledge Online (AKO) may have stopped being accessible to users at the end of June, but PEO EIS’s Enterprise Content Collaboration and Messaging (EC2M) product office — part of EIS’s Enterprise Services portfolio — officially brought the program to a close on July 26.

The Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office, in coordination with Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), awarded a contract extension for Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 3 Hardware (ITES-3H) on February 21, 2021.

On Feb. 24, 2021, Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Product Lead Wayne Sok spoke at the Professional Services Council (PSC) Virtual Roundtable.

As the primary source for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) IT hardware and software, and the preferred source for IT services, PEO EIS’s Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) product office offers a number of established indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts that allow for a faster, no-fee acquisition for the Army.

October 1, 2020 may be just another standard work day for the Military Technical Solutions (MilTech) team based at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, but it’s the official day when the program becomes solely operated and supported by PEO EIS.

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia – The Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office, in coordination with Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), awarded the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2) contract—a $13 billion firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract vehicle—on August 31, 2020.

Deidra McCaskill formally accepted the charter for PEO EIS’s Enterprise Content Collaboration and Messaging (EC2M) product office in a virtual assumption of charter ceremony Aug. 20.

Deidra McCaskill, the Enterprise Content Collaboration and Messaging (EC2M) product lead, manages five enterprise IT programs and a $137 million annual operating budget. She answered 11 questions about her career and life.