What type of contracts are issued through Encore II?

ENCORE II contracts are ID/IQ contracts, designed for PBA task orders, using the negotiated, fully-loaded (i.e. direct labor costs, overhead costs including program management, G&A expenses and profit) hourly labor rates that are contained in the ENCORE II contracts. While ENCORE II is designed to accommodate FFP or T&M type TOs, there may be occasions where a cost-reimbursement (CR), e.g., cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) or cost plus award fee (CPAF) structure is more appropriate, due to the type of work required.

What is the Encore II Period of Performanace?

The period of performance for the ENCORE II contracts is one hundred twenty (120) months, consisting of one five (5) year base period and an additional five (5) one-year option periods.

What is the Encore II Contract Ceiling?

The maximum order amount for all orders placed against all contracts combined over the ten-year contract life is $12.225 Billion.

What can this contract be used for?

Encore II supports the following functional areas:

Task Area 1	Enterprise IT Policy and Planning	Task Area 11	Asset Management
Task Area 2	Integrated Solutions Management	Task Area 12	Communications Engineering
Task Area 3	Performance Benchmarking	Task Area 13	Security Engineering Certification and Accreditation
Task Area 4	Business Process Reengineering (BPR)	Task Area 14	Telecommunications Support
Task Area 5	Requirements Analysis	Task Area 15	Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI)
Task Area 6	Market Research and Prototyping	Task Area 16	Web Services
Task Area 7	Information and Knowledge Engineering	Task Area 17	Operations Support
Task Area 8	Custom Application Development	Task Area 18	Hardware
Task Area 9	Product Integration	Task Area 19	Software
Task Area 10	Test and Evaluation (T&E)	Task Area 20	Managed Services

  
Who can use this contract?

The Military Services, the Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies of the Federal Government.

Where can additional information and materials be found?

Visit www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp

How is the contract used?

The ENCORE II Task Order Guidelines, a five chapter basic document with twenty-four separate attachments, provide easy, step-by-step instructions and sample documents which show how to assemble a requirements package.