| The Army Small Computer Program (ASCP) is the Army's central Commercial for Information Technology (IT) products and services. It includes an extensive web site is designed to help visitors obtain information and place orders for farious types of computers. The program includes multiple information technology contracts and blanket purchase agreements for notebook computers desktop computers, servers, printers and specific enterprise agreements and services.
NOTE: This office has taken on a larger mission and is not called the Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office.
Army Regulation 25-1, section 6–2 a. states "The Army Small Computer Program Office (ASCPO) is the primary office for establishing commercial IT contracts."
Background
ASCP is aligned under the Program Executive Officer, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS). It's mission is to support all Army customers' commercial IT requirements - "quickly and economically."[1]
The organization works with Army posts, camps and stations around the world, and has become the Army's top source for Information Technology - including hardware, software, and support services.
The organization's Web site says: "ASCP's years of experience conducting market research, negotiation, and continuous contract refresh pays off in the dollar savings and added value they provide the Army community year after year. ASCP has been designated by the Army Secretary as the Army's primary source for commercial IT, a task we don't take lightly."
The ASCP managers conduct interviews with customers on a worldwide basis to project future requirements, and this helps them negotiate new purchase agreements with vendors.
More details, including an online shopping cart for registered users, can be found at the ASCP Web site and eMart.
Notes
[1] From the ASCAP About us web page.
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