Nope ... the guidelines you're describing are for the federal government and I'm not sure that they apply to the state of Alaska. More importantly, wild the FAR regulations would seem to apply, it becomes ambiguous when you don't describe yourself as a vendor. I've gotten around FAR at least twice before but I'm not going to say anything more than that.
Your more plausible statement is that my architects would spend all day in meetings. That's why I proposed building a direct replacement (which can be specified from the current operating system as a first step). I realize you need to bypass that kind of bureaucracy.
EDIT: I think it's highly unlikely any government agency would take take an offer like this ... the risk for their career as bureaucrats would be too great. Unfortunately that means we'll never find out what a good team could do.
Note, I've dealt with state governments too, and they've typically abided by some form of FAR. I probably don't want to know what wizardry you've used to bypass the FAR (kudos though), but I've also been party to its bypass, and it's generally been related to ... an advanced form of networking.
That said, my response was tailored towards federal government, as I'd completely lost the plot in which Alaska was the subject, so it's probably worth throwing a couple of caveats into my response for that reason alone.
Your more plausible statement is that my architects would spend all day in meetings. That's why I proposed building a direct replacement (which can be specified from the current operating system as a first step). I realize you need to bypass that kind of bureaucracy.
EDIT: I think it's highly unlikely any government agency would take take an offer like this ... the risk for their career as bureaucrats would be too great. Unfortunately that means we'll never find out what a good team could do.