ACC Orlando

Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground Orlando Division, a sub-agency within the Department of the Army Materiel Command, is the Army's primary contracting office for simulation, training, test, and threat (ST3) capabilities, live-fire-range systems, and combat training instrumentation. The division awards contracts in support of the Capability Program Executive for Simulation, Training, Test & Threat (CPE ST3) and related Army training modernization missions across domestic and overseas locations.

The division has awarded 798 contracts since 2000 with combined potential value of $4.56 billion and combined dollars obligated of $6.65 billion across 305 distinct prime contractors. Recent award activity is sparse: 3 awards in 2022, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026 as of the latest recorded award on March 17, 2026. This represents a significant slowdown from historical volume and reflects the division's reliance on large standing multiple-award contracts and task-order vehicles rather than discrete new awards.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented on count but heavily concentrated on value. The top five primes by award count over the last five years account for 64 percent of recent awards; Heritage Interiors LLC leads with 3 awards valued at $700 thousand combined, followed by single-award winners in the $362 thousand to $868 thousand range. By potential value, the top five cover only 1 percent of combined potential value, a stark disconnect driven by Amentum Technology, Inc.'s single award of $51.5 million, OST Inc.'s $4.6 million award, and Tipping Point Solutions, Inc.'s $4.3 million award—each dwarfing the small-dollar transactional winners. The long tail of 300 other primes spreads the remaining balance. Set-asides are minimal: 82 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 13 percent are small-business set-asides, 3 percent are 8(a) sole source, 1 percent are partial small business, and less than 1 percent are competitive 8(a) or service-disabled veteran-owned small business.

The division maintains active solicitation flow focused on training systems modernization and range instrumentation. Live Training, Ranges, and Combat Training Centers (LTRaC) multiple-award contract open-season market research is underway for three vehicles: MAC 1 (small-business set-aside for target-lifter systems, sources sought due October 7, 2026), MAC 2 (small-business set-aside for hardware-centric instrumentation, sources sought due October 7), and MAC 3 (full-and-open for complex life-cycle support, sources sought due October 7). Solicitation W900KK-27-D-SSV2, Commercial Maritime Test-Platform and Event-Support Services, is open as a competitive IDIQ call for solutions with solution brief due November 6, 2026. Solicitation W900KK-27-R-A0003, Training Instructor Operator Services Support II (TRIOSS II), is a total small-business set-aside for continuous instructor and operator support at Army Military Science Training Centers across CONUS and OCONUS, with proposals due November 9, 2026; Amendment 001 updated staffing reporting, pricing formulas, and collective bargaining agreement sites. The Synthetic Training Environment Virtual Software (STE VSW) call for solutions (W9128Z-25-S-A002 parent authority) is under the Army Open Solicitation with solutions due in late September 2026 and anticipated awards on November 6, 2026 across five lots. Agile Professional Services (APS), a 100 percent small-business set-aside for labor-hours/task-and-materials work under NAICS 541990, closed with proposal updates issued October 20, 2026. The division also issued market research notices for Consolidated Product-Line Management, Sustainment, and Modernization (CPMSM) targeting the Live Training Transformation product line (sources sought due September 24, 2026) and a request for information on Targetry Range Automated Control and Recording II (TRACR II) data-transfer solutions between closed and cloud networks (due August 27, 2026). The Soldier Monitoring System (SMS) life-cycle management effort was issued as a sole-source notice to Black Ohm on July 30, 2026. Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TReX II) consortium efforts include special notices for 120mm Mortar Training System, Drone Killer Cartridge Training Device, and Future Training Directorate technical services, with solutions due in late September and early October 2026. The division is also conducting outreach through CPE ST3 technical exchanges and industry days to engage capability developers in live-training modernization.

Business development professionals should note that the division's contract volume is dominated by standing multiple-award vehicles and task-order execution rather than individual solicitations, limiting traditional competitive bid opportunities for new primes while creating ongoing subcontract and task-order openings under incumbents. Small-business set-asides are significant across recent opportunities, particularly in TRIOSS II, APS, and the LTRaC MAC 1 and MAC 2 vehicles. The fragmented prime-by-count landscape masks a concentrated value distribution; large single awards drive budget, while lower-value transactional activity spans a long tail of occasional vendors. Pursuit strategy should align with either large-value sole-source or IDIQ positioning or sustained subcontract relationships under the standing multiple-award contract suite.