Army Test and Evaluation Command

The Department of the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), a sub-agency of the U.S. Army within the Department of Defense, conducts test and evaluation of Army systems and materiel and procures the contracts and supporting services required to execute that mission. ATEC operates as the Army's principal acquiring activity for test range operations, instrumentation, data analysis, engineering support, and technical services tied to developmental and operational testing across the Army's major weapons systems and equipment portfolios.

ATEC manages a large and active contract portfolio spanning 30,162 awards since 1996, with a combined potential value of $16.17 billion and $14.31 billion obligated to date. Over the last five years, the agency issued 369 awards in 2023, 359 in 2024, 311 in 2025, 153 in 2026, and 1 recorded award dated in the future. The most recently recorded award date is 2027-02-01. The recent cadence reflects a downward trend in award count over the last three years. Across 7,156 distinct prime contractors in the lifetime portfolio, competitive concentration is highly fragmented; the top five primes by award count — Government Acquisitions LLC, Carahsoft Technology Corp, Dell Federal Systems L.P., World Wide Technology LLC, and Trace3 Government, LLC — hold only 7 percent of recent awards. By potential value, concentration remains highly fragmented at 1 percent of recent combined potential value held by the top five; Caelum Research Corporation leads by value at 11 awards and $147.2 million combined potential value, but the wider field of contractors transacts at smaller deal sizes typical of T&E support services and technical labor.

Set-aside awards favor open competition: 69 percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation, while 26 percent are small-business set-asides across all SBA categories. 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) awards combined represent 4 percent of the portfolio. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone, and Woman-Owned Small Business set-asides each account for less than 1 percent of awards.

ATEC has issued one federal grant award on record — a $627 thousand Cooperative Agreement dated 2019-06-10 to a single recipient. No grant opportunities are currently open or recorded in recent solicitation activity. Contract opportunities are not listed in the source data provided. The agency's procurement footprint is overwhelmingly contract-driven, with grant activity minimal and grant-making not a meaningful part of ATEC's federal transacting profile.