This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Riley to Riptide Software, Inc., a small business based in Oviedo, Florida. The $214,978.41 contract is for Riptide to provide TRACR desktop computers, which are a Targetry Range Automated Control and Recording System (TRACK) Version 2.0 software and equipment solution. This contract was competed without any set-aside designation.
The contract originated from a sources sought notice issued by MICC Fort Riley for market research purposes to assess industry capabilities to meet this $200,000 to $300,000 software and equipment requirement. As a long-time defense contractor, Riptide Software has experience delivering virtual training and range instrumentation systems to support Army and Marine Corps readiness, often as a subcontractor to larger firms like General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin. This award adds to Riptide's existing IDIQ contract vehicles for providing ongoing IT solutions and range target modernization services to the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI).