Indefinite Delivery Contract FA853325D0024

The Automatic Test Systems Acquisition-I (ATSA-I) is a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and other contractors, with a 10-year period of performance from September 18, 2025 through September 18, 2035. The contract carries a $980 million ceiling and utilizes no set-aside provisions, allowing full and open competition among qualified contractors. The primary scope encompasses comprehensive lifecycle support for automatic test systems across Air Force programs, including analysis, design, development, production, installation, integration, testing, database generation and management, and sustainment services for automatic test equipment supporting aircraft, armament, and commodity systems. SwRI, a San Antonio-based nonprofit research and development organization with extensive federal contracting experience across defense and civilian agencies, will deliver these services through task and delivery orders issued by the contracting activity at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.

The contract establishes a standardized enterprise vehicle to streamline automatic test systems acquisition across multiple Air Force customer bases, including the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard, while accommodating foreign military sales customers at various global locations. Required technical capabilities include software development and sustainment, model-based systems engineering utilizing SysML tools, open systems architecture implementation, configuration management, and security authorization support. The solicitation, originally posted as a pre-solicitation notice in June 2022 with formal proposals due September 19, 2025, followed extensive industry engagement including an industry day in August 2023 and multiple briefing sessions. A sample delivery order issued on September 18, 2025 with a $1,000 ceiling demonstrates the vehicle's operational status, with performance location in San Antonio, Texas and firm-fixed-price pricing applied. Large business contractors are required to maintain a minimum 20 percent small business subcontracting participation throughout the contract performance period.