591/535 C4ISR Software Engineering Services

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ for C4ISR Software Engineering Services on October 23, 2014, with ordering authority ending October 21, 2019—the vehicle is closed to new task orders and has been inactive for over six years.

The contract supports in-service software engineering for naval tactical data link systems: Multi-Link System Test and Training Tool (MLST3), Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Test Analysis Reporting System (JTARS), Data Link Implementation Report System (DLIRS), Common Data Link Management System (CDLMS)/Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P), Command and Control Processor (C2P), and Common Link Integration Processing (CLIP). Task orders are priced on a Cost Plus Fixed Fee basis.

Fifty-one task orders have been awarded under the vehicle, with combined potential value of $28.5 million and $27.1 million obligated (95% utilization). The final task order was placed in April 2021, five years after the ordering deadline; activity peaked in 2019 with 14 orders before dropping to a single order in 2021. The two prime contractors split the workload almost evenly: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation holds 28 orders valued at $19.8 million combined potential value, while General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. holds 23 orders valued at $8.7 million. No other contractors received awards.

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command is the dominant customer, representing 36 orders and $25.1 million of combined potential value (88% of the total). Naval Sea Systems Command placed 10 orders ($2.9 million), Naval Air Systems Command placed 3 orders ($345 thousand), and smaller Navy and Marine Corps components placed the remaining 2 orders ($208 thousand combined). All task orders are unrestricted competitive awards with no set-aside designations.

Task orders typically range from $45 thousand to $160 thousand, with most supporting recurring software annual service agreements for allied foreign military sales. The two largest individual orders are CDLMS Engineering Support at $4.9 million (April 2017) and C2P Software Engineering Support at $6.0 million (February 2019), both to Northrop Grumman. Work is performed for Navy combat systems, training tools, and international cooperative defense programs.

The Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, (SSC) Pacific has awarded a Master IDIQ for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Software Engineering Support (SES). Software Engineering Services (SES) include: (a) In-Service Software Support Activity (ISSA) engineering services for test systems software management, development, and software support that includes, but are not limited to, the Multi-Link System Test and Training Tool (MLST3), Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Test Analysis Reporting System (JTARS), Data Link Implementation Report System (DLIRS), integrated Systems Tactical Data Link Interoperability Report (iSTIR); (b) ISSA engineering services for the Common Data Link Management System (CDLMS)/Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P), Command and Control Processor (C2P), Re-hosted C2P (RC2P), and related programs; and (c) Engineering, test, and management support for the Common Link Integration Processing (CLIP) software development effort.