8(a) Incubator for Programmatic, Engineering and Logistics Support

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command established this Master IDIQ for competitive 8(a) support services spanning C5ISR, information operations, enterprise IT, and space capabilities on September 23, 2020, with a shared ceiling of $125.8 million and a last date to order of September 22, 2025—the vehicle is now closed to new task orders.

The contract was fully obligated across 65 task orders with $72.6 million obligated against $91.9 million in combined potential value (79% obligated). Ordering momentum declined sharply in final years, dropping from 7 orders in 2024 to 1 order in 2025; earlier years saw 4 to 6 orders annually from 2021 through 2023. Recent task orders span engineering support for naval security systems, shipboard C2ISR sustainment, SETA support for shore integration, program management services, IT modernization for Marine Corps systems, and healthcare IT infrastructure—primarily cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements with durations ranging from one to three years and individual ceilings from roughly $520 thousand to $4.4 million.

Competition is moderately concentrated. Echelon Services, LLC and Red Peak Technical Services, LLC together account for roughly one-third of awarded dollar value ($21.8 million and $18.2 million respectively), with Nakupuna Solutions, LLC, Ghostrock Systems Development, LLC, and Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions rounding out the next tier. Forty-two distinct 8(a) primes were awarded at least one order, indicating a broader competitive field beyond the top five. The set-aside mix shifted substantially as the vehicle matured: nearly all post-2022 orders carried 8(a) sole-source designations (32 of 65 total orders, or 49%), whereas the vehicle included 37 unrestricted orders (57%) and 7 competitive-8(a) orders (11%)—most unrestricted and competitive orders concentrated in the initial 2020 vehicle establishment and minimum-guarantee tranche.

Customer concentration was stark: the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 56 of 65 orders valued at $63.9 million (roughly 70% of potential value), with secondary activity from the broader Department of the Navy, Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel, Defense Health Agency, and a single Department of Homeland Security order. The vehicle's closure combined with aging task-order performance dates means this vehicle is not accessible for new pursuits.

The scope of this contract covers the entire spectrum of non-inherently governmental services and solutions (equipment and services) associated with the full system lifecycle support including research, development, test, evaluation, maintenance, production and fielding of sustainable, secure, survivable, and interoperable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C5ISR), Information Operations, Enterprise Information Services (EIS) and Space capabilities. Additional support requires Program Management, Financial Management, and DoD Acquisition Life Cycle expertise and experience.