Advanced Technology Support Program IV - Small Business (ATSP4 SB)

The Defense Microelectronics Activity established this Master IDIQ on March 26, 2018, to procure microelectronics development, advanced technology insertion, and electronics support services across the full spectrum of DoD weapons-system sustainment, from analysis and design through limited production, with ordering authority extending to February 28, 2028.

Ordering activity has stalled. The vehicle issued ten task orders between March 2018 and August 2020, but no awards have been issued in the past five years and ten months. The combined potential value stands at $10 million, with all dollars obligated; no capacity remains for new orders against the shared ceiling of $800 million. The most recent order was a TADIL-A modem obsolescence redesign awarded to the Art DMA and MSI joint venture in August 2020 with a firm fixed price of $3.8 million and ultimate completion in February 2023.

Task orders span engineering services for microelectronics-based system upgrades, including T-38C instrumentation enhancement, server platform BIOS updates for E-4B/E-6B airborne platforms, and barrier control system analysis. Pricing has consistently been firm fixed price.

The Art DMA and MSI joint venture captured 62% of awarded task-order potential value across seven orders. Teledevices LLC holds the second largest share at $3.8 million across two orders; RF Integration, Inc. received one order valued at $15 thousand. The vehicle supports a small customer base concentrated in Air Force programs: Air Combat Command received three orders totaling $4.3 million, while the Air Force Sustainment Center received one order of $3.8 million. Defense Microelectronics Activity itself placed four orders, mostly post-award logistics for a combined $195 thousand. The Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District placed two orders totaling $1.7 million. All task orders are unrestricted; no set-asides apply.

With no new orders in nearly six years and all potential value obligated, this vehicle is effectively dormant despite the stated ordering deadline more than a year away.

Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) is a uniform technical and management approach that leverages advanced technologies to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD) for a quick reaction capability across the entire spectrum of technology development, acquisition, and long-term support. This capability includes the development of appropriate solutions to keep a system operational, elevate sophistication level, or meet new threats. These efforts may include developing components to meet the DoD's requirements for ultra-low volumes, extending component availability, or ensuring a trusted, assured, and secure supply of microelectronics; also included will be the intelligent and rapid application of advanced technologies to add needed performance enhancements to DoD weapon systems in response to traditional and irregular (asymmetric) threats and to the problems related to aging weapon systems. Increasing warfighter capabilities and providing solutions to electronics support problems-such as, reliability, maintainability and obsolescence-are accomplished through the development and insertion of applications of advanced microelectronics technologies. The scope of ATSP4 covers both hardware and software and includes studies, analysis, design, software, simulation, prototyping, integration, testing, producibility, and limited production. The scope of ATSP4 also includes the development of viable methods and procedures for using available tools and resources, strategies for resolution of replacement alternatives, and technical interchange in support of task accomplishment.