Advisory and Assistance - Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (AASETA)

The Department of the Air Force Space Command awarded this Master IDIQ for advisory and assistance services and systems engineering and technical assistance spanning policy development, systems management, planning, programming, acquisition, and implementation support on August 6, 2010. Ordering closed on August 5, 2015 — the vehicle is no longer active and no new task orders may be placed.

The vehicle generated 49 task orders over its five-year ordering window, with peak activity in 2011 (15 orders) declining sharply thereafter to two orders each in 2014 and 2015. Combined potential value across all task orders is $139.8 million, with $117 million (84 percent) already obligated. Recent task orders date to July 2015, all performance periods ending by mid-2016.

Task orders funded space operations and cyberspace analysis, including missile warning and missile defense support, space control analysis, cyberspace operations and situational awareness, satellite communications (MILSATCOM) technical support, military utility analysis of space and cyberspace capabilities, analysis of alternatives and capability development documentation, and supporting functions such as professional development programs, historical office operations, and leadership conference preparation. Work spans firm fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee structures, with individual order ceilings ranging from $5 thousand to $31.5 million (FA251710D9001-0002, MILSATCOM support).

Four prime contractors held all awards. Linquest Corporation leads by potential value at $52.5 million across 11 orders. Sigmacor, LLC follows with $46.8 million across 15 orders, and Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, LTD. holds $33.2 million across 14 orders. Colsa Corp accounts for the remainder at $7.3 million across 9 orders.

Eighty-six percent of task orders are small-business set-asides; 14 percent carry no set-aside designation. Funding concentrates heavily within Air Force Space Command, which placed 42 of 49 orders totaling $100.2 million combined potential value. Three remaining orders distributed across other Air Force components account for less than $40 million.

AASETA encompasses a broad range of technical and analytical advisory and assistance and systems engineering and technical assistance, including support or improvement of policy development, management, administration and improvement of systems operations. Also included in the scope are several phases of planning, programming, acquisition, and implementation cycles of various Government systems to complement the Government's technical expertise in accomplishing its mission.