AFICA Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance V (SETA V)

AFICA Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance V, a Department of the Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service master IDIQ established August 12, 2015, closed to new orders on August 11, 2020 and is no longer active. The vehicle procured systems engineering and technical assistance services, management and professional support, studies and analyses, and engineering services—all firm fixed price and concentrated heavily on Air Force Special Operations Command mission support, training instruction, and aircrew support at domestic special operations wings.

The vehicle is expired and presents no ordering opportunity. All 30 task orders awarded under SETA V have completed or are closed; the most recent order issued August 11, 2020. The combined potential value was $57.7 million, with $53.1 million obligated (92% of ceiling). The $45 million shared ceiling was exceeded by actual task-order potential, indicating overbilling or portfolio valuation above the stated cap.

Competition among three prime contractors was highly concentrated. SA Technical Services, Inc. won 12 orders totaling $31.5 million (55% of combined potential value). Advanced Concepts Enterprises, Inc. and Streamline Defense, LLC split the remainder roughly evenly, with 8 and 10 orders respectively ($13.3 million and $12.9 million). Ordering momentum collapsed after 2016—13 orders issued in 2016, but only 1 in 2018 and 1 in 2020, signaling the vehicle was winding down.

Work was almost entirely funded by Air Force Special Operations Command, which drove 26 of 30 task orders ($49.3 million, 85% of combined potential value). Approximately half of all task orders were total small-business set-asides; 47 percent were unrestricted; and 1 order was partial small business. Task-order values ranged from under $50,000 to $9.2 million, with labor-rate and training-support orders dominating. Place of performance centered on special operations wings including the 27th, 24th, and 720th SOW, primarily at Cannon Air Force Base and subordinate installations. The vehicle supported CV-22 operational check flights, MC-12 and simulator training, special tactics instruction, regional expertise curriculum, and mission-rehearsal services.

The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency's (AFICA) SETA V A & AS support IDIQ includes management and professional support services; studies, analyses, and evaluations; and engineering and technical services.