AFMS Consultant Advisory and Technical Services (AFMS CATS)

The Department of the Air Force Headquarters District Washington established the AFMS Consultant Advisory and Technical Services (AFMS CATS) Master IDIQ on February 2, 2012, with a last date to order of February 1, 2017—the vehicle is closed to new task orders as of February 1, 2017, nine years and five months ago. The Master IDIQ has a combined potential value ceiling of $985 million and carried firm fixed price labor and advisory services supporting Air Force Medical Service operations, group practice management, health care administration, project management, and technical infrastructure maintenance.

Ordering activity peaked in 2015 with 25 task orders awarded, declining to 10 in 2016 and 1 final order in 2017. The vehicle funded 117 total task orders across 14 prime contractors, with $80.1 million obligated of the $85.7 million combined potential value (94% obligated). ERP Scientific Partners, LLC and Decypher Technologies LTD dominated competition, holding 42 and 38 task orders respectively and $30.3 million and $18.2 million in combined potential value—together capturing roughly 59% of all orders. Technology, Automation & Management, Inc. ranked third with 13 orders and $9.3 million in potential value. The remaining 11 primes held 24 orders, with no other firm exceeding 5 awards.

Air Education and Training Command placed 42 orders valued at $40.2 million, and the Air Force Headquarters Medical Support Agency placed 14 orders valued at $22.8 million. Together, these two customers accounted for a substantial share of activity; the remaining Air Force customer organizations spread across seven other agencies. Eighty-three percent of task orders carried no set-aside; the remaining 17 percent were designated total small business awards, with both categories present across the prime base—ERP Scientific Partners received primarily unrestricted orders while Decypher Technologies received both.

Task orders ranged from under $50,000 to over $6 million in individual potential value. Notably, delivery order FA805312D0003-RV04 (SG6 Deployment Operations) carried a ceiling of $6.2 million, and FA805312D0013-RL01 (A & AS Firm Fixed Price Labor) reached $4.6 million. Representative mid-range orders funded medical coding auditors, bioenvironmental engineers, infection preventionists, project managers, healthcare administrators, and clinical support specialists, typically at 1–2 FTE per order with durations of 12–24 months. The vehicle is no longer pursuing-relevant due to closure of the ordering period.

The Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Consultant Advisory/Technical Services (CATS) Master IDIQ provides management and professional support services including advice/opinions. Studies, analysis and evaluations will provide alternatives and recommendations to improve the AFMS knowledge and expertise in the area of (but not limited to) group practice management, subject matter expertise, health care administration, project management, executive assistance, administrative assistance, policy and engineering and technical services. Policy services include development, management, administration and improving operation of the Legacy Systems. Engineering and technical services are required to more effectively maintain and operate AFMS infrastructure including software, hardware and physical infrastructure in, for example, the area of supporting life-cycle management activities on field medical systems. In performing these services, contractors are required to provide studies, analysis and/or evaluations in, for example, the area of financial analysis and business process consulting.