Africa Contingency Operations and Training Assistance 2 (ACOTA 2)

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded this Master IDIQ on April 12, 2018, to provide training, equipment procurement, logistical and technical support, and construction services to African countries and regional organizations under the oversight of the DOS Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Regional and Security Affairs, Africa Contingency Operations and Training Assistance Office (AF/RSA/ACOTA). Ordering closed on October 9, 2023—this vehicle is no longer available for new task orders.

The vehicle carried a shared ceiling of $1.2 billion across unrestricted and small-business subcategories. Through October 2023, 31 task orders were awarded with combined potential value of $177.6 million, of which $104.5 million (59%) has been obligated. Activity peaked in 2019 with 11 orders; subsequent years saw a sharp decline (2020: 1 order, 2021: 1 order, 2022: 6 orders, 2023: 3 orders).

Task orders span peace operations training and capacity building, construction of training facilities across sub-Saharan Africa (Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, Malawi, Benin, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritania, Cameroon, and Côte d'Ivoire), equipment procurement (medical supplies, EOD equipment, communications gear), and logistical support. Recent awards include construction of classroom and warehouse facilities in Senegal, a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) site in Uganda, and peace operations training in Chad.

Science Applications International Corporation dominates by value with seven orders totaling $81.8 million combined potential value. Amentum Services, Inc. holds four orders worth $35.9 million; Downrange Operations and Training LLC holds nine orders worth $24 million; and Africa Training Solutions International LLC holds six orders worth $21.7 million. These four firms capture approximately 95% of combined potential value. Nearly all orders (87%) carried no set-aside designation; two orders were small-business set-asides, one was partial small business, and one was service-disabled veteran-owned. Funding came almost exclusively from the Department of State Bureau of Political Military Affairs (30 of 31 orders, $176.1 million). Task orders were priced firm fixed price, with individual ceilings ranging from approximately $1.1 million to $24.9 million.

Tasks under this contract vehicle include training, equipment procurement, logistical and technical support, and construction services to African countries and regional organizations. Contractors will work under the oversight of the DOS Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Regional and Security Affairs, Africa Contingency Operations and Training Assistance Office (AF/RSA/ACOTA) and in close coordination with DOS organizational elements, other Government agencies and other Contractors as directed.