Agile Cyber Technology (ACT)

The Air Force Research Laboratory established the Agile Cyber Technology (ACT) Master IDIQ on July 10, 2012, with a shared ceiling of $300 million and a 60-month ordering period that closed on July 10, 2017. Ordering under this vehicle is no longer active; the last task order was issued in October 2018.

The vehicle procures rapid research and development, prototyping, demonstration, and operational support for cyber technologies across eight mission areas: threat avoidance and cyber defense, full spectrum cyber operations, network exploitation, situation and mission awareness, command and control, modeling and simulation, cyber infrastructure, and mission assurance. Deliverables span software, hardware, technical documentation, and technical reports. Task orders have been issued under Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, Firm Fixed Price, and Fixed-Price Incentive contract types.

Assured Information Security, Inc. dominates the vehicle, holding 23 of 65 task orders and $313.7 million in combined potential value—roughly 63 percent of the total contracted scope. Caci, Inc. - Federal ranks second with 8 orders and $94.9 million in potential value. Radiance Technologies Inc., Global Infotek Inc., and Peraton Inc. hold the remainder, with a long tail of smaller awardees. All task orders are unrestricted (no set-aside designations).

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (the awarding agency and primary customer) funded approximately 62 percent of orders by potential value. The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command and the Department of the Army Intelligence and Security Command account for most remaining activity.

Task orders have ranged from $1,929 in potential value to $49.8 million. Representative large orders include Adaptive Developments for Vulnerability Evaluation in Networked Technologies (ADVENT) at $49.8 million ceiling, Advanced Sustainment Capability for Evaluation of Network Technologies (ASCENT) at $49 million ceiling, and Reliable Effect Deployment for Evolving Environments (REDEE) at $42.3 million ceiling, all awarded in mid-2017. The vehicle obligated $431.8 million against its combined potential value of $494.7 million, or 87 percent—indicating heavy utilization during its active ordering window.

The technical requirements will encompass rapid research and development, design, prototyping, demonstration, scenario development, experimentation & evaluation, integration, testing, technical installation, transition, and support through initial operations of cyber technologies for: 1) Threat Avoidance and Cyber Defense, 2) Full Spectrum Cyber Operations, 3) Network Exploitation, 4) Situation and Mission Awareness, 5) Command and Control, 6) Modeling, Simulation, and War-gaming, 7) Cyber Infrastructure, and 8) Mission Assurance.