ARL Administrative Support Services

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command established this Master IDIQ for administrative support services at Army Research Laboratory on September 30, 2017, with a shared ceiling of $49.9 million and a last date to order of September 24, 2024—ordering has been closed for approximately 21 months.

The vehicle is no longer active. The most recent task-order award dates to December 1, 2021, more than four years ago. Order flow peaked in 2019 with five awards, declined to four in 2020, and fell to one in 2021. Of the $46.9 million combined potential value across ten awarded task orders, $24.6 million (52 percent) has been obligated, indicating incomplete drawdown before the ordering window closed.

The scope encompasses program management, administrative, technical, security, financial management, logistics, technical publications, technical library, and graphic/audio-visual support services. All task orders are priced on a Cost Plus Fixed Fee basis. The largest order, awarded to Bennett Aerospace Inc. in December 2021, carries a ceiling of $26.6 million with $13.6 million obligated and an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2025. Five smaller orders, each with a $3,500 minimum consideration guarantee, were awarded simultaneously to Kapili Services, LLC; Cape Fox Facilities Services, LLC; Bowhead Total Enterprise Solutions, LLC; and Envision Innovative Solutions, Inc., all in September 2019 with completion dates of September 26, 2024.

Bennett Aerospace Inc. dominates the vehicle by value, holding three orders worth $43.7 million combined potential value—93 percent of the entire vehicle portfolio. Kapili Services, LLC holds three orders valued at $1.9 million. Cape Fox Facilities Services, LLC holds two orders worth $1.3 million. All ten task orders fund the Army Research Laboratory exclusively; no customer diversification exists under this vehicle. All awards are unrestricted (no set-aside).

The vehicle's closure to new orders, combined with concentrated award history (five contractors across ten orders) and Bennett Aerospace's dominant position, indicates this is a watch vehicle only. Pursuit is not viable unless legacy task-order amendments or follow-on vehicles materialize.

Master IDIQ for Administrative Support Services at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The primary functional areas for these non-personal services will include, but not be limited to, Program Management, Administrative, Technical, Security, Financial Management, Logistics, Technical Publications, Technical Library, and Graphic/Audio Visual support.