ARL III Multiple Award IDIQ

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) established the ARL III Multiple Award IDIQ on November 30, 2010, with a shared ceiling of $400 million, but ordering closed on December 6, 2015 — the vehicle is no longer accepting new task orders.

The IDIQ procures research and development services for Persistent Surveillance–Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (PS-ISR) and ISR Technology Research and Development. Work encompasses mission area support (technology transition, countering adaptable threats, irregular warfare support, expeditionary and special operations support, deployable force protection), technical area support (electronic/electro-optic equipment, software design and development and integration, mechanical components and systems, materials development and integration, systems integration and human systems interfacing), and organizational capabilities (process development and oversight, field evaluations and field trials, assessments of equipment and systems, understanding of expeditionary forces and special operations environments).

Over its ordering life, the vehicle generated 190 task orders with a combined potential value of $616.3 million; $572.5 million (93 percent of combined potential value) has been obligated. Leidos, Inc. dominates the prime base, holding 79 of the 190 awarded orders and $263.5 million in combined potential value — representing roughly 43 percent of all task-order potential value. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Wintec Arrowmaker, Inc., Peraton Inc., and Battelle Memorial Institute together hold an additional $284.6 million, with these five firms accounting for 89 percent of all orders and combined potential value. All 190 task orders carried no set-aside designation. Nearly all orders (140 task orders, $417.9 million) funded RDECOM itself; 49 orders ($196 million) went to Army Contracting Command–Aberdeen Proving Ground. Task orders ranged widely in value — from under $200,000 to approximately $19.7 million — with most structured as Cost Plus Fixed Fee and typically lasting one to two years, though some extended to three years or longer. The vehicle saw peak ordering activity in 2013 (54 orders) and sustained moderate ordering through 2015.

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) manages an IDIQ for services related to Persistent Surveillance - Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (PS-ISR) and ISR Technology Research and Development. Services include: Mission Area Support, such as technology transition for advanced research and development; countering adaptable threats; irregular warfare support; expeditionary and special operations support; deployable force protection. Technical Area Support, such as electronic/electro-optic equipment; software design, development and integration; mechanical components and systems; materials development, integration, and employment; systems integration and human systems interfacing. Organizational Capabilities, such as maintaining a process for developing, planning, managing and oversight of the overall effort; conducting assessments, field evaluations, field trials, and other appraisals of equipment and systems; understanding of issues and environments impacting expeditionary forces, intelligence operations, special operations, countering asymmetric threats, irregular warfare, and unconventional warfare applications.