ATF Covert Operations Equipment IDIQ

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms established this Master IDIQ on December 12, 2011, to procure covert operations equipment. Ordering closed on June 11, 2017—the vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

The vehicle executed 55 task orders totaling $2.6 million in combined potential value, with all value obligated. Order velocity peaked in 2016 with 11 awards, then declined to 6 in 2017 before the vehicle closed. The final order was placed on June 8, 2017.

Equipment procured included covert concealments (streetlight housings, utility boxes, aerial enclosures), surveillance platforms (video encoders, IP cameras, fiber-optic systems), and audio-video systems. Task orders ranged from under $4 thousand to approximately $182 thousand, with most falling between $20 thousand and $100 thousand. Sandoval Custom Creations Inc. dominated the prime contractor base, holding 32 of 55 awards and $1.2 million in combined potential value. Kel-Tech Plastics, Inc. followed with 12 orders and $966 thousand; Davis Sign Company Inc. earned 8 orders and $327 thousand; Cascade Controls, Inc. received 3 orders and $105 thousand. All 55 orders were designated Total Small Business.

The Drug Enforcement Administration placed 35 orders worth $1.8 million—roughly 70 percent of vehicle activity by order count and value. ATF itself placed 17 orders for $796 thousand. The FBI Headquarters Division and U.S. Marshals Service Investigative Operations Division accounted for the remaining three orders totaling $27 thousand.

Competition is closed to new entrants. The vehicle structure, narrow set-aside category, and Sandoval's dominant share make this IDIQ unsuitable for pursuit.

The purpose of this Master IDIQ is the procurement of equipment supporting covert operations for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.