MEGA 5 Automated Litigation Support (MEGA 5)

The Department of Justice Civil Division awarded the MEGA 5 Automated Litigation Support Master IDIQ on August 31, 2020, with ordering authority extending to May 31, 2027—approximately 10 months remaining. The vehicle carries a $1.5 billion shared ceiling and supports administrative, logistical, professional, and technical labor, supplies, equipment, facilities, materials, and technologies for evidence acquisition, organization, case development, and presentation throughout litigation from pre-filing investigation through appeals.

Ordering momentum has declined substantially since the vehicle's establishment. The vehicle recorded 206 task orders across its lifecycle, with 124 orders placed in 2021, declining to 34 in 2022, 23 in 2023, 8 in 2024, and only 3 in 2025 through late September. Combined task-order potential value totals $1.26 billion, with $997 million obligated (79% of potential value), indicating the vehicle is moderately mature but still carries uncommitted capacity approaching the May 2027 ceiling.

Caci, LLC and PAE Labat-Anderson LLC dominate the prime contractor base, holding 73 and 57 orders respectively and accounting for $485.2 million and $417.1 million in combined potential value. Leidos, Inc. ranks third with 40 orders and $195.3 million potential value. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and Ernst & Young LLP round out the five-firm awardee population. Only five distinct primes hold all 206 task orders, concentrating roughly 60% of activity among the top two firms.

Customer concentration runs even heavier within DOJ itself. The Civil Division (the awarding office) placed 75 of the orders with $561.7 million potential value. U.S. Attorneys' Offices account for 66 orders worth $255.4 million. Criminal Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Antitrust Division account for the remainder. All 206 task orders carry no set-aside designation. Task orders are predominantly time-and-materials contracts with individual ceilings ranging from under $100,000 to $28.6 million, with the largest recent mega-order to PAE Labat-Anderson (June 2021, $28.6 million ceiling) and a June 2021 order to Caci for $27.5 million ceiling. Multiple orders extend performance through May 31, 2027, aligning with the vehicle's ordering deadline.

The Automated Litigation Support (ALS) IDIQ encompasses a wide range of professional services and products that help attorneys acquire, organize, develop, and present evidence throughout the course of litigation, from pre-filing investigation, through complaint, discovery, and trial, through post-trial briefs and the appeals process. Contractor personnel may furnish administrative, logistical, professional, and technical labor, supplies, equipment, facilities, materials, and technologies necessary to provide a wide range of professional services and products through the course of litigation.