BLM Information Technology Support Services (BLM ITSS)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Office awarded a Master IDIQ for IT Application services on March 16, 2015, with ordering closed as of March 30, 2020. This vehicle is no longer active; the last task order was awarded November 1, 2020, over five years ago.

Across its lifecycle, the vehicle supported 86 task orders totaling $68.2 million in combined potential value, with $65.8 million (97 percent) obligated. Task-order activity peaked in 2020 with 26 awards, then declined sharply following the ordering deadline. Ordering momentum prior to closure shows concentrated activity in the final months: a spike of 19 awards in 2016, followed by 6 in 2017, 4 in 2018, and 2 in 2019 before the final surge in 2020.

Scope covered application lifecycle management, help desk operations, capital planning support, system security support, system engineering support, and geospatial technology. Recent task orders reflect diverse BLM operations: support for legacy systems (LR2000, Collections and Billing System, Rangeland Administration System), web and enterprise platforms (ePlanning, enterprise geographic information system, web support services), specialized applications (Wild Horse and Burro Program System, Science Permit Application Tracking System, Fire and Aviation systems), and infrastructure work (SharePoint development, database administration, business intelligence and analytics).

Competition was highly concentrated among three primes. Nexgen Technologies Inc. captured 60 of 86 task orders and $50.1 million in combined potential value, representing 73 percent of all awards and 73 percent of total value. Managed Business Solutions LLC held 19 orders worth $10.6 million (15 percent of value), and DSG Systems Inc. held 7 orders worth $7.4 million (11 percent of value). All customer orders (100 percent of the portfolio) flowed to the BLM National Office. Approximately 78 percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation; 22 percent were awarded to small businesses, split between sole-source 8(a) and competitive small-business competitions.

Task-order values ranged from under $15,000 to over $6.3 million. Representative mid-to-large orders include ePlanning O&M at $6.3 million, LR2000 systems support at $3.5 million, Collections and Billing System support at $3.5 million, and Enterprise GIS support at $3.8 million. Most orders were firm-fixed-price; some larger development efforts used labor-hours pricing. Pursuit is not viable; the vehicle expired in 2020 with no recompete announced.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Operations Center (NOC) Division of Information Resource Management (DIRM) has awarded a Master IDIQ for the provision of Information Technology (IT) Application services. The primary functional areas anticipated include: 1. Application life-cycle Management - Design, Development, Testing & O&M 2. Help Desk Operations 3. Capital Planning Support 4. System Security Support 5. System Engineering Support 6. Geospatial Technology