C4I Engineering and Technical Support 2018

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a Master IDIQ to obtain C4I engineering and technical support for the Enterprise Communications and Networks Division as of November 16, 2017; ordering closed on November 14, 2019, and no new task orders may be placed against the vehicle. This vehicle is no longer active for new procurements.

The IDIQ is structured as an unrestricted, competitive vehicle with no set-asides. All 47 task orders awarded under the vehicle carry no set-aside designation. Science Applications International Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton dominate the competitive landscape, holding 28 and 10 orders respectively and combining for roughly 77 percent of the $104.2 million in combined task-order potential value. Epsilon C5I and General Dynamics Information Technology round out the four-firm awardee base. Ordering momentum declined sharply after 2019, with only 11 task orders issued in 2020 through 2022 combined; the final award occurred in May 2022.

Task orders fund engineering and technical support across systems including Low Band Universal Communications System (LBUCS), Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN), Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N), and enterprise communications infrastructure. Work encompasses systems and software engineering, integrated logistics, technology insertion, modeling and simulation, installation and testing, and in-service engineering activity support. Recent orders include programs supporting LBUCS-R engineering, MEECN waveform development, VLF terminal support, and base-level network infrastructure.

The Navy Information Warfare Systems Command and Defense Contract Management Agency placed all 47 orders, with the Navy accounting for 44 orders and $99.6 million in potential value. Task orders are structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts with typical values ranging from roughly $125,000 to $5.3 million obligated, with several larger orders carrying ceiling values exceeding $6 million. The vehicle obligated $85.8 million of its $104.2 million combined potential value (82 percent), indicating near-full drawdown of available funding. The last task-order award date of May 13, 2022 means no new orders have been placed for over four years, and the ordering window closed in November 2019, making this vehicle unsuitable for new business development.

The Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) has awarded a Master IDIQ to obtain technical and engineering support for the Enterprise Communications and Networks Division. The SSC Pacific Enterprise Communication and Networks Division, in response to initiatives promulgated by the Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies, performs technology insertion, software/hardware and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, installation and testing, and integrated logistics in support of communications, information technology, and other Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) efforts. Technical support is needed in the areas Management, Engineering, Integrated Logistics, Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance, and Homeland Security Operational Experiments.