C4ISR Cyberspace Science Research Engineering and Technology Integration 2016-2019 (C4ISR Cyber 2016)

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command established a master IDIQ on September 19, 2016 to procure command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and cyberspace operations support, with ordering closed on September 18, 2019. This vehicle is no longer active—the ordering period ended in 2019, and no new task orders have been placed since October 2021. The successor vehicle, C4ISR Cyberspace Science Research Engineering and Technology Integration 2019, was awarded in May 2019 and should be evaluated for ongoing work.

The vehicle funded technology assessment, development and transition, requirements analysis, systems engineering, operational and technical support, exercise and experimentation, software and hardware development, modeling and simulation, training, and cybersecurity engineering. Task orders actually placed covered defensive cyberspace operations, distributed common ground systems (Navy), geospatial intelligence software development, key management infrastructure engineering, cyber analytics logistics support, unmanned systems cybersecurity, and supporting infrastructure and networks such as CANES and DCGS-N.

Booz Allen Hamilton and Leidos dominated the vehicle, each holding 14 orders with combined potential values of $51.6 million and $51.4 million respectively—together capturing roughly 54 percent of the $195.4 million combined potential value. Science Applications International Corporation, Sentar, and Scientific Research Corporation accounted for a further 20 percent. Competition was concentrated but not exclusionary; eleven distinct primes received awards across 57 task orders.

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 47 of 57 orders (82 percent of combined potential value), with secondary orders from the Marine Corps, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, and the Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research. Nearly all work was unrestricted; a single $25,000 small-business order was the only set-aside designation across the portfolio.

Task orders ranged from approximately $69,000 to $26.9 million in ceiling value, with most falling between $1 million and $8 million. The vehicle obligated $160.9 million of its $195.4 million potential value. Performance was concentrated at SSC Pacific (now NIWC Pacific) in San Diego with supporting work at subordinate Navy activities and enterprise systems offices nationwide.

SSC Pacific, as the principle Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT & E) and Acquisition Center for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and Information Operations (IO is responsible for functions that include: mission analysis; assessment and development of technology base; basic and applied research; demonstration of technology; engineering in support of production; support to operating forces; supporting doctrine, policy, and strategy development; and integration of numerous National and Tactical systems in the area of Cyberspace Operations. To meet these responsibilities, SSC Pacific requires advice, assistance, coordination and products necessary to support operational planning, assessment, integration, execution and technology development to assure superiority for the warfighter in the cyberspace domain. The full scope of this requirement is anticipated to include: technology assessment, development and transition; requirements analysis; systems engineering; operational and technical support; exercise and experimentation support; software development and prototyping; hardware development and prototyping; modeling and simulation; training support; security engineering/cybersecurity.