Capital Investment Analysis Support (CIAS)

The Department of Transportation awarded a Master IDIQ for Capital Investment Analysis Support to the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center on June 1, 2017, with a combined potential value of $34 million and a last date to order of May 31, 2021; ordering under this vehicle closed over five years ago.

The vehicle is inactive. No task orders have been awarded since May 4, 2019. Activity front-loaded heavily in 2017 with five initial orders, followed by one order in 2018 and one in 2019. The seven task orders awarded under the vehicle obligated $8.2 million against a combined potential value of $8.4 million, leaving $119 thousand unobligated and representing 99% execution of contracted value. All task orders have completed performance; the most recent ultimate completion date was March 31, 2020.

Work contracted includes capitalization, DELPHI, and data assurance support services; national traffic management log performance analysis; budget planning and formulation; and reimbursable agreement accounting. Pricing has been Cost Plus Fixed Fee or Firm Fixed Price. Task orders ranged from $21 thousand to $2.9 million in obligated value.

Ascent Consulting Co. dominates the vehicle, holding five of seven awarded orders totaling $7.6 million in combined potential value—approximately 90% of the vehicle's total contracted work. Changeis, Inc. received one order for $597 thousand, and Jerry Thompson & Associates, Inc. received one order for $119 thousand. All seven task orders funded programs within the Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation; no other federal agencies placed orders.

All task orders were unrestricted; no set-aside designations were applied across the vehicle's portfolio.

New pursuit opportunities under this vehicle do not exist. The ordering period has expired, and all awarded task orders have reached completion. Firms interested in similar work should monitor successor vehicles or direct FAA and Volpe Center procurement channels.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, has awarded a Master IDIQ for Capital Investment Analysis Support (CIAS) in support of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).