CNS Air Traffic Management Systems (CNS)

The Department of Transportation awarded this Master IDIQ for Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) on May 27, 2014, with a shared ceiling of $60.2 million; ordering closed on May 26, 2019, and the vehicle is no longer active. This civilian transportation-focused IDIQ succeeded the Traffic Management Infrastructure Systems contract and has generated only six task orders over its five-year ordering window, with the most recent award issued March 1, 2019.

Work contracted spans air traffic management, National Airspace System engineering and implementation, NextGen concepts and systems engineering, air traffic safety, and airport and terminal operations. Task orders cluster on engineering support, systems analysis, and concepts development for NextGen and NAS automation, with performance primarily supporting the Volpe Center's transportation systems research function.

Competition is split evenly between two primes: Mosaic ATM, Inc. holds three orders valued at $19.5 million combined potential, and Safety Net Solutions, Inc. holds three orders valued at $15 million combined potential. Both firms have competed for successive tranches of engineering and program support work. All six orders are unrestricted (no set-aside designation). Customer concentration is absolute—the Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary placed all six orders totaling $34.5 million in combined potential value.

Combined task-order potential value stands at $34.5 million against the $60.2 million shared ceiling, leaving $25.7 million unobligated ceiling. However, only $20.8 million has been obligated to date (60% of combined potential), and the vehicle's ordering period expired over seven years ago. Task orders show a declining cadence: one order in each of 2014 and 2015, two in 2017, then one each in 2018 and 2019. Individual task-order ceilings range from approximately $151,000 to $8.9 million, with most awards structured on cost-plus-fixed-fee basis and performance periods spanning two to three years. Typical obligated amounts on large orders ($6.1 million to $8.9 million ceilings) are in the $2.3 million to $4.9 million range, indicating partial funding at award with options for incremental funding through modification.

The United States Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) of Cambridge, MA has awarded a Master IDIQ for Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) for the U.S. Department of Transportation and other Federal Agencies. Work includes 1. Air Traffic Management; 2. National Airspace System Engineering and Implementation; 3. Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Concepts and Systems Engineering; 4. Air Traffic Safety; and 5. Airport and Terminal Operations.