Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction R&D

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded this Master IDIQ for research and development of scientific and technological solutions to meet DoD's non-proliferation, counterproliferation, and consequence management objectives on December 3, 2013, with a shared ceiling of $4 billion. The vehicle's ordering period closed on December 2, 2023, making it no longer available for new task orders.

Over its ten-year active period, the vehicle generated 125 task orders totaling $2.63 billion in combined potential value, with $1.83 billion obligated as of the portfolio snapshot (70 percent of potential value). Ordering momentum varied over the final five years: 16 orders in 2019, declining to 8 in 2021, then stabilizing at 10–11 orders annually through 2023. The most recent task order awarded on November 8, 2023, covered test tools and techniques for explosive compounds (Project HERTIS), with a ceiling of $3.44 million.

Competition is highly concentrated among three dominant primes. Applied Research Associates, Inc. captured 63 orders representing $1.69 billion in combined potential value (64 percent of the vehicle total), followed by Leidos, Inc. with 27 orders valued at $733 million, and HII Mission Technologies Corp with 8 orders at $69 million. These three firms account for 88 percent of all task orders and 98 percent of combined potential value. Eight other primes share the remainder, including Raytheon Company and Peraton Inc.

Funding is essentially monolithic: the Defense Threat Reduction Agency placed 123 of 125 orders totaling $2.61 billion in potential value; Defense Contract Management Agency and DOD Missile Defense Agency each placed one order. All 125 task orders carried no set-aside designation, reflecting unrestricted competition among the awardee base.

Typical task orders ranged from $2 million to $120 million in ceiling value, structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements with durations extending two to three years. Notable mega-orders included one to Leidos for counter-WMD analysis and planning tool development (ceiling $416.8 million, obligated $171.2 million) and two target assessment technology support orders with combined ceilings exceeding $239 million. Work spanned nuclear effects modeling, electromagnetic hardening and survivability analysis, chemical and biological agent assessment, explosive testing protocols, and consequence management systems integration.

Research and development, scientific and technological solutions to meet DoD's non-proliferation, counterproliferation, and consequence management objectives.