Computer-Generated Video Animation

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) established this Master IDIQ for 3D computer-generated video animation services on September 25, 2018, with a shared ceiling of $2.5 million. The vehicle is no longer active—ordering closed on September 23, 2023, more than two years ago.

All 15 task orders issued under the vehicle are fully obligated against the $3.2 million combined potential value, exhausting the available capacity. Work consists exclusively of 3D animation supporting CSB's safety video program, which translates chemical accident investigation findings into visual formats released alongside final investigation reports. All task orders are firm fixed price except two early-stage labor-hour orders, and all are unrestricted competitive procurements with no set-aside applied.

Abbott Media Productions LLC dominates the vehicle, holding 8 of 15 orders worth $2.2 million combined potential value (69% of total capacity). V Studios Inc. holds the remaining 7 orders worth $1 million. This two-firm structure captures 100% of awarded work, with no secondary contractors. The CSB is the sole customer across the vehicle's lifetime.

Ordering velocity peaked in 2020 with four orders before settling to two to three orders annually in 2021–2023. Task-order values range from $75,000 to $447,258, with most orders in the $96,000 to $410,000 range. Early orders (2018–2019) used labor-hour pricing; subsequent orders shifted to firm fixed price. Two orders include COVID-19 funding designations.

Because the vehicle's last ordering date has passed and all potential value is obligated, this IDIQ is closed to new work. Pursuit is not viable unless CSB reopens or extends the vehicle, which the available source does not indicate.

This contract will require a 3D computer animator to support the CSB's Office of Congressional, Public, and Board Affairs' safety video program. This program plays an important role in the CSB's mission to prevent chemical accidents by visually portraying key findings and lessons learned in a video format.