Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services IV (CAAS IV)

Air Combat Command awarded this master IDIQ for advisory and assistance services supporting policy development, management, and operations across the Department of the Air Force and Office of Secretary of Defense on November 29, 2011, with a shared ceiling of $7 billion and ordering authority that closed on October 14, 2016—nine years nine months ago.

This vehicle is no longer active for new orders. Ordering ceased in 2016 and the most recent task order award dates to October 2016. The 180 task orders awarded under the vehicle generated $810.6 million in combined potential value, of which $620.3 million (77 percent) has been obligated. Peak ordering activity occurred in 2013 with 39 task orders; annual volume declined thereafter, averaging roughly 25–30 orders in the final three years before the ordering period closed.

Awarded task orders span fighter squadron operations support, flying operations and training support, command and control systems, intelligence analysis, medical modernization planning, logistics, communications, and personnel support across ACC and subordinate organizations. Work is performed worldwide including CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and OCONUS with heavy concentration at domestic Air Force installations. Representative large orders include a $69.4 million Royal Saudi Air Force English Language Training contract to B3H Corporation, a $71.5 million Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve support order, a $42.6 million Combat Air Forces Fighter Squadron Operations Support delivery order, and a $41.6 million organizational planning and technical consulting task order.

Five firms dominate the awardee base. Blueforce, Inc. holds the largest combined potential value at $149 million across 19 orders; R & K Enterprise Solutions Inc. has $133 million across 13 orders; B3H Corporation has $129.7 million across 23 orders; Spectrum Comm Inc. has $76.3 million across 4 orders; and Phantom Eagle LLC has $52.4 million across 9 orders. These five firms account for 67 percent of combined potential value. The remaining 27 awardees share the balance. Air Combat Command funded 121 of the 180 orders (67 percent of combined potential value); Headquarters District Washington and Air Education and Training Command together account for most of the remainder.

The vehicle is structured with both an unrestricted pool and small business pool. Across all awards, 68 percent of task orders are small business set-aside (123 orders), with the remainder (57 orders) unrestricted. Task order values typically range from under $1 million to $40 million, with durations between one and three years. Pricing types mix firm fixed price, fixed price level of effort, and cost-plus-fixed-fee structures depending on requirement.

This Advisory & Assistance (A & AS) requirement is to provide management and professional support services in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 37.2 in order to support and improve policy development, management, administration, and the operation of systems to meet Headquarters (HQ) Air Combat Command (ACC), HQ Air Force (HAF), Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) organizations, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) mission requirements throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) including Alaska and Hawaii, and outside CONUS (OCONUS).