Design Integration Construction Communication and Engineering 2 (DICCE 2)

The National Nuclear Security Administration awarded this Master IDIQ to support design, integration, construction, communication, and engineering services for the Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) Program, with ordering authority ending August 11, 2019—now closed for nearly seven years. The vehicle was established August 12, 2016, with a shared ceiling of $400 million. Though the ordering period has expired, task orders remain active; the most recent award was issued March 29, 2024, and several orders continue through 2026 and 2027.

The vehicle is virtually closed to new entrants. Only two prime contractors hold awards: Tech2 Solutions (22 orders, $255.8 million combined potential value) and Apogee Group, LLC (14 orders, $279.5 million combined potential value). Tech2 Solutions leads by order count; Apogee Group leads by dollar value. The portfolio of 36 task orders has obligated $462.8 million of a combined potential value of $535.3 million, leaving $72.5 million unobligated (86% of potential value spent). Most task orders are unrestricted; five of 36 orders (14%) carry small-business set-asides. Ordering momentum is minimal—two orders in 2024, three in 2022, two in 2020—with no new orders expected after the August 2019 cutoff.

NNSA's Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence funds 35 of 36 orders totaling $534 million in combined potential value; the Energy Department's Office of Environment, Health and Safety and Security funds the remaining order at $1.3 million. Task orders span radiation portal monitor equipment procurement, site surveys and engineering assessments, systems integration and deployment at border and international locations, and program management. Cost-Plus Fixed Fee pricing dominates; Firm Fixed Price is used for equipment purchases. Task order values range from $94,207 (Vietnam paving work, 2019) to $87.8 million (Ukraine, potential value), with mid-sized orders in the $25 million to $35 million range common. Performance locations include Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan), Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Romania), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand), the Middle East (Lebanon, Kuwait), the Caucasus, and domestic support.

This vehicle is not available for new pursuit under its original scope. Firms not already on the two-prime vehicle cannot compete for additional orders.

The U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration is issuing this Request for Proposal on behalf of the Office of Global Material Security, Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) Program. The NNSA seeks qualified small businesses, small business-led teams and joint ventures that qualify as small business capable of performing Design, Integration, Construction, Communication, and Engineering services in support of the NSDD Program.