Digital Information Technology - Follow On

The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center is procuring information technology hardware and laboratory equipment under a Master IDIQ established May 12, 2023, with ordering authority extending through May 9, 2028 — approximately 1 year and 9 months remaining. The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $49 million and no set-aside restriction at the vehicle level, though individual task orders show a significant small-business component in recent awards.

One hundred forty-five task orders have been issued, obligating $13.5 million of the combined potential value of $14.5 million (93% obligated). Ordering activity has remained steady over three years: 47 orders in 2023, 53 in 2024, and 45 in 2025. The most recent award was issued December 18, 2025.

Unistar-Sparco Computers, Inc. dominates the prime contractor base, holding 72 orders valued at $9.3 million in combined potential value — 64% of all awards by count and 64% by value. Bahfed Corp ranks second with 30 orders ($1.9 million), Pacific IC Source third with 19 orders ($1.7 million), and Govtec Ventures LLC fourth with 17 orders ($1.3 million). The remaining firm, Federal Resources Supply Company, LLC, holds 7 orders ($223 thousand). Nearly all orders fund Naval Air Warfare Center operations, with one order ($6 thousand) supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

The set-aside mix has shifted recently. Ninety-two percent of task orders (133) carry no set-aside designation; 8 percent (12 orders) are designated Total Small Business. However, the most recent December 2025 awards show eight consecutive orders issued under Total Small Business set-aside, suggesting a tightening focus on small-business vendors for new work.

Scope spans IT hardware (laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, network infrastructure), laboratory equipment (cameras, oscilloscopes, data acquisition systems, programmable logic controllers), and commercial software licenses. Recent task orders reflect specialization: explosion-proof network cameras, FLIR thermal systems, high-performance cluster compute nodes from Aspen Systems, enterprise storage appliances (VISHNU), professional design software (Creo, SolidWorks, Altium), and networking gear (Arista, Axis). Individual task orders typically range from $3,900 to $1.3 million, though the largest awarded order valued $1.3 million (FLIR X8581HS thermal imaging system, September 2025) and Vishnu appliance orders reached approximately $1.035 million and $1.087 million.

Work is performed for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, California.

This effort is a follow-on that will continue to procure at a minimum, the following Information Technology (IT) hardware: laptops, desktops, smartboards and projectors, monitors, printers, scanners, headsets, web cameras, motherboards, central processing units, wireless and Bluetooth capable devices, switches, routers, rackmount systems and desktop peripherals.