Electronic Warfare Engineering and Technical Services

The Office of Naval Research established this Master IDIQ for electronic warfare engineering and technical services — including requirements and performance analysis, RF engineering, mixed-signal circuit design, digital signal processing, software development, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, prototype development, and test and evaluation — on July 13, 2017, with a shared ceiling of $95 million; ordering closed on July 11, 2022, and the vehicle is no longer active.

Thirteen task orders have been awarded across the vehicle's lifecycle, with the most recent issued on May 31, 2023. The ordering momentum declined sharply after 2018 (five orders that year; one or two per year thereafter through 2023). Combined task-order potential value stands at $99.4 million, with $79.8 million obligated to date, representing 80 percent utilization of the combined ceiling.

Envisioneering Inc. dominates the vehicle, holding nine of thirteen awards and $82.8 million in combined potential value — roughly 83 percent of the total. Praxis, Inc. accounts for three orders worth $6.1 million combined, and Applied Technology, Inc. holds one order valued at $10.5 million. Competition is effectively closed to new entrants given the ordering deadline passed in 2022.

The Office of Naval Research placed 11 orders totaling $82.4 million in potential value; the Defense Contract Management Agency awarded 2 orders worth $17 million combined. Navy funding dominates the vehicle.

Approximately 69 percent of awarded orders carry no set-aside designation. Small business received four orders (31 percent of task orders), including two full small-business set-asides and two designated as "Total Small Business." Representative task orders include surface electronic warfare systems research and prototype development ($3.5 million ceiling), the DEEPSTAR program ($21.2 million ceiling), above-water sensors technical support labor ($18.8 million ceiling), and advanced electronic warfare support ($10.5 million ceiling). All delivery orders utilize Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing. Task-order durations range from under one year to multi-year engagements extending through 2025 and 2026.

The Naval Research Laboratory has awarded a Master IDIQ for Requirements and Performance Analysis of Concepts and Systems, RF Engineering, Mixed-signal circuit design (Analog/Digital), Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Software Development, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, System/Subsystem Prototype Development, Test and Evaluation of Concepts and Systems, and Program Support.