Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure, and Communications Services (EPICS)

The Federal Aviation Administration established the Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure, and Communications Services (EPICS) Master IDIQ on February 10, 2017, to procure support services for the Communications, Infrastructure and Network Programs Group's mission to implement, manage, and execute communications infrastructure programs supporting the National Airspace System and related systems. The vehicle's ordering period closed on June 4, 2024; no new task orders may be placed against it.

The IDIQ is effectively closed to new competition. The vehicle awarded 28 task orders over nine years, with ordering momentum concentrated in the first year—20 orders in 2017 alone, then a sharp decline to a single order placed in May 2025 from a pipeline that was already exhausted. The combined potential value across all task orders is $1.02 billion, with $899.2 million obligated (89% utilization), indicating the vehicle is substantially spent.

Competition is highly concentrated. Noblis, Inc. holds 18 orders valued at $873.1 million in combined potential value, while Veracity Engineering LLC holds the remaining 10 orders valued at $142.4 million—capturing 86% and 14% of the vehicle's total scope, respectively. No other primes are present on the vehicle. All 28 task orders fund FAA programs within CINP and related initiatives; no other customer agencies are served.

The work is primarily engineering and program management services. Task orders span enterprise engineering services supporting the National Airspace System and non-NAS systems, telecommunications infrastructure support, program office support for initiatives including Telecommunications Flow Management (TBFM), Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS), and NAS Voice Systems, and acquisition planning and pre-award services. Pricing is predominantly time-and-materials with labor-hour orders present. Representative task-order values range from $65,000 (a small Puerto Rico infrastructure repair project) to $323.1 million in potential value (Noblis's largest enterprise engineering services order). Option periods extend completion dates into 2027 for several active orders.

Set-aside distribution across task orders is heavily skewed toward unrestricted competition: 22 of 28 orders (79%) carry no set-aside, 5 orders (18%) are partial small business, and 1 order (4%) is total small business. This vehicle is not a viable pursuit target for new business; opportunities are exhausted and the ordering period has closed.

The Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure, and Communications Services (EPICS) Support Service Contract will obtain support services that will support programs within the FAA's Communications, Infrastructure and Network Programs (CINP) Group and related programs in accomplishing their mission objectives. The CINP is responsible for the implementation, management, and execution of communications infrastructure programs supporting the National Airspace System (NAS) and non-NAS systems and networks.