ESTD Research Development and Technical Services

The Office of Naval Research established a Master IDIQ for research, development, and technical services supporting the Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology Division on December 21, 2016, with a shared ceiling of $48 million. The vehicle is no longer active: ordering closed on December 13, 2021, more than four years ago.

The work covers basic and applied research in electronic materials, devices, components, and sub-systems with application to radar, communications, power conversion and control, and electromagnetic warfare. Task orders awarded under the vehicle addressed specific research domains including radiation effects, optoelectronics, microwave and millimeter-wave materials and devices, high-power electronics, and power-conversion systems for portable solar applications.

Amentum Technology dominates the prime contractor base, holding six of fifteen total task orders and $11.3 million in combined potential value. Leidos follows with three orders valued at $7 million combined, and Sotera Defense Solutions holds two orders worth $3.8 million combined. The remaining two firms—The Keyw Corporation and Packet Digital LLC—hold small shares of activity. All task orders were unrestricted competitive awards. A single customer, the Office of Naval Research, funded all activity under the vehicle.

The combined task-order potential value reached $24.2 million, with $15.2 million obligated as of the most recent data point (63% of combined potential value). The vehicle issued 15 task orders over its active period, with ordering momentum concentrated in 2016 and 2017; only one order was placed in 2020 and four in the final year of 2021. Task orders carried Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing structures in the majority of cases, with a smaller number at Cost No Fee and Firm Fixed Price. Representative task-order ceilings ranged from roughly $1.4 million to $5.6 million, with typical durations of two to three years. Work was performed at the NRL Electronics Science and Technology Division in Washington, DC.

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has awarded a Master IDIQ for research, development, and technical services for the NRL Electronics Science and Technology Division (ESTD), located in Washington, DC. ESTD is NRL's principal organization in the areas of electronic materials, devices, components, and sub-systems. Basic and applied research in these areas are focused on both the fundamental science as well as the development of technologies that can positively impact the warfighter through improved electronic systems that are used in systems including radar, communications, power conversion/control and electromagnetic warfare.