FCC Application Development Support Services (ADSS)

The Federal Communications Commission established a multiple-award Master IDIQ on May 11, 2022, for application development support services including program and project management, software development, documentation, and extreme programming, with ordering authority through May 10, 2027 (nine months and three weeks remaining). The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $203.555 million across an unrestricted competitive structure with no set-aside designations.

Activity under the vehicle remains sparse. Only two task orders have been awarded since establishment, one in April 2023 and one in November 2024, generating a combined potential value of $33.9 million against the full vehicle ceiling. International Business Machines Corporation holds the dominant position with a single $33.9 million order (the FCC Auction Application System delivery order, ceiling value $33.898 million, with $16.2 million obligated as of the most recent data and an ultimate completion date of June 24, 2027). CGI Federal Inc. received one task order with zero stated potential value. Both orders are unrestricted competitive awards funding FCC operations exclusively.

The modest order pace—one per year in the two most recent award cycles—and the concentration of awarded value in a single IBM contract suggest the vehicle functions as a specialized procurement channel for discrete FCC application modernization efforts rather than a high-velocity acquisition hub. Nearly 48 percent of the combined potential value across all awarded task orders has been obligated, indicating active performance on the largest contract. The vehicle's remaining ordering window closes in less than a year, making near-term task-order pursuit time-sensitive for vendors not yet on the IDIQ.

Firms should assess fit based on FCC's documented development priorities (the AAS system is the visible proof point) and capacity to support firm-fixed-price delivery of enterprise application work to a single civilian customer with modest but sustained development needs.

Program and Project Management Support, Software and Application Development and Document Support, and Extreme Programming.