FCS&T Software Engineering and Acquisition Support III

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Picatinny Arsenal awarded FCS&T Software Engineering and Acquisition Support III, a Master IDIQ for software engineering and acquisition support to the Fire Control Systems & Technology Directorate, with ordering closed as of August 13, 2017. The vehicle is no longer active.

Fifty-two task orders totaling $84.1 million in combined potential value were awarded under the vehicle between September 2012 and August 2016. All $84.1 million in potential value has been obligated. Peak ordering activity occurred in 2014 with 18 awards; activity declined to 7 orders annually in 2015 and 2016. Ninety-eight percent of task orders carried a Total Small Business set-aside, with one unrestricted order.

Task order scope centered on fire control software development, maintenance, testing, and fielding across Army artillery and mortar systems. Representative work included software support for the Paladin M109A6/M109A7 fire control system, Lightweight Handheld Mortar Ballistic Computer (LHMBC) software development and maintenance, Mortar Fire Control System (MFCS) support, and digital fire control systems for M777A2 and M119A3 howitzers. Orders also covered computer-based training, software configuration management, and integration and test services. Individual task-order ceilings ranged from roughly $147,000 to $7.2 million.

Competitive concentration among primes was pronounced. Decilog, Inc. and RDM Engineering, LLC dominated, holding 14 and 12 orders respectively and accounting for $39.4 million and $27.3 million in combined potential value. MTA Inc., the third-largest prime, held 12 orders worth $10.1 million. These three firms captured approximately 83 percent of combined potential value. Wisengineering LLC and Subsystem Technologies Inc. held smaller portfolios.

Customer concentration was high. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command placed 46 of 52 orders, representing $68.8 million in combined potential value, or roughly 82 percent of vehicle activity. The Acquisition Support Center PEO Ground Combat Systems and Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal together accounted for the remaining 6 orders worth $15.3 million.

OMNIBUS III for Software Engineering and Acquisiton Support for the Fire Control Systems & Technology (FCS & T) Directorate of the U.S. Army.