Field Communications IDIQ (FIELDCOM)

The Interior Business Center awarded the Field Communications IDIQ on October 1, 2017, with a shared ceiling of $3 billion and a last date to order of September 29, 2023—ordering closed two years and nine months ago. The vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

The IDIQ procures field communications products, services, and design-build systems across three functional categories: Category 1 covers P25 radio infrastructure and user devices, aviation and marine radios, microwave radios, FirstNet network devices, communications enclosures, and commercial satellite voice and data equipment; Category 2 covers planning, design, implementation, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning services; Category 3 delivers integrated design-build field communications systems.

Across 1,196 task orders awarded through September 2023, activity declined sharply in the final year: orders averaged 224–245 per year from 2019 through 2022 but dropped to only 8 orders in 2023. The combined potential value of all task orders stands at $130.5 million, with $127.4 million (98 percent) already obligated. Five primes dominate by order count: Relm Communications, Inc. (403 orders, $26 million), Daniels Electronics LTD (147 orders, $13.1 million), Procom Communications, LLC (120 orders, $8.4 million), AEG Group Inc. (108 orders, $8.6 million), and ACG Systems, Inc. (106 orders, $9.6 million) collectively hold 74 percent of all task orders. By combined potential value, Commdex, LLC leads with $29.4 million across 93 orders, followed by Relm ($26 million), Tribalco LLC ($14 million), Daniels Electronics ($13.1 million), and ACG Systems ($9.6 million), representing 71 percent of total vehicle value. Among the 22 distinct prime contractors, a long tail of smaller firms fills the remainder.

Customer concentration is nearly absolute within the Department of the Interior: the National Park Service's four regional offices account for 49 percent of all task orders. The Intermountain Region (209 orders, $12.9 million), Pacific West Region (206 orders, $20.1 million), Southeast Region (71 orders, $13.4 million), Midwest Region (55 orders, $3.7 million), and Northeast Region (51 orders, $4.7 million) collectively dominate. Thirty-eight additional federal agencies place scattered orders across the remaining 51 percent of activity.

Nearly all task orders carry no set-aside: 1,132 orders (95 percent) are unrestricted, while 64 orders (5 percent) are designated for small business. Task-order values range widely; recent awards span from $4,400 to $1.6 million, with most individual orders in the $50,000 to $450,000 range. Firm-fixed-price is the standard pricing structure. Work performed spans Interior sites nationwide, concentrated in national parks and Bureau of Land Management installations, with notable activity at Yosemite, Shenandoah, Everglades, and other major parks.

FieldCom consists of three Functional Categories. Category 1 is "Products" and includes P25 radio infrastructure and user devices, aviation radios, marine radios, microwave radios, FirstNet network devices, communications enclosures, and commercial satellite voice and data field communications. Category 2 "Services" and includes planning, design, implementation, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning. Category 3 is "Design-Build" and includes delivering a field communications system in which the planning, design, and implementation/installation services and any associated products, software, or hardware in the design are provided by a single contractor.