FSI/SAIT IT Training Services

The Department of State Foreign Service Institute established a Master IDIQ on September 13, 2016, to provide instructors, program analysts, and general support personnel for IT training programs at its School of Applied Information Technology (SAIT) campus in Arlington, Virginia. Ordering under this vehicle closed on September 12, 2021, and is no longer active.

The vehicle is closed to new orders. The most recent task order was awarded on September 13, 2020, more than five years ago. All 26 task orders awarded under the vehicle have been fully obligated against a combined potential value of $9.8 million. Peak ordering activity occurred in 2018 with 10 orders; 2017 saw 7 orders, 2019 saw 5 orders, and 2016 and 2020 each saw 2 orders.

Task orders procure IT professional services delivered both at the Arlington campus and at Foreign Service locations worldwide, including US embassies in the United Arab Emirates, Philippines, South Africa, Ghana, China, and other posts. Work is structured as labor-hour engagements for instructional services or firm-fixed-price orders for contractor travel supporting training delivery. Representative labor-hour orders range from approximately $513,000 to $1.4 million; travel-only orders typically range from under $1,000 to roughly $16,000.

Competition is concentrated. Argin Technologies LLC holds 15 of 26 orders worth $5.9 million combined potential value, while The Prospective Group, LLC holds 11 orders worth $3.8 million. These two primes capture 100 percent of all work awarded. All 26 orders serve a single customer agency, the Department of State Foreign Service Institute. Eighty-eight percent of orders carry no set-aside designation; three orders, totaling approximately $969,000, were designated as Total Small Business, all within the 2016–2017 period.

This vehicle is exhausted and closed. New pursuit is not viable.

The Department of State National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute (FSI) provides training and professional development to personnel of the Department of State and the Foreign Service community. The School of Applied Information Technology (SAIT) at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) has awarded a Master IDIQ for instructors, program analysts and general support personnel for its campus in Arlington, VA. The Contractors support SAIT training programs identified by Department of State IT and end-user projects.