Global Tactical Advanced Comms Systems (GTACS)
Ended Master IDIQ Awarded
- Federal agency
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PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical
+ 4 more agencies
- Awardees
- 19 across 25 IDV awards
- Task orders
- 69
- Obligated
- $1,366,813,945
Vehicle facts
- Opportunity
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- W15P7T11RC001 Solicitation number
- Agencies
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- PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical Acquisition Support Center, Department of Defense
- ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- PEO Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors Acquisition Support Center, Department of Defense
- Communications Electronics Command Army Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service Department of Defense
- Combined task order value
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- $1,589,720,263 Current, with exercised options
- $1,904,149,013 Potential, with all options
- Last date to order 100% complete
- Shared ceiling 14% used
- $10,000,000,000.00
IDV award and task order details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this vehicle
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) established the Global Tactical Advanced Comms Systems (GTACS) multiple-award, competitive small-business partial set-aside Master IDIQ on October 31, 2012, with a shared ceiling of $10 billion. Ordering closed on October 30, 2019—the vehicle is no longer active—and has been succeeded by Global Tactical Advanced Communication System II, awarded January 6, 2020.
GTACS contracted design, development, acquisition, production, deployment, operation, maintenance, and associated services for Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) systems hardware. Seventy-one percent of the vehicle's $1.9 billion combined task-order potential value has been obligated across 69 task orders awarded between March 2013 and September 2019. Annual ordering velocity declined sharply in the vehicle's final years: the contract issued 14 orders in 2015 but only 3 in 2019, reflecting the maturation and wind-down of the vehicle before its successor took over.
Competition concentrated among five primes capturing 67% of task-order count: Datapath, Inc. and Telecommunication Systems Inc. dominated by potential value at $711.6 million and $581.4 million respectively, followed by General Dynamics One Source LLC, Trace Systems, Inc., and Raytheon Company. The top three primes alone held 85% of combined potential value.
Army organizations accounted for 91% of task orders by count. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center's PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical placed 44 orders totaling $1.35 billion in potential value, dominating the customer base. Other Army commands (CECOM, Aberdeen Proving Ground Contracting Command) and non-Army agencies (Navy Fleet Forces Command) placed the remainder.
Eighty-three percent of task orders carried no set-aside, reflecting the vehicle's primary designation as unrestricted competitive. Small-business set-asides comprised 17% of orders. Task orders funded satellite communications systems (VSAT, Ku-band and Ka-band antenna systems, SATCOM terminals, troposcatter equipment, modems), sustainment and field service support, spare components, software development, facility and logistics support, and hardware upgrades across domestic and overseas locations including Germany, Hawaii, and Australia.
Description
This contract is a multiple award, competitive Small Business Partial Set-aside Multiple Award for the design, development, acquisition, production, deployment, operation, maintenance and associated services for Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) systems hardware.
IDV awards
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Latest task orders
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Top awardees by obligations
| Rank | Awardee | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telecommunication Systems Inc. | $472,088,367 | 35% |
| 2 | Datapath, Inc. | $397,618,570 | 29% |
| 3 | General Dynamics One Source LLC | $133,051,517 | 10% |
| 4 | Leidos, Inc. | $64,789,072 | 5% |
| 5 | Raytheon Company | $63,862,136 | 5% |
| 6 | Trace Systems, Inc. | $56,779,011 | 4% |
| 7 | Caci Nss, LLC | $55,280,005 | 4% |
| 8 | L3 Technologies, Inc. | $54,625,449 | 4% |
| 9 | Envistacom, L.l.c | $41,235,857 | 3% |
| 10 | Nexagen Networks, Inc. | $12,531,773 | 1% |
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Funding agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Army | $1,337,813,797 | 98% |
| 2 | Air Force | $20,893,896 | 2% |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $8,106,252 | 1% |
Obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2025 | -$854,588 |
| FY2024 | -$4,434,918 |
| FY2023 | -$12,493,857 |
| FY2022 | -$12,179,592 |
| FY2021 | -$537,762 |
| FY2020 | $99,645,737 |
| FY2019 | $227,951,905 |
| FY2018 | $320,230,023 |
| FY2017 | $200,572,144 |
| FY2016 | $207,233,687 |
| FY2015 | $187,335,037 |
| FY2014 | $77,124,908 |
| FY2013 | $77,221,219 |
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Quick answers
What is the GTACS contract vehicle?
Global Tactical Advanced Comms Systems (GTACS) is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle run by PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical (Acquisition Support Center), ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground (Army Contracting Command), PEO Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors (Acquisition Support Center), Communications Electronics Command (Army Materiel Command) and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (Department of Defense), awarded on October 31, 2012.
Which companies hold GTACS?
19 companies hold GTACS's 25 IDV awards. The latest went to Telecommunication Systems Inc. on October 31, 2012. The awardees whose task orders obligated the most are Telecommunication Systems Inc., Datapath, Inc. and General Dynamics One Source LLC.
How much has been spent through GTACS?
69 task orders have been placed under GTACS, obligating $1,366,813,945. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $1,589,720,263.
What is the shared ceiling of GTACS?
GTACS's shared ceiling is $10,000,000,000; its task orders have used 14% of it.
Which agencies use GTACS the most?
The departments whose task orders under GTACS obligated the most are Department of the Army ($1,337,813,797), Air Force ($20,893,896) and Department of the Navy ($8,106,252).
How much was obligated through GTACS in fiscal year 2025?
Task orders under GTACS obligated -$854,588 in fiscal year 2025.
What came before and after GTACS?
It was followed by Global Tactical Advanced Communication System II (GTACS II).
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