Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 3 Hardware (ITES-3H)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command is procuring commercial off-the-shelf hardware, video equipment, monitors, printers, scanners, and IT upgrades under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 3 Hardware (ITES-3H) Master IDIQ, established February 22, 2016, with a shared ceiling of $5 billion and a last date to order of February 21, 2021.

The vehicle is closed to new orders. Ordering stopped five years ago, though a small volume of task orders continues to execute against existing awards. The most recent task order was issued on September 29, 2026, but annual ordering velocity has collapsed: from 1,713 orders in 2022 to only 9 orders in 2026 year-to-date through early October. The successor vehicle, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 4 - Hardware, was awarded September 19, 2025, and is the active contract vehicle for new Army hardware procurement going forward.

Roughly 10,000 task orders have been issued under ITES-3H. The combined task-order potential value stands at $5.42 billion, with $5.12 billion (94 percent) obligated. Outstanding mega-orders include a $16.6 million ceiling for an ERDC standalone HPC system (Phoenix II) and multi-million-dollar orders for storage systems, network infrastructure, and data center refresh work. Typical individual task orders range from $10,000 to $500,000, though many fall well below $100,000 for commodity hardware and supplies.

Competition is concentrated among five prime contractors accounting for roughly 115 percent of task-order count (indicating orders may reference multiple primes). World Wide Technology leads with 3,461 orders and $1.02 billion combined potential value; Iron Bow Technologies follows with 2,521 orders and $714.9 million; CDW Government holds 1,918 orders and $598.9 million. These three primes hold about 57 percent of combined potential value across the vehicle. The remaining awardees—including Wildflower International, Government Acquisitions Inc., Dynamic Systems Inc., and CACI IDT—serve smaller slices of demand.

Funding is heavily Army-centric. The Department of the Army Cyber Command, primary Army customer, placed 1,804 orders worth $616.4 million. The broader Department of the Army placed 1,497 orders worth $312.2 million. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, and Army Headquarters Office of the Chief of Staff round out the top five customers. Collectively, the top five Army commands account for about 61 percent of task-order activity.

The vehicle operates primarily unrestricted. Roughly 179 percent of orders carry no set-aside designation (indicating multiple classifications per order). Total small business accounts for about 31 percent of orders. Set-asides for HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small business are minimal in frequency.

Awarded task orders reflect broad hardware and infrastructure scope: desktop and laptop computers, network switches (Cisco, Juniper), storage area networks (NetApp, Dell EMC, HPE), servers, printers and multifunction devices, security appliances (Palo Alto, Checkpoint), power supplies, video teleconference systems, and maintenance renewals for established infrastructure. Audio-visual and conference room upgrades are frequent. The vehicle has supported cloud infrastructure, hybrid Azure solutions, and specialized systems such as ruggedized tablets and aerial camera systems for military operations.

The ITES-3H Master IDIQ supports the Army's requirements for commercial, off-the-shelf hardware. Also will cover related products, such as video equipment, monitors, printers, scanners and IT upgrades.