Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-Software 2 (ITES2)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command awarded ITES-SW 2, a multiple-award IDIQ serving Army, DoD, and all federal agencies, with ordering authority through August 30, 2030 and a combined task-order potential value of $1.38 billion. The vehicle is now in its sixth year of operation and remains active, with 133 orders issued in 2026 as of mid-June; ordering velocity declined from a peak of 830 orders in 2023 to 675 in 2025, signaling a maturing vehicle. Combined task-order dollars obligated stand at $1.01 billion, representing 73 percent of potential value.

The vehicle procures commercial off-the-shelf software, maintenance, incidental services, and hardware across 14 product categories: Audio & Visual, Business & Finance, Communication, Database, Education, Internet, Modeling & Simulation, Multimedia & Design, NetOps, Office Suite, Operating Systems, Programming & Development, IT Utility & Security, and Specialized. Recent orders span brand-name renewals—IBM, Blackboard, Palo Alto Networks, Veeam, Atlassian, MatLab, MATLAB, Nutanix, Denodo, Forcepoint, SolarWinds, Dynatrace, Docker, and others—as well as software support, subscriptions, and licensing services.

Four LLC leads by potential value at $223.6 million across 443 orders, followed by Carahsoft Technology Corp ($210.5 million, 295 orders), DH Technologies ($142.8 million, 396 orders), and World Wide Technology ($139.5 million, 196 orders); these five firms hold roughly 60 percent of combined potential value. Competitive activity is concentrated but not monopolistic: 32 distinct primes hold awards, with a longer tail of smaller vendors.

Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, Department of the Army, and Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Enterprise Information Systems account for 37 percent of task orders by count; Army dominates customer funding across subordinate commands and agencies. No set-aside restrictions apply at the vehicle level; 85 percent of orders are unrestricted, while 15 percent are small-business designated, reflecting an unsegmented competitive environment. Task orders range from thousands to several million dollars, with firm-fixed-price renewals typical and durations of one to five years common. Recent mega-orders include Blackboard licenses at $9.58 billion ceiling, Veritas NetBackup at $3.85 billion ceiling, and Dynatrace monitoring at $2.48 billion ceiling, reflecting long-term platform commitments.

ITES-SW 2 supports Army, Department of Defense and all Federal Agency enterprise Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and info-structure goals by leveraging Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software products and maintenance in 14 product categories in addition to related incidental services and hardware. These 14 categories align with the major software categories identified by U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). The software catalogs are Audio & Visual, Business & Finance, Communication, Database, Education, Internet, Modeling & Simulation, Multimedia & Design, NetOps, Office Suite, Operating Systems, Programming & Development, IT Utility & Security, and Specialized.