Infrastructure Design Engineering Architecture and Integration 2 (IDEAI-2)

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office established this Master IDIQ for infrastructure design, engineering, architecture, and integration services on March 18, 2014, with a shared ceiling of $118.65 million and a last date to order of March 31, 2019—the vehicle is no longer accepting new orders. The vehicle succeeded an earlier IDEAI contract awarded in September 2008 and was a multi-award vehicle under which work continues to be executed despite the closed ordering period.

Task order activity peaked in 2019 with 32 orders, then declined to 26 orders in 2020 and just one order in 2021, signaling reduced reliance on the vehicle as it approached and passed its ordering deadline. Of the $405.9 million combined potential value across 351 task orders, $328.8 million (81 percent) has been obligated, indicating substantial drawdown of the contract's capacity.

Aeec, LLC holds the largest share with 132 orders totaling $179.6 million in potential value, followed by General Dynamics Information Technology with 110 orders and $128.4 million, Octo Consulting Group with 90 orders and $80.1 million, and Global TECH Inc. with 19 orders and $17.7 million. The top three firms account for roughly 88 percent of combined potential value. All 351 task orders were placed by the Patent and Trademark Office, making customer concentration complete.

Work spans system planning, secure system design, infrastructure engineering, system engineering, accessibility engineering, enterprise architecture, data architecture, application architecture, security architecture, and system development lifecycle support. Recent task orders show focus on data modeling and database design, application gateway services, security engineering, PKI/HSPD-12 support, enterprise architecture, and operations and maintenance of network and communications systems. Ninety-two percent of orders carry no set-aside designation; 8 percent are small-business awards.

Task order ceilings range widely, from under $50,000 to over $9.6 million. Representative recent orders include $9.25 million for FY19 Operations and Maintenance Systems Engineering Services, $5.2 million for Security and Network Engineering support, and $3.3 million for PKI/HSPD-12 engineering. Most orders use labor-hour or time-and-materials pricing; typical duration ranges from one to two years. All work is performed at the Patent and Trademark Office's administrative and operational locations.

The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has a continuing requirement for Infrastructure, Design, Engineering, Architecture, and Integration (IDEAI-2) contractor(s) to provide independent, objective, and expert technical advice and assistance for ongoing and future information technology initiatives. This is a follow-on competition to Contract No. DOC50PAPT0801027, which is held by General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), DOC50PAPT0801026, which is held by Project Performance Corporation (PPC) and DOC50PAPT0801028 with ManTech MBI Inc. The requirement is to provide System Planning, Secure System Design, Infrastructure Engineering, System Engineering, Accessibility Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, Security Architecture, Security Engineering, and System Development Life Cycle Support, design of infrastructure system components, and may serve as an unbiased third party in the review of other Government contractors' plans, performance, and products.