National Guard Family Lifecycle Services

The Department of the Army National Guard Readiness Center established this Master IDIQ on January 13, 2012, to provide a continuum of family lifecycle services supporting National Guard servicemembers and families throughout the deployment cycle, including family program coordination, family assistance centers, family readiness, transition assistance, survivor services, and military funeral honors. The vehicle's ordering period closed on December 13, 2017, and is no longer accepting new orders. The shared ceiling is $350 million.

This vehicle is functionally closed. The last task order was awarded on July 12, 2017, more than nine years ago. The 15 task orders issued under the vehicle have obligated $130.5 million against a combined potential value of $131.4 million (99% utilization), leaving minimal remaining capacity. Ordering activity peaked in 2015 with four orders and declined sharply thereafter; no orders have been placed since mid-2017.

Task orders span family-focused service categories including child and youth programs (coordination and enrichment), family readiness support, family assistance centers, survivor and military funeral honor services, and transition programs. Pricing structures were mixed: labor-hours and firm fixed price. Order values ranged from $500,000 to approximately $23.7 million, with most clustered between $1.4 million and $23.7 million.

Cognitive Professional Services Incorporated led by potential value with $60 million across four orders (46% of total), followed by Goldbelt Glacier Health Services, LLC at $26.2 million (20%), Human Resources Consulting, Incorporated at $21 million (16%), Harvest Professional Services Company at $17.3 million (13%), and Esc, Inc. at $6.9 million (5%). The top two primes held 66% of combined potential value. All 15 task orders funded a single customer: the Department of the Army National Guard Readiness Center.

Set-aside distribution skewed heavily toward small business: 11 of 15 orders (73%) were designated Total Small Business, with four orders (27%) unrestricted. No other set-aside categories appeared in the awarded portfolio.

The Family Lifecycle Services IDIQ shall provide a delivery structure that ensures a continuum of care for National Guard Servicemembers and their Families throughout the ARFORGEN process. ARFORGEN is a comprehensive process ensuring Servicemembers and their Families are better prepared and sustained throughout the entire deployment cycle (Before, During, and After). The programs supported under this IDIQ contract include, but are not limited to, supporting Family Program Coordination, Family Assistance Centers, Family Readiness, Military Family Life Consultants, Transition Assistance, Survivor Services, Military Funeral Honors, and Health and Resiliency.