NIEF Production Support Services

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a Master IDIQ for production support services to the Networks Integration and Engineering Facility (NIEF) for Department of Defense and other federal agencies' C4I, electronic, and computer systems, with ordering authority that closed on October 25, 2020.

This vehicle is no longer active. Ordering closed nearly six years ago, and the most recent task order was awarded in April 2021. All $91.5 million in combined potential value has been obligated across 92 task orders. The vehicle experienced front-loaded ordering activity in 2020, when 35 orders were placed; prior years averaged 5–18 orders annually. The ordering pattern suggests the vehicle was managed through a wind-down period following its October 2020 cutoff.

Task orders predominantly procure command and control processor (C2P) systems (primarily the AN/UYQ-120(V) variant) and cryptographic universal enclosure (CUE) systems for Navy ship construction, upgrade, and foreign military sales programs. Orders also cover spares kits, integration and fabrication support, and engineering services for systems including CANES (Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System) and ADNS (Automated Digital Network System).

Two prime contractors split the awarded work. Science Applications International Corporation held 40 orders valued at $55.1 million; Serco Inc. held 52 orders valued at $36.4 million. Competition between the two primes was balanced, with neither firm capturing a dominant share of potential value.

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command funded 91 of 92 task orders worth $91 million; one order to Naval Sea Systems Command valued $482 thousand. Virtually all activity funded Navy programs.

All 92 task orders carried no set-aside designation. Pricing was Cost Plus Fixed Fee across all awards. Individual task-order values ranged from approximately $24 thousand to $7.7 million, with multiple orders in the $3–4 million range for larger system procurements. Orders typically contained performance periods of one to two years.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific (SSC Pacific) in support of the Product and System Production Branch has awarded a Master IDIQ for a production services support contract for the Networks Integration and Engineering Facility (NIEF) for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies' C4I, electronic, and/or computer systems. The general areas of focus for NIEF production services support include Production Management and Transition support, Integration and Fabrication support, System, Component, and Spares Procurement support and General NIEF Production support.