NPS Research and Education Support Services 2016-2017

Naval Education and Training Command established this Master IDIQ in April 2016 to procure teaching, research, and subject matter expert support services for the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, but the vehicle is no longer active—ordering closed March 31, 2019, over seven years ago.

The vehicle awarded 120 task orders with a combined potential value of $96.8 million, of which $19.8 million (21 percent) has been obligated. Most recent task orders date to September 2021. Ordering activity peaked in 2017 with 38 orders, declining to just 6 by 2020 before a modest uptick to 19 in 2021 as remaining ceiling was drawn down post-expiration.

Work contracted spans course delivery across NPS academic programs (named courses include DA2010 Technical Writing and English Composition, OS3401, OA3411, and ME3205 Missile Aerodynamics), research support and subject matter expert services, editing and transcription, technical studies (radio integration, CubeSat command and control, artificial muscles simulations), and lab technician roles (machine shop, rocket lab). Task orders are predominantly firm fixed price, with several cost-plus-fixed-fee awards for larger research efforts.

Competition is severely concentrated: Oroday, Inc. holds 95 of 120 orders worth $81.9 million in combined potential value, representing roughly 85 percent of the vehicle's value. Devine Consulting, Inc., Creek Technologies Company, and Mac Consulting Services account for the remaining awards. All 120 task orders fund Naval Education and Training Command—no cross-agency ordering occurred.

About 94 percent of orders carry no set-aside; the remaining 6 percent are designated small business. Typical task-order values range from $7,200 to $135,000 for single course deliveries and subject matter expert engagements, with durations of three to six months. Two notably larger cost-plus awards to Oroday—one for $5.7 million ceiling (awarded September 2017) and another for $11.8 million ceiling (awarded September 2018)—account for a substantial share of the remaining potential value. Place of performance is Monterey, California, with some support for distance learning delivery.

The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) San Diego, Contracting Department has awarded a Master IDIQ for a variety of Teaching, Research and Subject Matter Experts for various programs for the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, CA.