Platform for Engineering and Integration of Tactical and Strategic Systems (PEITSS)

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center awarded this Master IDIQ on January 27, 2016, to deliver systems and capabilities for the Theater Air Control System and other tactical and strategic battle management and command and control platforms, including close air support, surveillance, communications, airspace management, and weapons control. Ordering closed on January 26, 2021, and the vehicle is no longer accepting new task orders.

The IDIQ is inactive and past its ordering window by over five years. Twelve task orders have been awarded since inception, with activity concentrated in 2016 (seven orders) and declining thereafter (one order each in 2017 and 2018, two in 2020, one in 2021). The most recent task order was issued on August 19, 2021. Combined task-order potential value is $31 million, but combined dollars obligated stands at $167.2 million—a 540% ratio indicating substantial modifications and cost growth on relatively few base contracts. A single mega-order, Delivery Order FA873016D0007-FA873018F0061 (TACP MCS Block 2), holds $94.2 million in obligations against an original ceiling of $12 million and represents nearly 56% of all obligated value.

Pelatron, Inc. and Igov Technologies, Inc. each hold four orders and dominate the award share, together capturing $30.9 million of the $31 million combined potential value. The remaining four primes—BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Peopletec, Inc., Smartronix, LLC, and one unnamed awardee—each hold only one order at $5 thousand nominal value. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center funds 10 orders valued at $17.6 million combined potential; the broader Department of the Air Force funds 2 orders at $13.4 million. About half of all orders are unrestricted, and half are small-business set-asides. Task orders exhibit wide value variance: most 2016 post-award conference orders are nominal $5 thousand firm fixed price contracts, while production orders range from $320 thousand to $12 million in ceiling value, with pricing types including Cost Plus Fixed Fee and Cost No Fee structures.

This contract supports delivery of systems and capabilities within the Theater Air Control System and other systems providing tactical and strategic battle management and command and control capabilities, including close air support, surveillance, communications, airspace management and weapons control.