Rapid Acquisition of Materials for Prototyping (RAMP)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command established the Rapid Acquisition of Materials for Prototyping (RAMP) Master IDIQ in July 2018 with a shared ceiling of $192 million, but ordering closed on July 21, 2021, and the vehicle is no longer active. This vehicle is not available for new pursuit.

The vehicle contracted rapid development, design, testing, and engineering support for the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), covering prototyping and fabrication, sensor system development for manned and unmanned platforms, mine and unexploded ordnance detection technology, and technical and management support across a range of Army modernization programs including Next Generation Combat Vehicle, humanitarian demining, and spectral analysis initiatives.

Twenty-one task orders have been awarded since September 2018, with ordering momentum declining sharply over the vehicle's life—ten orders in 2018, six in 2019, three in 2020, and two in 2021. The combined task-order potential value stands at $123.6 million with $97.4 million obligated (79% of combined potential).

Competition is highly concentrated. Fibertek, Inc. and QinetiQ Inc. dominate, holding 13 of 21 orders (62%) and capturing $123.5 million of the $123.6 million combined potential value. Seven other small-business and other contractors split a long tail of single awards, each valued at $5 thousand. Approximately 86% of awards carried no set-aside designation; the remaining 14% (three orders) were set aside for small business total.

Funding originates predominantly from the Army's RDECom organization, which placed 11 orders worth $61.7 million combined. Other Army PEO offices (Combat Support and Combat Service Support, Ground Combat Systems, and Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors) account for the remaining five orders totaling $50 million.

Task orders ranged from $5,000 firm-fixed-price technical and management support awards to large cost-plus-fixed-fee efforts exceeding $40 million in ceiling value. The largest single order was a $41.2 million spectral center support task (obligated at $36.9 million) completed in November 2022. Most task orders carried cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing. All awarded work has now completed; most final performance dates fell between 2019 and 2024.

Contractor support includes (but is not limited to) the rapid development, design, and testing of systems for the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) which will include completing rapid response requests for numerous potential technologies and specific programs and/or field tests/evaluations.