Rapid Sustainment Office MAC IDIQ

The Department of the Air Force established the Rapid Sustainment Office MAC IDIQ on July 30, 2024, as a multiple-award vehicle with a combined ceiling of $975 million and ordering authority through July 29, 2033. The vehicle procures sustainment-focused technologies, services, and solutions to optimize warfighter readiness across the Air Force, leveraging mature and emerging technologies for rapid prototyping, validation, and deployment at scale.

Ordering activity has been minimal since award. Sixty-eight task orders totaling $13 million in combined potential value have been placed, but activity collapsed after the initial 67 awards on July 30, 2024—the vehicle's launch date. Only one substantive order has followed, a single delivery order to University Of Dayton for $12.9 million (product support engineering, sustainment, and modernization, with ultimate completion June 30, 2026) issued July 1, 2025. The remaining 66 orders from July 2024 were $1,000 each and appear to have been contract-kickoff meetings rather than productive work orders. This ordering pattern suggests the vehicle remains in early execution with material production work not yet ramped. With $13 million obligated against a $975 million ceiling, less than two percent of the vehicle's potential value has been consumed, leaving substantial headroom.

The solicitation established partial small business set-aside pools, with small businesses eligible to compete in both the unrestricted and set-aside tracks. However, all 68 task orders to date carry no set-aside designation, indicating awards have been placed competitively or to unrestricted pool holders without triggering formal set-aside status. Sixty-seven distinct prime contractors hold awards, an extremely broad distribution that reflects the vehicle's launch cohort structure. University Of Dayton accounts for approximately 99 percent of obligated dollars and 15 percent of task-order count; the remaining 66 primes hold one order each at $1,000 each.

All task orders fund Air Force programs, with the Rapid Sustainment Office (AFLCMC/RO) as the primary customer. Performance supports the RSO mission of standardizing and deploying sustainment technologies Air Force-wide. The vehicle remains active with seven years of ordering authority remaining, positioning it as a viable channel for sustainment innovation work aimed at the Air Force enterprise, though current utilization suggests the vehicle is in nascent stages relative to its potential.