Software Engineering Support (SWES)

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the Software Engineering Support (SWES) Master BPA on May 7, 2019 to provide software engineering support to DOT's Office of the Secretary and Operating Administrations, and ordering remains open through March 19, 2027, with 4 months 2 weeks of ordering authority left. The vehicle is multiple-award with 11 prime contractors and a $280 million shared ceiling, and 81% of task orders are set aside for Total Small Business. Orders per year fell from 26 in 2022 to 11 in 2025, with 13 recorded in 2026. Of $837.1 million in combined task-order potential value, $654.3 million (78%) is obligated.

Recent task orders buy application development and enhancement, operations and maintenance, help desk support, business intelligence and data warehousing, and cybersecurity and multifactor authentication work. Named systems include the Crash Data Acquisition Network (CDAN), Artemis investigations, the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, the PHMSA Portal, the Customer Relationship Management system, and the Human Resources Information Systems. Pricing is predominantly firm fixed price, with labor-hour and time-and-materials orders and a cost-plus-fixed-fee CDAN order.

Halvik LLC dominates with 48 orders (about 41% of orders) and $260 million in combined potential value (about 31% of the portfolio). Strongbridge LLC (16 orders, $177.1 million), Spatial Front Inc. (15 orders, $153.7 million), and Groundswell Corporation (14 orders, $128.3 million) follow. The top five primes by order count hold 86% of orders, and the remaining six primes share the balance.

The DOT Immediate Office of the Secretary places the most orders, with 39 orders (about 33%) and $115.7 million in combined potential value. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has 17 orders carrying $292 million in combined potential value, the highest value among the top customers. Federal Transit Administration (14 orders, $96.8 million), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (14 orders, $76.4 million), and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (14 orders, $99.4 million) complete the top five, which account for 83% of orders across nine served agencies.

Set-aside designations break down as 95 orders (81%) Total Small Business, 21 orders (18%) with no set-aside, one competitive 8(a) order, and one women-owned small business sole-source order.

Average combined potential value is about $7.1 million per order, but the spread is wide. The largest recent orders include the CDAN development, modernization, and enhancement call at a $62.7 million ceiling with $34.9 million obligated under the CDAN operations and maintenance order, the Artemis investigations, recalls, operations and maintenance order (IROC) at a $55.9 million ceiling with $47.4 million obligated, and the EDMAS business intelligence order at a $40.2 million ceiling with $22.9 million obligated. Orders carry completion dates running through 2029.

Provide the Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Secretary (OST), Operating Administrations (OAs) with Software Engineering Support.