Space System Command Data Services

The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center established a multiple-award Master IDIQ for Data Software Services on April 1, 2023, with a combined potential value of $900 million and ordering authority through March 31, 2028—approximately 20 months of ordering period remain.

The vehicle procures data management and analytics solutions supporting United States Space Force requirements, leveraging commercial Data-as-a-Service platforms for secure enterprise data storage, data management, and data products. Task orders to date deliver data platforms for space command and control and Air Force-wide data requirements, priced firm fixed price.

Ordering activity has collapsed dramatically since initial contract execution. The vehicle opened with 18 task orders awarded in April 2023, largely $2,000 minimum-guarantee baseline orders establishing contractor eligibility. Only two task orders have been awarded in the two years since—both in June 2025 to Palantir USG Inc., with combined potential value of $607.1 million. The two recent orders account for $157.3 million in current obligations against $607.2 million in combined task-order potential value (26% obligated). Palantir dominates the vehicle entirely, holding all economically meaningful awards; 17 other small-business and commercial contractors hold only the nominal $2,000 baseline orders, collectively representing negligible value.

Competition is functionally non-existent. Palantir USG Inc. has captured effectively 100% of the vehicle's awarded task-order potential value through three orders. The customer base is tightly concentrated—the Space and Missile Systems Center places 19 of 20 task orders, with the Air Force placing one large order (the June 2025 HAF Data Platform order to Palantir for $248.6 million potential value). No set-aside restrictions apply; all 20 task orders are unrestricted.

The vehicle remains technically active with 20 months of ordering authority remaining, but the collapse in award frequency (from 18 orders in 2023 to 2 in 2025) and the extreme concentration of value in a single incumbent suggest limited remaining opportunity for new entrants. Realistic pursuit should focus on niche subcontracting or teaming with Palantir rather than prime competition.

The primary purpose of this procurement is to acquire Data Services Support in support of United States Space Force data management requirements. Through leveraging the availability of commercial platforms for Data-as-a-Service solutions, the primary objective is to allow scalability through the utilization of enterprise data storage and data management solutions capable of operating in secure environments and providing data products and advanced analytics to the space community.