SPAWAR C4I Systems Engineering

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command established a 100% small-business-set-aside Master IDIQ for C4I systems engineering support to SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific on November 16, 2018, with ordering closing on November 14, 2023—making this vehicle inactive for new task orders as of that date.

The vehicle contracts command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems engineering, analysis, and technical support including command and intelligence systems analysis, concept definition, interface requirements, system development and design, integration, interoperability, documentation, upgrades, and training. Work requires expertise in the Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model Integration for the software life cycle, command and intelligence architectures, system architecture design, software design, cybersecurity design, software development, integration, test, and maintenance services.

Nine task orders have been issued against the vehicle, with most activity concentrated in 2018–2019 (three orders placed in 2018, four in 2019, and two in 2020). The combined potential value across all task orders is $20.1 million, of which $8.1 million (40%) has been obligated. All nine orders fund Navy Information Warfare Systems Command programs.

Competition concentrates among two firms: Technology Unlimited Group holds $11.1 million in combined potential value across two orders, while Trabus Technologies, Inc. holds $9 million across three orders. These two account for 100% of combined potential value. Four smaller primes—Dlh LLC, Harmonia Holdings Group LLC, Data Intelligence LLC, and Effecture LLC—each hold minimal potential value.

About two-thirds of task orders (six of nine) carry no set-aside designation, while the remaining third are small-business set-aside. Task orders range from $10 thousand minimum guarantees to a $11.1 million ceiling, with the largest awarded order issued in July 2020 carrying a ceiling value of $11.055 million under Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing. Most substantive orders employ Cost Plus Fixed Fee terms; several smaller awards use Cost No Fee with minimum guarantees.

The vehicle is no longer active for new ordering and represents a closed-capture opportunity; pursuit is viable only for recompete activity on a successor vehicle.

This scope of this IDIQ includes Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems engineering, analysis, and technical support to Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Pacific. These efforts will include command and intelligence systems analysis, concept definition, interface requirements, system development and design for implementation, integration, interoperability, documentation, upgrades, and training. These efforts require an in-depth understanding of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for the entire software life-cycle process, expertise in command and intelligence architectures. Work may require system architecture design, software design, system Cybersecurity design, software development, integration, test, and maintenance services.