SSC LANT Analytical and Technical Support Services

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command established this Master IDIQ on September 20, 2010, to procure analytical and technical support services from post-secondary educational institutions in support of advanced research and development projects. Ordering closed on March 19, 2016, and the vehicle is no longer active.

The combined potential value across 23 task orders is $4.2 million, with $3.6 million obligated (86% of potential value). Activity peaked in 2013 and 2014, with eight and nine orders respectively, then declined to four orders in 2015 before the vehicle's ordering period ended. The most recent task order was awarded September 19, 2015.

Pennsylvania State University dominates the prime contractor base, holding nine orders worth $3.1 million combined potential value—roughly 74% of the vehicle's total potential value. Old Dominion University Research Foundation and South Carolina Research Foundation each hold four orders, accounting for $631 thousand and $313 thousand respectively. The top five primes capture 99% of combined potential value; the remaining two awardees are University of South Alabama and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. All 23 awards are unrestricted, non-set-aside orders.

Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed roughly 87% of orders by count ($3.1 million potential value), with the U.S. Marine Corps accounting for two orders worth $1 million and Naval Sea Systems Command one order worth $122 thousand. Task orders fund Navy navigation systems research (including inertial navigation system replacement modeling, ballistic missile defense support, and technical navigation system support), non-lethal warfare professional military education curriculum and course delivery, and workforce training for SSC Atlantic personnel in scientific and engineering subjects. Orders are priced as Cost Plus Fixed Fee or Cost No Fee. Task-order ceilings range from $20 thousand to $809 thousand, with most training and support orders falling in the $50 thousand to $300 thousand band.

Analytical and technical support services from post secondary educational institutions, universities and colleges in support of advanced research and development projects and/or activities.