SSC LANT Biometric Support Services

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ for biometric systems design, development, procurement, implementation, integration, installation, and deployment on May 22, 2014, with a shared ceiling of $99.4 million; ordering closed on May 21, 2017, and the vehicle is no longer active.

The vehicle is effectively closed to new awards. The last task order was issued in August 2016, nine years eleven months ago. Of the 15 total task orders awarded, 8 were placed in 2014 (the award year), 3 in 2015, and 4 in 2016. The combined potential value across all task orders is $22.1 million, with $20.7 million obligated (94% utilization). The vehicle consumed less than one quarter of its $99.4 million shared ceiling.

Work contracted encompassed biometric systems development for counterterrorism and personnel identification in operational theaters. Task orders included Afghan Automated Biometric Identification System (AABIS) support and transition services to Afghan National Security Forces, USMC identification and detection systems support, Marine Corps Distributed Common Ground/Surface System geoint support, and latent fingerprint exploitation. All orders used cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with no set-aside designations.

Competition concentrated sharply at the prime level. Ideal Innovations Incorporated and Scientific Research Corporation each held 5 task orders and together captured $22.1 million of the $22.1 million combined potential value — 100% of awarded volume. American Systems Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, and KBR Wyle Services split the remaining task orders, each with negligible combined value. All task orders funded Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command exclusively; no other agencies placed orders. Task orders ranged from under $4 thousand (minimum guarantee deobligations and small support efforts) to approximately $5.8 million (Afghan AABIS transition services in 2016). Typical substantive orders fell in the $2 million to $6 million range with durations of six to eighteen months.

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC LANT) has awarded a Master IDIQ for Biometric Support Services. The anticipated work effort will encompassed design, development, procurement implementation, integration, installation, and deployment of biometric systems to ensure all biometric solutions meet mission objectives.