SSC LANT C5ISR 8a Incubator (C5ISR)

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ on October 14, 2014, with the last date to place task orders on October 13, 2019. The vehicle is closed to new ordering and no longer accepting task orders.

The SSC LANT C5ISR 8(a) Incubator is explicitly designed to serve the Navy's C5ISR mission while providing developmental 8(a) firms a competitive staging ground. Awarded task orders show broad Navy demand for systems engineering, technical logistics support, program management, and IT sustainment services spanning interior communications systems, electronic security control upgrades, network protection deployments, inventory management, and multi-platform command-and-control integrations. A substantial subset of orders funded Defense Health Agency network protection and Navy Bureau of Medicine initiatives.

Ordering momentum declined sharply after the first three years. The vehicle issued 30 orders in 2015, 18 in 2016, 12 in 2017, then 7 in 2018 and 3 in 2019. Of $85.1 million in combined potential value across 92 task orders, $82.6 million (97 percent) has been obligated, signaling full deployment of vehicle resources before the ordering deadline.

Five primes account for 61 percent of awarded orders by count, but the value distribution is concentrated differently. Nexgen Data Systems Inc. leads with $27.8 million across 6 orders, followed by Bowhead Professional Solutions LLC with $18.2 million across 19 orders. Chugach Information Technology LLC, Tmge LLC, and Ocean Bay Information and Systems Management LLC round out the top tier; a long tail of 17 additional 8(a)-certified firms received the remainder.

The Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 78 of 92 orders worth $72.3 million (85 percent of potential value). Marine Corps and Defense Health Agency funding accounted for most remaining activity, with minimal participation from other customer agencies.

About half of awarded task orders (47 orders, 51 percent) carried no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides covered 39 orders (42 percent), split between 5 sole-source 8(a) awards and 1 competitive 8(a) award. Task-order values ranged from tens of thousands of dollars to mid-single-digit millions; most were firm-fixed or cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements.

SPAWAR Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic has awarded a Master IDIQ for for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C5ISR) electronics and communications services and solutions in support of mission capabilities within its Portfolio mission areas. The "8(a) Incubator" approach augments this strategy by providing a multiple-award vehicle through which SSC Atlantic can meet its mission needs while providing an opportunity for firms in the developmental phase of the 8(a) Business Development Program to build their competitive and institutional know-how in a competitive environment.