SSC LANT Network Centric Communications Services

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a Master IDIQ for Network Centric Communications Services on July 11, 2007; ordering closed on January 10, 2015, making this vehicle no longer available for new task orders.

This vehicle has executed 1,053 task orders totaling $512.5 million in combined potential value, with $487.5 million obligated (95% of potential). The vehicle reached peak ordering activity in 2011 with 227 awards but has been dormant for over a decade, with the final task order issued in August 2014. The last documented ordering momentum shows 37 orders in 2013 and 28 in 2014 before the January 2015 ordering deadline closed the vehicle.

Scope reflects a broad portfolio of naval and defense communications infrastructure, systems engineering, and sustainment services. Recent task orders demonstrate work spanning software-defined radio solutions, Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) support, naval messaging and communications systems (NAVMACS II), information assurance lifecycle support, submarine systems engineering, littoral combat ship (LCS) baseline engineering, JWICS infrastructure support, and Coast Guard afloat and ashore systems readiness. Orders range from small engineering studies under $50 thousand to multi-million-dollar sustainment and infrastructure contracts, with representative 2014 awards including a $6.9 million Naval Messaging OMN support order and a $4.3 million Wideband Networking Waveform Reference Implementation Laboratory order.

Competition is minimal—only two prime contractors hold all 1,053 awards. Scientific Research Corporation dominates with 625 orders worth $328.9 million in potential value (64% of the total), while Centurum Information Technology Inc. holds 428 orders valued at $183.6 million (36%). Customers are heavily concentrated: the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 890 orders (85% of awards) worth $464.7 million. The Navy Naval Network Warfare Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and U.S. Coast Guard together account for the remaining 15% of orders. All task orders are unrestricted; no set-asides are used.

Performance involves both administrative and operational work at Navy installations, fleet assets, and Coast Guard facilities. Pricing defaults to cost-plus-fixed-fee across the portfolio. This vehicle is closed to new pursuits and useful only for retrospective analysis of Navy communications contracting patterns.

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC LANT) has awarded a Master IDIQ for Network Centric Communications Services