SSC LANT Transport and Computing Infrastructure Support (TCI)

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command (Naval Information Warfare Systems Command) awarded the SSC LANT Transport and Computing Infrastructure Support Master IDIQ on October 23, 2012, with an ordering period ceiling of April 2, 2019—now closed for more than seven years. This vehicle is no longer accepting orders.

The IDIQ contracted ashore, afloat, mobile, and joint/federal infrastructure support encompassing communications, satellite and joint space communications, networks, network operations and management, common computing environments, cloud computing, afloat data centers and server hosting, consolidated network enterprise services, and wireless networking. Task orders reveal a working portfolio focused on naval messaging systems (C2OIX, NAVMACS II, Fleet Message Exchange), tactical switching and transport networks, high-performance computing, satellite communications, land mobile radio systems, and data center engineering and sustainment.

Of 124 total task orders awarded, ordering activity peaked in 2014 with 30 awards and declined sharply thereafter: 20 orders in 2015, 18 in 2016, 7 in 2017, and only 3 in 2018 before the ordering window closed. The combined potential value of all awarded orders stands at $366.7 million, with $304.9 million already obligated—83 percent of the combined potential. The vehicle is mature and largely spent.

Competition is concentrated among a small set of primes. Parsons Government Services Inc., Atlas Technologies, Inc., and Nexgen Data Systems Inc. collectively account for approximately 64 percent of combined potential value across just 29 orders. Science Applications International Corporation and Mantech Advanced Systems International round out the top tier. Thirty-nine distinct primes have received awards overall, but task-order volume is skewed: the top five primes hold 34 percent of all orders.

Funding is overwhelmingly concentrated in the Navy. The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 112 of 124 orders valued at $328.9 million in combined potential—98 percent of the vehicle's portfolio. Fleet Cyber Command, the broader Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, and Navy Installations Command together account for the remaining 2 percent.

Most task orders (80 percent) carry no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides account for 14 percent of orders, and competitive 8(a) awards represent 6 percent. The vehicle structure included four subcategories—Small Business Pool, 8(a) Pool, Unrestricted Pool, and Preferred Program Small Business Pool—but actual allocation reflects a heavily unrestricted execution pattern.

Pricing is predominantly cost-plus-fixed-fee. Task orders typically range from under $1 million to $10 million, with several large engineering and sustainment orders exceeding $20 million in potential value. The largest single order was a tactical shore systems design, engineering, integration, and sustainment task to an awardee with a potential value of $33.3 million. Orders from 2014 onward show heavy concentration in platform-specific sustainment (naval messaging, afloat networks, satellite terminals) and shore infrastructure engineering. Performance spans Navy shore facilities domestically and globally, including Europe, Southwest Asia, and shipboard platforms.

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC LANT) has awarded a Master IDIQ for Transport and Computing Infrastructure (TCI) Support Services. The anticipated work will include the Ashore, Afloat, Mobile, Joint, and Federal Infrastructure business areas to include communications, satellite and joint space communications, networks, network operations, network management, common computing environment, infrastructure to include all hardware andsoftware components, cloud computing, afloat data centers and server hostingenvironments, consolidated network enterprise services components, and wireless networking.