Tactical Data Link Systems Support 2010-2015

This Master IDIQ is closed to new orders; the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command awarded Tactical Data Link Systems Support 2010-2015 on March 1, 2010, with a final ordering deadline of February 27, 2015, eleven years ago. A successor vehicle, Tactical Data Link Systems Support 2015-2020, was established on March 25, 2015, and should be evaluated for ongoing pursuits.

During its five-year ordering period, the vehicle funded 66 task orders with a combined potential value of $49.1 million, of which $48.4 million (99 percent) was obligated. Order volume declined sharply over time: 20 orders in 2011, declining to just 4 in 2015. The vehicle exclusively served tactical data-link engineering and integration work across programs of record including Airborne Tactical Data Systems (ATDS), Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), Command and Control Processor (C2P), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), and Common Link Integration Processing (CLIP), with ancillary support for test, training, fleet operations, and CMMI maturity work.

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. dominated the vehicle, capturing 55 of 66 orders and $45.7 million of the $49.1 million combined potential value—a 93 percent share. Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, LTD. and Koam Engineering Systems, Inc. held the remaining 11 orders between them. All task orders were unrestricted competitive awards; no set-asides were used.

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command at SSC-Pacific placed 44 of 66 orders ($42.5 million potential value, 87 percent of the total), making it the dominant customer. Naval Air Systems Command, Pacific Air Forces, Army Acquisition Support Center, and Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service each placed a small number of follow-on orders. Task orders ranged from roughly $45,000 to $5.6 million in ceiling value, typically structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee agreements with periods of performance of nine to eighteen months. Most task orders received no-cost extensions or realignments during performance rather than formal modifications increasing scope.

SSC-Pacific has a continuing requirement to provide Tactical DataLink (TDL) engineering and technical services in support the following programs of record: Airborne Tactical Data Systems (ATDS); Ballistic MissileDefense (BMD); Command and Control Processor (C2P); Common LinkIntegration Processing (CLIP); Dynamic Net Management (DNM); Joint TacticalRadio System (JTRS); Missile Defense System Exerciser (MDSE); TacticalSystems (Engineering, Integration, Test, Evaluation, Fleet) Support; ForeignMilitary Sales (FMS); and associated subsystems, network, process, andCapability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) support.