Tactical Effects, Protection and Interactive Technologies (TEPIT)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a Master IDIQ to provide engineering services in support of the Tactical Effects, Protection and Interactive Technologies (TEPIT) Directorate, with the last date to place orders August 1, 2020—the vehicle is no longer active and no new task orders can be issued.

The vehicle was established August 3, 2015. Twenty-seven task orders were awarded over its lifetime, with ordering activity concentrated in 2016–2017 (seven and eight orders respectively) and declining thereafter (four, two, and one order in 2018, 2019, and 2020). The combined potential value of all task orders is $16.2 million, with $16.3 million obligated—100% of the potential value has been consumed.

Scope spans software training systems, virtual engineering aids, gaming and interactive software systems, emergency management systems, situational awareness and protection systems, network-centric fires and effects systems, targeting communications, digitally aided close air support, soldier and leader cognitive decision aids, small unit unmanned effects teaming and countermeasures, and software, systems, and network engineering. Recent task orders cover gaming and interactive technologies development, radar system technical support, counter-UAS technologies development, cannon artillery program support, and gaming and interactive technologies multimedia development.

Competition is concentrated: Wisengineering LLC holds 12 of 27 orders with $9 million combined potential value (55% of total vehicle value), and Subsystem Technologies Inc. holds 9 orders with $5.7 million (35%). Decilog, Inc. holds 4 orders for $1.5 million; two smaller firms hold one order each at $500 each. Customer ordering is dominated by the procuring ARDEC directorate (23 orders, $13.4 million), with subordinate activity at Picatinny Arsenal (3 orders, $1.8 million) and the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (1 order, $975 thousand).

About 85% of awarded orders carry a Total Small Business set-aside; the remainder are unrestricted. Task orders are priced on a firm-fixed-price basis, with individual order values ranging from $500 to $3.0 million. Most orders span 12 months or less; a small number extend to 15 months.

Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has awarded a Master IDIQ for commercial engineering services in support of the Tactical Effects, Protection and Interactive Technologies (TEPIT) Directorate. The engineering services include aspects of software training systems, virtual engineering aids, gaming and interactive software systems, emergency management systems, situational awareness and protection systems, training and system deployment, network-centric fires and effects systems, targeting related communications systems, digitally aided close air support systems, soldier/leader cognitive decision aids, small unit manned/unmanned effects teaming and countermeasures for delivery systems, software engineering, systems engineering and network engineering, lifecycle cost analysis and software process improvement.