Traffic Management Systems Engineering and Development Support (TMSEDS)

The Department of Transportation established a Master IDIQ on March 10, 2017 for Traffic Management Systems Engineering and Development Support (TMSEDS), with ordering authority ending March 9, 2022. The vehicle is now closed to new orders.

TMSEDS contracted system engineering and program-management support across five task areas: Air Traffic Management Systems, Position Navigation and Timing Systems, Communication Systems, Autonomous Operations and Remote Sensing Systems, and System Engineering. Work was performed at multiple locations throughout the United States and internationally. The vehicle was an unrestricted, multiple-award acquisition with a combined ceiling of $200 million.

Only 19 task orders issued under TMSEDS across its five-year ordering window, with activity front-loaded in 2017 (7 orders) and declining thereafter (3 orders in 2018, 3 in 2019, 2 in 2020, and 4 in 2021). The final task order was awarded October 1, 2021, nine months before the ordering deadline. Combined potential value across all task orders totaled $77.9 million, with $44.8 million obligated (57% of potential). The vehicle never approached its shared ceiling.

Science Applications International Corporation dominated the portfolio with 16 awards and $54.5 million combined potential value, representing 70% of all orders. Raytheon Company held 2 orders ($16.4 million potential), and Booz Allen Hamilton received 1 order ($7 million potential). All 19 task orders funded the Department of Transportation exclusively; no other agencies participated.

All task orders were unrestricted and fully competed. Task-order values ranged from approximately $112,000 to $11 million in potential value, with durations typically extending to March 9, 2023. Common work included STARS/DASR sustainment and optimization support, System Wide Information Management Terminal Data Distribution System development, aircraft wake turbulence analysis, and Air Traffic Organization contingency group technical support. Pricing vehicles split between firm fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements.

The successful contractors will provide services in the following task areas of TMSEDS: 1) Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems; 2) Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems; 3) Communication Systems; 4) Autonomous Operations and Remote Sensing Systems (AORSS); and 5) System Engineering. Additionally, the successful contractors must have the capability and/or resources to provide technical support to the TMSEDS program simultaneously at work sites throughout the United States and internationally.