Traumatic and Operational Stress Services Program (TAOSS)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command established this Master IDIQ on November 15, 2013, with a shared ceiling of $497 million to procure support services for the Traumatic and Operational Stress Services (TAOSS) Program, which delivers combat trauma treatment and mental health support to service members. Ordering closed on February 7, 2019, and the vehicle is no longer active.

The vehicle is exhausted as a source of new work. Twenty-seven task orders were awarded between August 2014 and September 2018, with 68 percent of the combined potential value of $540.6 million obligated. The ordering pace declined sharply after 2015, dropping from nine orders in 2014 to an average of four per year through 2018. No new orders have been placed for nearly seven years.

Task-order scope reflects a shift away from the originating mental-health program narrative toward Army R&D infrastructure and cyber operations. Recent awards were for cryptographic development and NSA Government Off-the-Shelf certification support; information security and defensive cyber research; systems engineering and test-and-evaluation; network and lab management; communications equipment operations and maintenance; and program support and commercial technology integration. Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee pricing dominates the portfolio.

Two primes control the vehicle. Caci Technologies holds seven orders valued at $253.9 million combined potential value, and Booz Allen Hamilton holds eight orders valued at $163.2 million. Together they represent roughly 77 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio. Linquest Corporation, Mag DS Corp, and Science Applications International Corporation account for most of the remainder. The portfolio is concentrated within the top five awardees, which capture 98 percent of combined potential value.

Customer concentration is moderate. The Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command placed 13 orders ($122.4 million potential value), and the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical placed eight orders ($144.2 million potential value). The Army Space and Missile Defense Command placed two high-value orders totaling $168.2 million potential value. Roughly 93 percent of orders funded these three Army organizations.

Set-asides were rare. Twenty-four orders (89 percent) carried no set-aside designation; three orders (11 percent combined) were designated small business. Task-order ceilings typically ranged from $5 million to $35 million, with the largest order valued at $136.2 million (cyber security and information assurance division support). The vehicle does not represent current procurement opportunity.

This is a support services contract for the Traumatic and Operational Stress Services (TAOSS) Program. The program is geared toward helping service members with combat traumas return to full duty and is tailored for combat veterans who are struggling with mental traumas, with the goal of introducing patients to options to improve their daily lives, equipping them with the skills necessary to manage their symptoms and regain control of their lives.