USAFE-AFAFRICA Advisory and Assistance Services V

The Department of the Air Force United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa awarded a multiple-award Master IDIQ for advisory and assistance services on March 15, 2023, with ordering authority extending through March 14, 2028 — approximately 1 year 7 months of ordering time remaining. The vehicle carries no set-aside designation and operates under full and open competition.

The scope spans management, operational, and professional services; studies, analyses, and evaluations; engineering and technical services; and administrative support for HQ USAFE-AFAFRICA, U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Army in Europe, and tenant defense agencies. Task orders awarded to date reflect operational focus on pilot augmentation, force protection, program management, ISR operations, CBRN support, facilities design and construction, deployment services, weapons safety, logistics planning, C2 and coalition training, and analytics and modeling.

Ten prime contractors share the vehicle. HII Mission Technologies Corp dominates by potential value, holding a single mega-order valued at $205.2 million and representing 67% of the combined potential value across all task orders. Itility, L.l.c follows with five orders totaling $55.7 million. The Mission Essential Group, LLC holds six orders for $24.4 million. Systems Planning And Analysis, Inc. and Decypher Technologies LTD account for the remainder. Roughly 95% of ordering activity has concentrated with USAFE-AFAFRICA itself; a single task order for $5.4 million funded Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center.

Twenty-one task orders have been awarded across the vehicle lifecycle. Annual ordering volume declined from 11 orders in 2023 to 5 orders in both 2024 and 2025. Combined task-order potential value stands at $308.8 million, with $114.6 million (37%) currently obligated. Task-order ceilings typically range from $2.8 million to $21 million, with durations extending 2–5 years. Recent orders reflect firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-award-fee, and cost-no-fee pricing structures.

Technical and analytical services to support and improve policy development, decision making, management, administration, and system operations within the primary users areas of responsibility. AAS support shall fall into one of the following categories: 1) Management, Operational, and Professional Services; 2) Studies, Analyses, and Evaluations; 3) Engineering and Technical Services; and 4) Administrative Support. Outputs shall take the form of information, advice, alternatives, analyses, evaluations, recommendations, training, and day-to-day personnel support needed to complement the Government's technical expertise to include, but not limited to: Soliciting opinions of program sponsors, management and technical personnel, support organizations, and outside agencies on HQ U-A and combatant command (COCOM); Advising on requirements generation to include functional and performance requirements, incorporating architecture and operational requirements into design, requirements flow-down, and trade studies; Participating in meetings, in-progress reviews, and integrated concept and product teams, working groups and provide briefings; Supporting planning, programming, tracking, and financial execution; Providing information management to include office automation, records management/automation, scheduling functions, and meeting and conference support.