Warrior Enabling Broad Sensor Support Services (WEBS)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command established the Warrior Enabling Broad Sensor (WEBS) Master IDIQ on March 13, 2012, with a shared ceiling of $1.8 billion and ordering closed on March 12, 2018—the vehicle is no longer active and no new orders can be placed. Over its six-year ordering period, 160 task orders totaling $1.26 billion in combined potential value were awarded, with $999.4 million (79 percent) obligated. The vehicle contracted sensor technology engineering, field technology assistance, test and evaluation, and engineering support for night vision and electronic sensors systems.

The vehicle is heavily concentrated among two primes. Qinetiq Inc. holds the largest share with 62 orders worth $558.6 million in combined potential value, followed by Fibertek, Inc. with 52 orders valued at $378.6 million. Polaris Alpha Advanced Systems Inc. ranks third with 26 orders and $191.3 million, with the remaining five of seven awarded contractors holding $109 million in combined potential value. These top three primes account for approximately 97 percent of awarded task orders by count and 98 percent by value.

Customer concentration is similarly skewed. The procuring office itself—Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command—placed 73 orders totaling $444.3 million (35 percent of combined potential value). The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors issued 32 orders worth $362 million. These two customers alone represent 65 orders out of the 160 awarded (41 percent by count and 64 percent by value). Five customers placed 86 percent of all orders.

Task orders were predominantly unrestricted or small-business set-aside. Of the 160 orders, 90 (56 percent) carried no set-aside designation, while 69 (43 percent) were small-business set-asides and one was woman-owned small business. Most task orders were cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts with durations typically spanning 24 months and ceiling values in the $8 million to $10 million range. Representative final awards included a $9.1 million effort for countermine division and project manager missions support, a $9.4 million advanced light detection and ranging development order, and a $17.4 million augmented reality systems development task order. Performance took place at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (Area 300 compound), Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, and Davison Airfield. Ordering momentum was irregular, averaging 24 orders per year over 2014–2018, with a peak of 36 orders in 2016.

The Warrior Enabling Broad Sensor (WEBS) Support Services contract include sensor technology engineering, administrative and operations support, such as field technology assistance, test and evaluation, and engineering support and services for night vision and electronic sensors systems.