Energy Procurement Support Tool (EPST)

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is soliciting proposals for Information Technology services to maintain three critical systems: the Energy Procurement Support Tool (EPST), Inventory Accountability Web Tool (IAWT), and FASTracker, which operate in both development and production instances hosted in government or commercial cloud environments. The procurement encompasses comprehensive IT support services including Tier II and III technical support, cybersecurity support, application enhancement using agile methodologies, and optional transition-in and transition-out periods. Key requirements include maintaining system operations, ensuring cybersecurity compliance, and enhancing system capabilities to meet evolving business needs, with technical support efforts anticipated to be allocated approximately 80% to EPST, 15% to IAWT, and 5% to FASTracker. The government will employ tradeoff source selection procedures where non-price factors are considered significantly more important than price in evaluating proposals. The solicitation deadline was November 20, 2025, with technical questions required to be submitted by November 14, 2025, and the government released responses to potential offerors' questions through three amendments to the solicitation.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with a size standard of $34,000,000 under NAICS code 541519 (Other Computer Related Services). The current incumbents are Information Technologies Strategies, LLC, which provides sustainment services, and Aymx, Inc., which provides development services. The contract structure includes a base period running from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029, followed by two optional one-year extension periods, with optional transition periods available at the beginning and end of the contract term. Performance of work will be located at 3990 E Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43219, with contractor personnel potentially working at government or contractor sites. The solicitation requires submission of detailed proposals including past performance documentation, key personnel resumes with security clearance information, personnel resource allocation, and pricing using the provided JETS 2.0 Vendor Pricing Sheet, which encompasses over 200 labor categories spanning technical, cybersecurity, and administrative roles.