Exception to Fair Opportunity for the MACRO Bridge Task Order
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 47QFCA26R0005
- Agency
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Assisted Acquisition Services FEDSIM
Assisted Acquisition Services, General Services Administration
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 47QFCA22D0305-47QFCA26F0015 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Tampa, Florida 33609, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service Assisted Acquisition Services Federal Systems Integration and Management Center issued a sole-source justification for a bridge task order under the ASTRO Multiple Award IDIQ Development/Systems Integration Pool contract (47QFCA26F0015) to support the Department of Defense's Mission Awareness Capabilities Ramp-up and Optimization (MACRO) program. Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) was awarded the Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee task order on March 25, 2026, to provide comprehensive system engineering services including program management, analytical and execution planning services, engineering development and integration, test and evaluation, and training support. The sole-source justification was granted under FAR 16.507-6(b)(1) based on urgent mission-critical needs and the impracticability of conducting competitive fair opportunity procedures, as the current MACRO task order expires March 29, 2026, and must continue uninterrupted until the competitive follow-on INVICTA task order is awarded in January 2027. The bridge task order includes a 6-month base period with one optional 6-month extension, with the primary place of performance at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and additional locations throughout the Continental United States and overseas. While the specific award value was not disclosed in the notice, the government determined the anticipated cost to be fair and reasonable based on historical cost data, Forward Pricing Rate Agreements, and cost realism analysis, with the transition to a CPFF contract type expected to generate cost savings by eliminating the Contract Access Fee.
Notice text
General Services Administration (GSA) Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS), in support of the Department of Defense (DoD), proposed the award of a sole source Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Task Order (TO) for the Mission Awareness Capabilities Ramp-up and Optimization (MACRO) Task Order (TO) Bridge under the GSA ASTRO Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Development/Systems 47QFCA26F0015 Pool contract vehicle. This effort will provide continued support to the DoD for comprehensive system engineering services support including Program Management, Analytical and Execution Planning (AEP) Services, Engineering, Development, Integration, and Sustainment (EDIS) Services, Test and Evaluation (T&E) Services, and Training Support. The TO was awarded on March 25, 2026. This sole source effort will allow for mission essential activities to continue until award of the competitive Integrated, Next-Generation, Versatile, Intelligence, Capabilities, Technologies, and Applications (INVICTA) TO.
Awarded contract 47QFCA22D0305 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-03-25.
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