Operational Test and Evaluation Support Services for USCG Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force

Forecast Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$5,000,000 to $9,900,000
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Anticipated award
Through
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
541330 Engineering Services
Place of performance
Norfolk, VA
Forecast number
F2026075320
Points of contact

Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

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The U.S. Coast Guard, within the Department of Homeland Security, is forecasting a total small business set-aside recompete for operational test and evaluation support services for the Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR), with an estimated solicitation release on November 16, 2026 and an estimated award on March 1, 2027; the Additional Information section separately lists an anticipated award date of February 5, 2027. Required support spans engineering, technical, and analytical work across the full acquisition lifecycle, including Early Operational Assessments, Operational Assessments, Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, and Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, for surface cutters, aviation platforms, unmanned systems, C5I systems, and enterprise mission software. Tasks include Mission-Based Test Design, Integrated Evaluation Frameworks, operational test plans, on-site test event support, cybersecurity adversarial and vulnerability assessments, OTA evaluation reports, and coordination with Test and Evaluation Working-level Integrated Product Teams and Test and Evaluation Master Plan reviews.

The estimated award value range is $5.0 million to $9.9 million, and the Additional Information specifies a firm fixed price contract type and lists OASIS+ as the contract vehicle. Support will primarily be performed at OPTEVFOR headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, with occasional travel to USCG operational bases, shipyards, flight test facilities, and underway cutter deployments. Contracting Officer Robert Budlong (robert.budlong@uscg.mil, +1 206-815-1304) is the primary point of contact, with requirements office CG-771 and a small business coordinator reachable at mark.k.solomon2@uscg.mil.

The recompeted award is indefinite delivery contract 47QRAD20D1042, the General Services Administration One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business (OASIS SB) multiple-award IDIQ, with Credence Dynamo Solutions, LLC identified as the contractor. The IDV carries a ceiling value of $999,999,999,999.00, was awarded on March 26, 2020, and reached its ultimate completion date of December 19, 2024. The vehicle's existing work covers professional services such as program management, engineering, logistics, scientific, technical, and research and development support for multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security.

Forecast text

This requirement provides comprehensive engineering, technical, and analytical support to Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR) in executing its role as an independent Operational Test Agency (OTA) for U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) acquisition programs. The objective is to ensure USCG systems are independently assessed for operational effectiveness, operational suitability, and cyber survivability under realistic, fleet-representative operating conditions prior to full-rate production decisions and fleetwide deployment.

Scope encompasses end-to-end Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) lifecycle support across major USCG acquisition domains, including surface cutters, aviation platforms, unmanned systems, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence (C5I) systems, and enterprise mission software. Support activities span the full acquisition lifecycle, including Early Operational Assessments (EOA), Operational Assessments (OA), Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), and Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E).

Key technical and analytical support tasks include:

Test Design & Framework Development: Applying Mission-Based Test Design (MBTD) methodologies to develop Integrated Evaluation Frameworks (IEFs) that decompose mission requirements into Critical Operational Issues (COIs), Key Performance Parameters (KPPs), Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), and Measures of Suitability (MOSs).

Test Planning & Documentation: Authoring rigorous, event-specific Operational Test Plans (OTPs), data collection and management plans, environmental threat matrices, and safety briefs aligned with USCG Major Systems Acquisition Manual (MSAM) guidelines and DHS/DoD acquisition directives.

Operational Test Execution & Data Collection: Providing on-site technical support during underway, flight, and shore-based test events, managing automated and manual data collection instrumentation, executing realistic operational scenarios, and conducting cybersecurity operational test and evaluation (adversarial assessments and vulnerability assessments).

Data Analysis & Independent Evaluation Reporting: Processing complex operational telemetry, qualitative operator feedback, and cyber vulnerability data; applying rigorous statistical and scientific methodologies; and drafting comprehensive Operational Test Agency (OTA) evaluation reports and executive briefings to inform USCG Executive Leadership and the DHS Acquisition Decision Authority (ADA).

Programmatic & WIPT Coordination: Participating in Test and Evaluation Working-level Integrated Product Teams (T&E WIPTs), reviewing draft Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs), and collaborating with USCG Acquisition Directorates (CG-9), requirements sponsors, and developmental test stakeholders.

Support will primarily be performed at OPTEVFOR headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, with occasional travel to USCG operational bases, shipyards, flight test facilities, and underway cutter deployments.

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