Are you ready for the Army’s $25 Billion Information Technology MAC?
Are you ready for the Army’s $25 Billion Information Technology MAC?
The Army’s upcoming Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 Services (ITES-3S) multiple-award contract (MAC) Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), a program with a ceiling of $25 billion in information technology (IT) services business opportunities has been released! To see the FBO notice click here. ITES-3S will replace the current 16 prime contractor awards ITES-2S. The ITES-2S was awarded in 2006 and is set to expire in fiscal 2017. The contract had a ceiling of $20 billion and has been one of the largest MACs in the federal government for the past several years. The ITES-3S will run from FY 2016 – FY 2024. The Army’s ITES-3S scope includes a full range of services and solutions essential to support the Army’s enterprise infrastructure and infostructure goals with Information Technology (IT) services worldwide.
ITES-3S is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) vehicle that will provide a variety of technology services. Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts provide for an indefinite quantity of services for a fixed time. Like its precursor the ITES-2S, ITES-3S will be managed by the Army’s Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program. It is also the Army’s primary source of IT-related services worldwide.
ITES-3S MAC will look to offer multiple IT solutions. Some would include:
The ITES-3S is expected to offer various task-order types, including firm-fixed-price, cost-type, and time-and-materials.
More than 1,000 task orders have been awarded on ITES-2S. Hundreds are set to expire during the next few years, worth billions. The contracting agency may re-compete these opportunities on ITES-3S. Between FY10 – FY14, over $8.2 billion in contracts have been awarded under the current ITES-2S MAC. The five bureau’s to procure, between FY10 – FY14, of the ITES-2S MAC are listed in the table below.
Top 5 ITES-2S Funding Bureau | FY 2010 – 2014 Total |
Department of the Army | $6,003,765,424 |
Department of the Navy | $709,350,031 |
Defense Finance and Accounting Service | $376,017,222 |
Department of the Air Force | $279,388,091 |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | $238,825,374 |
The table below list in order of total contract value for 16 ITES-2S awardees.
Contractor | FY 2006 – 2015 Total |
Northrop Grumman Corp | $1,597,993,203 |
General Dynamics Corp | $1,415,240,333 |
Science Applications International Corp | $1,291,845,874 |
Lockheed Martin Corp | $1,004,904,169 |
CACI International Inc | $754,365,264 |
NCI Inc | $597,614,444 |
Computer Sciences Corp | $584,342,961 |
International Business Machines Corp | $553,949,857 |
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp | $530,274,754 |
Hewlett-Packard Co | $448,254,341 |
Dell Inc | $420,284,050 |
Harris Corp | $399,110,683 |
Pragmatics Inc | $260,464,309 |
STG Inc | $144,032,617 |
AECOM | $141,707,378 |
BAE Systems PLC | $114,417,940 |
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