- A solicitation has opened for the 711 HPW mission support IDIQ
- The basic contract has a five-year ordering period and a six-year performance period
- Offers are due Sept. 16
The Air Force Research Laboratory has begun soliciting offers for a potential $505 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide mission support services for the 711th Human Performance Wing.
What Is the Scope of the AFRL IDIQ?
According to a solicitation published Thursday on SAM.gov, the IDIQ contract will serve as a vehicle for service support to the 711 HPW at all locations the wing supports, including Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio; Joint Base San Antonio; Cincinnati; Baltimore; St. Louis; Las Vegas; Omaha, Nebraska; and other geographically separated units. The contract will also support Air Force Medical Command, the Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton and other organizations tied to the 711 HPW and AFRL missions.
Task order-level performance work statements will define individual requirements, which may call for personal services performed by licensed medical and clinical professionals or non-personal services covering management support, certified laboratory support, technical and IT support, clinical support, studies and analyses, engineering and technical support, and educational support.
What Are the IDIQ’s Ordering Period & Set-Aside Terms?
AFRL is running the procurement as an 8(a) set-aside program.
The basic IDIQ has a five-year ordering period with a six-year performance period and an estimated maximum value of $505 million. The initial task order, a kickoff meeting, will serve as the minimum guarantee at contract issuance, and the government has said there is no guarantee of work beyond that minimum.
Questions and requests for clarification are due Sept. 3, with government responses expected by close of business Sept. 5. Proposals are due Sept. 16 at 10 a.m.
What Other Contract Vehicles Has AFRL Pursued?
The latest solicitation follows several other acquisition actions at the lab this year. In January, AFRL announced plans to compete a potential $1 billion contract for adversary system-of-systems analysis research in support of the Air Force, U.S. Cyber Command and other mission partners.
That same month, the lab sought offers for a potential eight-year, $10 billion multiple award contract to support science and technology research across air, space, cyber and electronic warfare domains, then revived that same vehicle in May with a renewed call for industry feedback.
AFRL has also restructured into seven major entities, including five new mission-focused directorates, a move intended to streamline decision-making and link accountability more closely to operational outcomes.
