Army, DHA tee up on-ramps for $11B in tech services contracts

Army TEIS IV

The window is now open for companies to work on and turn in bids to join the potential $800 million Total Engineering and Integration Services IV contract, which opened for business in 2021.

TEIS IV covers a broad range of information systems engineering services, with an emphasis on cybersecurity and communications. A total of six companies participate as primes on this contract, which three companies won seats on in 2020 and another trio was chosen for in 2021.

Up to 10 new companies will be selected for the on-ramp, with four of those seats reserved for small businesses, the Army said in its Wednesday notice to release the final solicitation.

Bids for the on-ramp are due to the Army Information Systems Engineering Command by 6 p.m. Eastern time on Oct. 7.

Awardees compete for task orders across work areas that include planning, design, development, engineering, implementation, procurement, logistics, evaluation, test, sustainment, systems retirement and ancillary services.

The Army has obligated $160 million in task order volume to-date against TEIS IV, with Empower AI as the top recipient of the spend at 65%, according to GovTribe data.

TEIS IV’s period of performance includes an initial five-year base period, followed by a single option for five additional years.

DHA Omnibus IV

The Defense Health Agency has taken a first step in preparing to open the window for 8(a) small businesses to pursue a place on Omnibus IV, its primary vehicle for research-and-development work in military medical efforts.

DHA chose 56 companies in 2022 for the potential 10-year, $10 billion contract vehicle that it set up to bring findings and innovations closer to medical practices for combat casualty care.

DHA is eyeing late September 2026 for the release of an on-ramp solicitation that will be set-aside for 8(a) companies, the agency said in a Monday SAM.gov notice. This timeline is later than DHA originally anticipated, but the agency added it needs more time to implement guidance stemming from the Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul.

The agency said it has awarded 55 task orders to-date with an accumulated ceiling value of roughly $630 million since Omnibus IV opened for business.

Of those 55 orders, 36 went to small businesses and 11 were awarded to an 8(a) company. Eight orders were set-aside under the 8(a) program.

Omnibus IV’s end user base includes DHA itself, the Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Naval Supply Systems Command and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

GovTribe data indicates that DHA has obligated $197 million in task order volume against the contract so far. The top five spending recipients are Leidos, Goldbelt C6, Kapili Services, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine and Knowesis.