Justification
Exception to Fair Opportunity for the MACRO Bridge Task Order
47QFCA26R0005
Federal Acquisition Service, GSA FAS Aas Fedsim. Engineering Services.
Awarded
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
$53,666,829.00 obligated so far on USAspending, March 25, 2026, contract 47QFCA22D0305
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
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.
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- UEI
- LTMGBJ76B9D8
- CAGE
- 9R446
- Vendor location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Contract
- 47QFCA26F0015 under 47QFCA22D0305, delivery order
- Obligated
- $53,666,829.00, current value $89,903,952
- Actions
- 8 between March 25, 2026 and July 29, 2026
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
- Described as
- Mission Awareness Capabilities Rampup and Optimization Macro Bridge
- Match
- solicitation number 47QFCA26R0005 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 47QFCA (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
- Recipient
- Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- UEI
- LTMGBJ76B9D8
- CAGE
- 9R446
- Vendor location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Contract
- 47QFCA22D0305
- Obligated
- $0.00, potential $999,999,999,999
- Actions
- 3 between March 19, 2024 and June 30, 2026
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition, 600 offers received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- This Modification Is to Incorporate the Required Clause for the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders - Prohibition (Alternate I) (Dec 2023) Into the Contract.
- Match
- award number 47QFCA22D0305 equals the contract number; same sub-agency 4732 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
April 15, 2026
Justification
SAM.gov, notice 6d439e4f99d642a581cab8b5c08380f0
Points of contact
- Shante McGeeshante.mcgee@gsa.gov(571) 609-1377