DLA picks 86 for $12B IT recompete
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Ross Wilkers
Known by the acronym JETS, this is the Defense Logistics Agency's main mechanism for acquiring technology products and services from industry.
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded 86 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $11.9 billion contract vehicle covering IT support services to DLA and other Defense Department components.
DLA received 259 proposals in total for this second iteration of its J6 Enterprise Technology Services contract also known as JETS, the Pentagon said in its Tuesday awards digest.
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JETS 2.0 is DLA’s main mechanism for acquiring applications, software, hardware, infrastructure and research development support.
Work will take place over an initial five-year base period, followed by a single option for five more years.
DLA used a two-phase method to evaluate proposals that saw several bidders knocked out of contention in the first round. Some of those companies filed protests earlier this year to object to their elimination from the field, but the Government Accountability Office and Court of Federal Claims gradually dismissed the challenges.
The current JETS iteration is slated to expire on Jan. 3 and has seen approximately $3.6 billion in obligations flow through it, according to Deltek data.
All of the top five incumbents were chosen for the new iteration – Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary, TekSynap, Amyx, CACI International and Credence Management Solutions.
Tetra Tech acquired Amyx in January 2023 and operates the latter as a subsidiary.
Credence Management Solutions, General Dynamics’ IT services unit, CompTech Computer Technologies and Peraton are among the top 10 incumbents that are poised to continue on. Coggins International Corp.’s name was not on the awardee list for JETS 2.0.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: DLA added Pueo Business Solutions as an awardee on Sept. 26, so the article and list of winners has been updated accordingly)