Opportunity Snapshot: USTRANSCOM Acquisition Program Support BPA

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This requirement focuses on providing non-personal Advisory and Assistance Services to U.S. Transportation Command in support of Program Executive Office-managed transportation, logistics, financial, acquisition, cybersecurity, engineering, and program management activities. The government intends to establish a single-award BPA under GSA MAS Professional Services SIN 541611, with a five-year ordering period and a maximum value of $104 million.

Scope of Work includes:

✅ Contract and program management support

✅ Program documentation, reporting, governance, and meeting support

✅ Program administrative support, including IT equipment tracking and operations support

✅ Functional requirements definition and requirements traceability

✅ Business process re-engineering support

✅ Subject matter expert support for transportation, financial, and logistics stakeholders

✅ Audit readiness and internal controls support

✅ Integration, data, and interface management support

✅ Systems engineering, software development, configuration management, IV&V, and technical data management

✅ System security support, including RMF, vulnerability management, compliance auditing, PPSM, and cybersecurity operations

✅ Budget, cost, schedule, risk, and program controls support

✅ Training support and innovation recommendations

Why this matters:

USTRANSCOM’s PEO manages major transportation and logistics systems that support defense mobility, deployment, distribution, passenger movement, freight movement, personal property, and transportation visibility. One major program highlighted is the Joint Transportation Management System, which is moving through the DoD Business Capability Acquisition Cycle and requires support in program management, engineering, budgeting, cost estimating, and functional subject matter expertise.

This is not just a consulting support contract. It sits at the intersection of acquisition support, defense transportation systems, cybersecurity, financial audit readiness, business process modernization, and program execution.

Key contractor takeaways:

This is a GSA MAS opportunity. Contractors must have a valid GSA MAS Professional Services SIN 541611 at quote submission. The NAICS code is 541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a size standard of $24.5 million.

Security matters. Contractors must have and maintain a SECRET Facility Security Clearance at the time of quote submission and throughout performance. Failure to demonstrate the required clearance makes the quote ineligible for award.

OCI risk is a major issue. Contractors performing development or sustainment work on systems connected to the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise or impacted by JTMS may be ineligible because the advisory role requires objective and unbiased support.

Small business participation matters. The RFQ requires at least 28% small business subcontracting utilization annually and offers an incentive if utilization exceeds 35%, capped at $200,000 annually.

Cyber workforce qualifications matter. Personnel performing cyberspace work must meet DoD 8140 / DCWF qualification requirements, and task orders will assign DCWF work role codes and proficiency levels.

Access to Scott AFB matters. Personnel must comply with installation access requirements, and the attachment lists disqualifying access factors such as inability to verify identity, certain criminal convictions, watchlist matches, prior bars from federal installations, or suspected attempts to access protected information improperly.

Potential NAICS areas to research:

🔹 541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

🔹 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services

🔹 541513 — Computer Facilities Management Services

🔹 541519 — Other Computer Related Services

🔹 541330 — Engineering Services

🔹 541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

🔹 541618 — Other Management Consulting Services

The solicitation identifies 541611 as the official NAICS, but the work touches program management, cybersecurity, systems engineering, audit readiness, data integration, and technical consulting areas.

Go/No-Go questions for contractors:

Can you prime under GSA MAS Professional Services SIN 541611?

Do you already hold a SECRET Facility Security Clearance?

Can you support a five-year BPA with onsite presence at Scott AFB and some remote or contractor-site work?

Can you provide cleared, qualified personnel across acquisition support, program management, systems engineering, cybersecurity, audit readiness, data integration, and functional transportation/logistics domains?

Do you have a credible plan to manage OCI risk?

Can you meet the 28% small business utilization requirement and potentially exceed 35%?

Can you respond to oral presentation requirements without relying on slides, handouts, or visual aids?

Can you staff surge requirements quickly? The video scenario requires sourcing, screening, and onboarding five specialists within 20 business days for a 120-day JTMS audit readiness surge.

Proposal strategy note:

This is the type of opportunity where a compliant quote must show more than resumes and labor categories.

The government needs to see that the contractor can manage a complex advisory support environment, protect sensitive acquisition information, avoid conflicts of interest, staff cleared and qualified personnel, support mission-critical systems, and provide disciplined program controls over cost, schedule, performance, risk, cybersecurity, and audit readiness.

A strong response should clearly demonstrate:

✅ Understanding of USTRANSCOM’s transportation mission

✅ Ability to support PEO-managed programs across multiple technical and functional areas

✅ Proven program management and governance support

✅ Systems engineering and cybersecurity capability

✅ Audit readiness and financial process expertise

✅ Staffing depth and surge capacity

✅ SECRET-cleared workforce access

✅ Small business subcontracting strategy

✅ OCI mitigation discipline

✅ Ability to transition personnel on and off task orders without disrupting mission support

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