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Contract Vehicles
Government contract vehicles are pre-negotiated agreements that streamline the procurement process for government agencies, enabling them to efficiently acquire goods and services from qualified vendors like Ares. These vehicles provide a structured, compliant framework for purchasing, ensuring competitive pricing, transparency, and adherence to federal acquisition regulations. Think of them as fishing licenses: they grant agencies access to a stocked pond of pre-approved vendors, like Ares, ensuring they can “cast their line” and quickly reel in the expertise and solutions they need without navigating complex procurement waters. By leveraging these contract vehicles, government buyers can access Ares’ expertise in IT services, cybersecurity, and innovative solutions without the need for lengthy procurement processes. Examples of contract vehicles include General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), and Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), all designed to simplify and expedite the acquisition of high-quality, mission-critical support. Ares provides the government direct access to our services through the following IDIQs:
General Services Administration - Multiple Award Schedule (GSA MAS)
Prime Contractor
SIN: 54151S
Socioeconomic Set Asides
Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Asian-Pacific American Owned, Minority Owned Business and SBA-Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
Contract Number: 47QTCA25D0081
Period of Performance: 04/07/2025 – 04/06/2030
The General Services Administration (GSA) offers several contract vehicles that federal agencies can use to procure Information Technology (IT) professional services. GSA negotiates terms and pricing with vendors, which saves agencies time and effort. These vehicles also ensure compliance with federal acquisition regulations. GSA contracts simplify the ordering process, reducing procurement lead times.
Specifically GSA MAS is a long-term, government-wide contract that allows commercial companies to provide products and services to government buyers. Specifically for IT professional services, MAS includes Special Item Numbers (SINs) that cover a broad spectrum of services, such as IT consulting, software development, cybersecurity, data management, and network services. MAS provides a wide range of vendors and services, simplified ordering procedures, pre-negotiated pricing, and the flexibility to customize solutions. Federal, state, local, and tribal governments are eligible to use MAS.
Services provided under this contract are categorized in the following categories:
1) Information Technology Professional Services
Navy Seaport Next Generation (Seaport-NxG)
Prime Contractor
NAICS: 541330
Socioeconomic Set Aside: Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)
Contract Number: N0017825D7089
Period of Performance: 01/02/2025 – 01/01/2029
Ceiling: $3,600,000,000.00
The SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) contract provides access to engineering services and program management services as required by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Office of Naval Research, and the United States Marine Corps. The IDIQ contract represents a significant opportunity to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions to support the mission-critical needs of the United States Navy. Our team combines extensive experience in defense contracting, a deep understanding of the Navy’s unique challenges, and a proven track record of excellence across diverse technical and professional service areas.
By leveraging a robust blend of domain expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a commitment to operational efficiency, we stand poised to provide exceptional support under the Seaport NxG vehicle. Our approach emphasizes collaboration, agility, and a proactive strategy tailored to meet evolving mission requirements. With a focus on maximizing value and mission readiness, our solutions ensure the Navy’s objectives are met with precision, timeliness, and unparalleled quality.
Services provided under this contract are categorized in the following categories:
1) Engineering Services; 2) Program Management Services
Missle Defense Agency (MDA) Multiple Award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ
Prime Contractor
Contract # HQ085926DF708
Period of Performance: 12/5/2025 to 12/4/2035
Estimated Contract Ceiling: $151,000,000,000
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Multiple Award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) is a major acquisition activity to deliver an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across all phases of flight by ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile, and other advanced aerial attacks. It provides a key contracting vehicle to support the implementation of the Golden Dome. The Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MA-IDIQ) contract supports both classified and unclassified efforts for Department of Defense (DoD) (also referred to as the Department of War) agencies with a focus on providing continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats from any vector, including land, sea, air, space, or cyberspace.
SHIELD emphasizes rapid delivery of innovative capabilities such as artificial intelligence, digital engineering, open systems architectures, and agile processes, and covers a wide range of work areas (19 in total), including research and development (R&D), prototyping, systems engineering, weapon development, integration, production, sustainment, modernization, and cybersecurity.
System of Systems Consortium (SOSSEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
Prime Contractor
Socioeconomic Set Aside: Minority Owned Business, Woman Owned Business
SOSSEC, Inc. facilitates the working relationship between the government and member companies. SOSSEC, Inc. exists to manage consortium-based OTAs by providing the expertise and infrastructure required to effectively and efficiently manage the OTA project life-cycle. The SOSSEC Consortium was specifically formed to address the needs of the Department of Defense (DoD). It was founded on a simple concept: that collaboration, innovation, and cooperation among a broad spectrum of industry, academia, and non-profit entities are necessary for delivering top-quality service and innovative technology solutions to clients. Through mission-oriented oversight, spirited competition, and an ever-expanding membership base offering a massive variety of capabilities and tech solutions, SOSSEC, Inc. ensures consistent delivery of top-notch prototype solutions executed within cost, schedule, and technical performance expectations. For more information, visit https://sossecinc.com/about-us/