BLUF: GSA has obligated $1.15 billion to Leidos, Inc. under a Defense Department-funded contract for worldwide military family counseling services.

The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service, acting through its FEDSIM office, has obligated $1,151,643,464 to Leidos, Inc. under definitive contract 47QFCA21C0002 for the Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program. The contract funds worldwide, non-medical confidential counseling services and is financed by the Department of Defense, through the Department of Defense Education Activity's Military Community & Family Policy office. It was signed January 29, 2021, with a period of performance running to January 31, 2027.

Why it matters: The award illustrates DOD's continued use of GSA's FEDSIM office as an intermediary contracting vehicle for large-scale support services rather than contracting directly. The contract was awarded through full and open competition, drawing eight offers, and uses a cost-plus-award-fee pricing structure typical of large, multi-year services requirements. The obligated total sits well below the contract's overall ceiling, indicating substantial remaining capacity for the government to order additional services through the contract's expiration.

By the numbers

• Obligations to date: $1,151,643,464
• Contract ceiling (base + all options): $1,770,398,768
• Period of performance: February 1, 2021 – January 31, 2027
• Award ID: 47QFCA21C0002
• Competition: Full and open, 8 offers received; cost-plus-award-fee pricing

Leidos, Inc., based in Reston, Virginia, is a subsidiary of Leidos Holdings, Inc. and is the incumbent contractor for the MFLC program, which places non-medical counselors with military families worldwide under NAICS code 624190 (Other Individual and Family Services). GSA's FEDSIM office — part of the Federal Acquisition Service's Assisted Acquisition Services line — administers the contract on behalf of the Department of Defense Education Activity, the DOD component that funds and oversees the program for the Pentagon's Military Community & Family Policy directorate.

Source: USAspending.gov