Lockheed Martin [LMT] submitted a bid for U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) next-generation logistics and sustainment support program, according to a company statement.
This program, formally known as Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services (SOF GLSS), will be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with an ordering period that could be as long as 10 years if all options are exercised, according to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). The contract will be worth $500,000 at the minimum and could be worth as much as $8 billion if all options are exercised. 
Lockheed Martin is the incumbent from the original 2010 contract. L-3 Communications [LLL] is expected to bid for this program, according to an industry source. Proposals were due Tuesday at 5 p.m. EDT. Lockheed Martin’s 2010 contract was sole sourced and had a total value of $5 billion.
The following companies attended the one-on-one sessions for the program: CACI [CACI], Jacobs [JEC], L-3 Mission Integration, Lockheed Martin and AECOM [ACM]. L-3 spokeswoman Jennifer Barton said Tuesday the company doesn’t discuss contract bids. CACI, Jacobs and AECOM didn’t return requests for comment by press time Tuesday.
The contract will include multiple contract types available for use across all task and delivery orders. Global program support services will utilize three core competencies: streamlined design and rapid prototyping and production, modification and integration and lifecycle sustainment activities across two major areas of special operations forces (SOF) platforms–aviation and SOF systems (ground and maritime).
Another core competency covered by this procurement includes enterprise functions normally associated with running a government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO)-type facility (state-owned, government-leased [tenant], contractor-operated) operation in a cost-efficient manner. This will include logistics operations; facility management; environmental, safety and health; security managment and information technology (IT) management.
USSOCOM has set a small business subcontracting requirement of 35 percent of total contract dollars (less outside continental United States task orders) for this contract. The contractor will be required to meet and maintain
this requirement throughout the life of the contract.