RESEARCH &
ANALYSIS
SERVICES
AGILE & SCALABLE
CONTRACTING
SERVICES
Our Research & Analysis services provide customers with access to information, knowledge, and best practices from the Government, industry, and academia.
Our contract services support Research & Development efforts of varying size and scope and leverages the expertise of highly-regarded companies with industry-leading experience.
TECHNICAL INQUIRY
IACMAC TASK ORDER

RAPID TASK ORDER
RESEARCH &
ANALYSIS
SERVICES
Our Research & Analysis services provide customers with access to information, knowledge, and best practices from the Government, industry, and academia.
TECHNICAL INQUIRY
AGILE & SCALABLE
CONTRACTING
SERVICES
Our contract services support Research & Developmentefforts of varying size and scope and leverages the expertise of highly-regarded companies with industry-leading experience.
RAPID TASK ORDER
IACMAC TASK ORDER
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS SERVICES OVERVIEW
Research & Analysis services are provided by the DoDIAC three domain Information Analysis Centers in the following Technical Focus Areas:
CYBERSECURITY AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DEFENSE
SYSTEMS

HOMELAND DEFENSE
AND SECURITY

The DoDIAC relies on an extensive Subject Matter Expert (SME) network; which includes experienced engineers and scientists, retired senior military leaders, leading academic researchers, and industry experts; to solve our customer’s toughest scientific and technical problems.
TECHNICAL INQUIRY &
EXTENDED TECHNICAL INQUIRY
The DoDIAC efficiently accesses the comprehensive STI repository that has been generated over the past half century and makes it available on demand to the DoD and great S&T community. The IACs provide access to this knowledge and information via a consortium of scientists, engineers and information specialists that are available to answer technical questions and perform specialized research and analysis that includes:
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Referral to subject matter expert (SME) |
Our SMEs are readily available to help prepare timely and authoritative answers to even your most difficult inquiries.
Available to members of the military, government, and their contractors. Requesters must meet the eligibility & need-to-know requirements for access to export controlled technical information, DoD technical information, and classified information, where applicable.
- Requires 4 or less technical labor hours to answer
- No cost to customers for each distinct inquiry
- Requires between 5 and 160 technical hours of research
- Customer funded via MIPR or 7600B
- $50K maximum ceiling
- Shall be fully funded at time of issuance/award
- Allow flexibility for contract types of CPFF and FFP
- Classified and Unclassified services (Up to Top Secret (compartmented and collateral))
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TECHNICAL INQUIRY &
EXTENDED TECHNICAL INQUIRY
Receive answers to your most pressing scientific and technical questions through the submission of a Technical Inquiry.
The DoDIAC efficiently accesses the comprehensive repository of important STI that has been generated over the past half century and makes it available on demand to the DoD and great S&T community. The IACs provide access to this knowledge and information via a consortium of scientists, engineers and information specialists that are available to answer technical questions and perform specialized research and analysis that includes:
- Literature searches
- Document requests
- Answer technical questions
- Referral to subject matter expert (SME)
Our SMEs are readily available to help prepare timely and authoritative answers to even your most difficult inquiries.
Available to Government, academia, and Industry and requesters must meet the eligibility and need-to-know requirements for access to export controlled technical information, DoD technical information, and classified information, where applicable.
Technical Inquiry:
- Requires 4 or less technical labor hours to answer
- No cost to customers for each distinct inquiry
Extended Technical Inquiry:
- Up to 2 months of technical research
- Customer funded via MIPR or 7600B
- $50K maximum ceiling
- Shall be fully funded at time of issuance/award
- Allow flexibility for contract types of CPFF and FFP
- Classified and Unclassified services (Up to Top Secret (compartmented and collateral))
- All ETI purchases Any technical inquiries exceeding $25,000 shall be issued via the IAC Task Order
Click below to start a Technical or Extended Inquiry with CSIAC, DSIAC or HDIAC
AGILE & SCALABLE CONTRACTING
SERVICE OVERVIEW
Accomplish your R&D goals in a cost-effective, efficient, and compliant manner through the use of our Agile and Scalable Contracting services.
These services are a role model for fast, flexible, and low cost contracting that support R&D efforts of varying size and scope across the DoDIAC 22 Technical Focus Areas
IACMAC Task Order
Supports high-dollar R&D projects that provide studies, complex analysis, engineering and technical services.
RAPID Task Order
Designed to support R&D studies & analysis or prototyping requirements that are less than $1M and can be completed in 12 months or less.
These services support all military Services, Combatant Commands, DoD Agencies, and Federal Government partners.
IACMAC TASK ORDER OVERVIEW
Scope:
- Operational Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation services and other R&D-related analytical services
- Provides advanced research and analysis to the DoD Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Acquisition communities
- Broad technical domain Technical Focus Areas

- Fast, flexible, and low cost
- Incremental funding for severable orders
- Up to five year period of performance
- No minimum or maximum ceiling
- Allows for all contract types, including hybrids (CPFF, FFP, FFP-LOE)
- Classified and Unclassified services (Up to Top Secret (compartmented and collateral))
- CONUS and OCONUS Requirements (Including in-theater and contingency operations areas)
- Primarily Tradeoff method for source selection
- Flexible terms to allow adding new teaming partners at the TO level
- Pre-vetted industry-leading companies
- Available to DoD and U.S. Government agencies at all levels (Federal, State, and Local)
- Fully-assisted requirements package development support services
- Leverages STI available in the DTIC Online R&E Gateway database
- Preferred Use letter from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense – IAC MAC contract is the preferred vehicle for DoD requirements within its scope
- Interagency Agreement (IAA) General Terms and Conditions (GT&C) Section (FS Form 7600A) satisfies the requirement for a support agreement since the servicing agency (DTIC and its contracting offices) is within DoD
- Customer Support Cell Team Lead:
- Paul Jeng
- 937-231-8588
- Email: [email protected]
Please see below for IACMAC Resources and Additional Information
IACMAC TASK ORDER RESOURCES
PROCESS / TIMELINE
REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE
TEMPLATES / SAMPLES / ORDERING GUIDE
FAQs
SPECIALIZED TASK ORDER OVERVIEW
Scope:
A IAC Task Order may be initiated to acquire a scientific or technical analysis effort or associated technology. All IAC Task Orders must have an analytical component and generate new useable scientific and technical information (STI) or other knowledge. The following criteria shall be met:
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Be within the technical scope/mission of the IAC. |
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Produce new experimental data, scientific and/or technical knowledge or expertise not otherwise or previously available to the IAC or to the R&D, Acquisition, or Warfighter communities to be leveraged by all DoD and other government agency components. |
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Benefit the Government based on the technical/technologist expertise available at the IAC. |
- Fast, flexible, and low cost
- Incremental Funding for severable orders
- Up to 12 month period of performance
- $1M maximum ceiling
- Allow flexibility for contract types of CPFF and FFP
- Classified and Unclassified services (Up to Top Secret (compartmented and collateral))
- CONUS and OCONUS Requirements (Including in-theater and contingency operations areas)
- Available to DoD an d U.S. Government agencies at all levels (Federal, State, and Local)
- Leverages STI available in the DTIC Online R&E Gateway database
- DD1144 or General Terms and Conditions (GT&C) Section (FS Form 7600A) satisfies this requirement since the servicing agency (DTIC and its contracting offices) is within DoD
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WEB | PHONE | |
443-360-4600 | [email protected] | |
443-360-4600 | [email protected] | |
443-360-4600 | [email protected] |
Please see below for IAC Resources and Additional Information
IAC TASK ORDER RESOURCES
PROCESS / TIMELINE
REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE
TEMPLATES / SAMPLES / ORDERING GUIDE
FAQs
DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER
8725 John J. Kingman Road
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-6218
1.800.CAL.DTIC (1.800.225.3842)
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