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Currently, the ASTRO contracts are available for use by all General Services Administration (GSA) Assisted Acquisition Ordering Officers (OCOs)who have obtained a Delegation of Procurement Authority from the ASTRO Program Office. Contract Specialists/Contracting Officers who have received training from the applicable ASTRO contracting officer or his/her duly authorized representative are authorized to use the ASTRO contracts. However, only a duly warranted Contracting Officer with an ASTRO DPA can sign the ASTRO task order. ASTRO training must be completed as part of the delegation process. OCOs must use the ASTRO Ordering Portal at https://astro.app.cloud.gov/ for distributing all ASTRO solicitations, market research, and communicating with ASTRO Industry Partners.

About Us

4D Tech Solutions, LLC (4D) – a wholly owned subsidiary of Cognosante, LLC – is focused on providing customers with an organization that is quick to understand and respond to their needs while delivering superior work products. 4D’s capabilities cover a wide range of scientific, technical, operational, and management competencies. 4D is actively engaged in advanced technology program management; requirements analysis; integrated system design; rapid prototyping; test and evaluation; and, technology transition. 4D is a process-driven organization that effectively engages customers throughout a technology development effort to ensure their needs are met. We work closely with integrated product team members to ensure performance goals are clearly understood in order to facilitate design optimization. Our customer-centric approach to doing business consistently provides the best value solutions. 4D is positioned to advance your organization’s technology needs, with the software, electronics, and mechanical subsystem rapid prototyping tools, highly qualified staff, and a track record of success.

Overview

The ASTRO program is the General Service Administration’s (GSA’s) new multiple award contract and is designed to help the DoD develop and maintain manned and unmanned vehicles. The program is administered by GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM). The GSA ASTRO program scope covers operations, maintenance, readiness, development, research and development, hardware, and systems integration of manned, unmanned, and optionally manned systems, robotics, and platforms, as well as the services that support those systems, robotics, and platforms within the realm of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). The program consists of ten separate indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, each supporting a distinct pool of vehicle-related services. The pools are: Data Operations, Mission Operations, Aviation, Ground, Space, Maritime, Development & Systems Integration, Research & Development, Support, and Training. Up to 45 contracts are awarded in each pool and were made to the highest technically rated qualifying offerors. The ASTRO contract has a 5-year base period, and GSA has the option of extending it to an additional 5 years.

Benefits

• 10-year period of performance - November 15, 2021 – November 14, 2026 for the base period and an option period from November 15, 2026 – November 14, 2031
• Pre-competed, easy-to-use contract with streamlined and flexible ordering procedures
• Unlimited ceiling
• Flexibility to use all contract pricing types including Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursable, Time and Materials, Labor Hour or Hybrid
• Solutions may include Ancillary Support Services and/or Ancillary Support Products
• No access fee

4D Tech Capabilities for ASTRO

4D has been awarded contracts in the Development & Systems Integration pool and the Research & Development pool.

ASTRO Contract# 47QFCA22D0301 _ DEVELOPMENT/SYSTEMS INTEGRATION POOL

ASTRO Contract # 47QFCA22D0351 _ RESEARCH POOL

4D’s Development & Systems Integration Capabilities include:

1. Development/integration of sensors: The development/integration of devices that discover and react to changes to things such as light, movement, and heat for a manned, unmanned, and/optionally manned platforms and/or robotics. 4D’s expertise specifically lies in development and integration of LiDAR sensors onto manned and unmanned aerial, ground, and maritime or undersea vehicles for a variety of government and warfighter applications.
2. Development/integration of artificial intelligence: The development/integration of machines that have some of the qualities that the human mind has, such as the ability to understand language, recognize pictures, solve problems, and learn for a manned, unmanned, and/optionally manned platforms and/or robotics.
3. Development/integration of automation: The development/integration of machines that can operate without needing human control for a manned, unmanned, and/optionally manned platforms and/or robotics.
4. Development/integration of machine learning: The development/integration of changing the way machines carry out tasks by learning from new data, without a human being needing to give instructions in the form of a program for a manned, unmanned, and/optionally manned platforms and/or robotics.
5. Development/integration of biometrics: The development/integration of the measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics (such as fingerprint or voice patterns) especially as a means of verifying personal identity for a manned, unmanned, and/optionally manned platforms and/or robotics.

4D’s Research & Development Pool capabilities include:

• R&D for Data Science: R&D in the field of study that combines domain expertise, programming skills, and knowledge of mathematics and statistics to extract meaningful insights from data.
• R&D in Aeronautical Technology: R&D in the field of aeronautics.
• R&D in Maritime Technology: R&D in the field of ships and other sea vessels.
• R&D in Ground Platform Technology: R&D in the field of ground platforms.