Actually, being on that list is great! It's not an actual awarded contract with work (YET), but it is a wide open door for it that all the other contractors NOT on the list don't have open to them. How many companies are NOT on that list (thousands? tens of thousands?)? My bet is on BVTK. I have spent so many years working for DoD contractors in the past (in the corporate office and working on proposals to be added to those IDIQ contracts), and those IDIQ contracts are VALUABLE. Not because the IDIQ gives work, but the work you are allowed access to because of it.