Recently Awarded Mission Critical Support Small Business Contracts

The operations of the intelligence community are critical to the integrity of the nation’s security. Accordingly, it is crucial for such agencies to align themselves with highly reliable and erudite industry partners that can support the exigencies of their missions. AlphaBrook’s team therefore sought to identify the small and otherwise socioeconomically classified businesses that have successfully bid on opportunities across NGA, NRO, FBI, DCSA, and other federal actors within the intelligence community.

RedTrace Technologies – A dual threat 8(a) and SDVOSB, RedTrace Technologies is a small business well-positioned to bid for contracts across government. The firm won a competition within FBI for a reportedly $4.2M contract providing Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) operations services as recently as June 2023, demonstrating its capability to support the intelligence community on pertinent cybersecurity efforts. Further illustrating RedTrace Technologies’ prowess, the company offers solution offerings to include all-source intelligence support, IT strategy development, cyber operations support, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, Blue Team support, Red Team support, program management, and project management. With this FBI win under its belt and its competitive capabilities, RedTrace Technologies is a firm to keep your eye on.

Altamira Technologies – Beating out the competition, this small business was awarded a contract by USAF National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) in May 2023 that has a reported ceiling value of $3.9M and involves science and technical intelligence analytic capability support. The firm is concurrently supporting NGA on the reportedly $3.2M Advanced Technical Exploitation Program II initiative, indicating Altamira Technologies’ prowess with such services. Evidently, this company wowed the intelligence community with its intel analysis and reporting, cyber operations, AI/ML, advanced computing, analytics systems architecture, tracking and behavior analysis, multi-intelligence analytics, and activity-based intelligence capabilities. As this trend is sure to continue into the future, wise companies seeking to bid on similar opportunities should consider a teaming arrangement with Altamira Technologies given its award-winning track record.

Xplore – Xplore is a small business that is uniquely capable of supporting intelligence agencies focused on surveillance, as it possesses a plethora of relevant solution offerings such as satellite imagery, mission design and analysis, mission operations, remote operations, object identification, AI/ML applications, cloud detection, intelligence data, and UI/UX. With this impressive repertoire, the firm won a contract within NRO in early 2023 that involves hyperspectral imagery. With this award, Xplore is a formidable competitor in forthcoming opportunities across the intelligence community.

CACG – An active 8(a) small business, CACG secured the covetable $4.6M Independent Technical Management Support (ITMS) contract within DCSA less than a year ago in October 2022. Through this contract, the firm has the opportunity to demonstrate its cloud engineering, system architecture, budget analysis, acquisition analysis, IT program management, Agile DevSecOps, and enterprise architecture capabilities. Other intelligence agencies are sure to favor CACG in future competitions, and companies seeking to position themselves well in such opportunities should therefore seek to cultivate a partnership with this company.

Ennoble First – Macro Solutions (EFMS) – EFMS is an 8(a) joint venture between Ennoble First and Macro Solutions that is certified and eligible for 8(a) competitions until 06/07/2024. Making excellent use of this classification, the company won a reportedly $4.1M contract for Geographer and Global Issues (GGI) professional consulting services within DOS Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) as recently as June 2023. With EFMS’ Agile methodology, DevOps, continuous delivery, cloud services, AI, RPA, data management, and enterprise IT capabilities, it is no wonder that the intelligence community has taken notice of this firm. Savvy competitors and federal agencies alike would do well to remain abreast of EFMS’s next moves.

Full Visibility – With its litany of solution offerings to include DevOps, CI/CD, cloud services, data visualization, ML, enterprise software development, and Agile methodology, Full Visibility, which is an SBA-certified small business, is primed to compete for federal contracts. Demonstrating its acumen within the intelligence sphere, the company won an FBI engineering and technical services contract in late July 2023 that has a reported ceiling value of $1.6M, which speaks to Full Visibility’s award-winning potential. Given this insight, this firm is a key small business player across the intelligence community.

Maxar Technologies – Within early 2023, Maxar Technologies’ capabilities were recognized by NRO. The intelligence agency deemed this small business exceptionally capable of supporting it in an effort involving commercial radio frequency data services. Boasting a repertoire of solutions that include cloud-based GEOINT services, mission data processing, maritime domain awareness, high-resolution satellite imagery, open mapping, big data analytics, earth intelligence, threat monitoring, AI/ML, AR/VR, and modeling and simulation, it is no wonder that government has given this firm its flowers through the NRO contract. Be sure to keep up with Maxar Technologies’ bloom in upcoming competitions within the intelligence community.

Quadrint – DCSA selected this small business to support its Corporate Business Information Systems effort, awarding Quadrint with a contract worth a reported $275M in May 2023. Through this effort, the vendor has the unique opportunity to demonstrate the wide variety of services it can provide, including intelligence community enterprise software solutions, cloud services, Agile application development, data science and analytics, mission support services, and risk management. Given this recognition within the intelligence community, other agencies are guaranteed to seek out Quadrint’s support in future contracting opportunities.

Federal Miracle Tech – Capable of providing solutions that pertain to software engineering and development, system testing and development, customized information assurance tools and techniques, security research, vulnerability assessments, risk assessments, application security testing, cyber defense, and penetration testing, Federal Miracle Tech is a heavy hitter within the cybersecurity of the intelligence community. In May 2022, the small business won the Information Science and Technology Advisory and Assistance Program Support Services (ISTAAPSS) competition within NGA resulting in a five-year $38.4M award, reportedly. As such, firms seeking to make headway within the intelligence community should consider a teaming arrangement with Federal Miracle Tech given its successes within this federal contracting sphere.

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