Absg Consulting Inc.

Absg Consulting Inc., doing business as Abs Consulting, a subsidiary of the non-profit American Bureau of Shipping, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) delivering technical and analytical services in maritime security, transportation safety, infrastructure protection, and risk analysis to civilian federal agencies under full-and-open competition, holding no SBA certifications. The vendor is headquartered in Spring, Texas, with operations spanning Spring, Washington DC, and overseas locations; it competes across GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicles and several single-award BPAs, with recent combined potential value across 393 prime and sub awards totaling $453.5 million.

Absg Consulting's customer portfolio concentrates heavily on Department of Homeland Security maritime and civilian transportation agencies. The U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 165 awards ($163.1 million combined potential value), anchoring 60% of award volume and 36% of combined potential value. The next tier includes the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Inspection and Enforcement (26 awards, $10.2 million), the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (15 awards, $1.9 million), the Federal Railroad Administration (14 awards, $16 million), and the Federal Transit Administration (6 awards, $16.5 million). A secondary concentration sits with the General Services Administration ($91.7 million across 6 awards) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ($36.3 million across 5 awards), reflecting Absg Consulting's role as a GSA Schedule prime and a specialized provider of infrastructure-security technical expertise. The top five customers by potential value cover 73% of combined potential value.

Concrete capability work spans maritime security risk analysis and modeling, cybersecurity support, transportation safety oversight, infrastructure protection assessments, and engineering reviews. Representative recent prime work includes a $11.6 million Federal Highway Administration contract (awarded January 2025, terminated for government convenience in March 2025) for Environmental Review Implementation Fund Technical Assistance Centers; a $3.59 million CISA delivery order (awarded September 2023) for chemical security and subject matter expertise support services; a $1.99 million Coast Guard BPA call (awarded September 2025) for maritime security risk analysis and database development; a $1.72 million Bureau of Overseas Building Operations delivery order (awarded September 2023) for rapid visual screenings of buildings at eight overseas diplomatic posts; and multiple $700 thousand to $900 thousand Coast Guard BPA calls for Maritime Security Risk Analysis Model (MSRAM) data analysis, risk mapping, and cybersecurity program support. The vendor also holds a substantial recent IDV award from the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a multi-award IDIQ with a $151 billion ceiling (no dollar limit specified in the source), issued December 2025, covering research, development, and systems engineering for homeland defense; a $500 firm-fixed-price initial order was issued under this vehicle on the award date.

Parent contract vehicles anchor Absg Consulting's delivery model. The Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) vehicle carries 247 task orders worth $176.7 million combined potential value, and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule accounts for 111 task orders worth $176.1 million. The vendor also holds single-award BPAs with the Federal Transit Administration ($13.2 million ceiling through September 2028), the Federal Railroad Administration ($4.52 million through September 2026), the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board ($1 million through September 2029), and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ($9.8 million through September 2031, established September 2026). GSA Schedule labor rates span $29.08 to $219.86 per hour across 48 categories, covering roles from Administrative Specialist through Principal-level positions with education requirements from associate to bachelor's degree; no security-cleared positions are offered. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid rates median around $154.86 per hour, with senior labor pricing reaching $354.38 per hour at the 90th percentile.

Activity has remained relatively flat in recent years — 11 awards in FY2022, trending to 9 awards through FY2026 — with nine awards (combined potential value $5 million) completing in the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. SCI-reportable invoicing on prime contracts totaled $35.7 million across FY2022–FY2025, averaging $8.9 million annually; the vendor delivered roughly 35 FTEs in FY2022, declining to 23 FTEs in FY2024, then ramping to 51.4 FTEs in FY2025, driven primarily by sub-engagement expansion — sub-hours share across SCI prime contracts remained near zero, but the named subcontractor roster grew to 5 vendors reported in FY2025. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Absg Consulting self-performed the vast majority of labor with minimal subcontractor reliance; five named subcontractors appear across the SCI records, reflecting a posture of building its own delivery teams rather than leaning on recurring sub networks.

In its subcontractor role, Absg Consulting performs engineering and technical consulting work to Booz Allen Hamilton (EMAPS 2 engineering services, awarded December 2025), Deloitte Consulting (CISA program support services, awarded January 2024), Amentum Spaceport (base operations and support services, awarded August 2024), and Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs (Root Cause Analysis training and CPAC training delivery, awarded October 2022). The vendor also holds a sub-award under American Bureau of Shipping (its parent organization) for research contributions on renewable energy technology.

Absg Consulting's federal footprint spans administrative and general management consulting (173 awards by NAICS 541611), engineering services (117 awards by NAICS 541330), and environmental and technical consulting. Across the portfolio, work emphasizes support-professional services (57 awards by PSC), program management and support (53 awards), and research and development services (48 awards).