ACI Federal Inc.

ACI Federal Inc., doing business as ACI Federal, is a minority-owned, Subcontinent Asian American-owned small disadvantaged business (self-certified) operating as a Subchapter S corporation based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The company operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) delivering temporary healthcare staffing, clinical nursing services, and administrative workforce solutions to federal agencies under GSA Multiple Award Schedules and single-award indefinite delivery vehicles.

ACI Federal's award footprint is dominated by the Department of Labor's Job Corps program, which accounts for the majority of recent activity since November 2025. The top five funding agencies by award count represent 73% of recent awards, led by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions (19 awards, $3.7 million combined potential value) and Department of Agriculture Forest Service Job Corps (9 awards, $1.8 million potential value). However, the top-customer rankings by potential value are sharply skewed by a single outlier award: the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh has one award valued at $99.5 million, representing 90% of ACI Federal's combined potential value across all awards. Below that anchor, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 carries $3.2 million for clinical nurse staffing (operating room and medical/surgical nurses), and Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 holds $1 million. These rankings signal that ACI Federal has secured a high-ceiling CDC award alongside sustained engagement with DOL Job Corps and VA healthcare staffing work.

ACI Federal's recent activity has accelerated sharply. Awards per year show a jump from four in 2021 and one in 2023 to nineteen in 2025 and twelve in 2026 (through early July). Combined potential value across all awards stands at $110.4 million, though only 11% of that amount is obligated to date—a typical marker of large IDV ceilings not yet exercised. Within the next twenty-four months, seventeen awards with a combined potential value of $3.9 million reach ultimate completion, creating near-term recompete risk.

The vendor holds positions on two primary GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicles: one Federal Supply Schedule contract (47QREA21D001D, expiring September 14, 2026) and a second Total Small Business set-aside contract (47QREA21D001E, expiring September 13, 2026). The first carries three labor categories—Data Entry Specialist, Administrative Assistant, and Clerk—priced from $27.71 to $35.26/hr, with eleven delivery orders issued collectively valued at approximately $1.02 million between November 2025 and March 2026, predominantly for Department of Labor Job Corps work. The second focuses on professional data entry services at $31.42/hr. Beyond GSA, ACI Federal holds a single-award Total Small Business Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $25,000 through October 31, 2026, for support services across Job Corps 24 Centers, and a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (valued at $82,483.20 through January 4, 2027) for Licensed Practical Nurse and Licensed Vocational Nurse temporary staffing with the Federal Detention Center SeaTac under GSA's Professional and Allied Healthcare Staffing Services schedule (FSS-621-I). The Professional and Allied Healthcare Staffing Services vehicle alone carries five task orders and $102.9 million in combined potential value, anchored by the CDC award. Recent notable prime awards include a $483,604 definitive contract with the Forest Service Job Corps for medical services at Blackwell Job Corps Center in Laona, Wisconsin (ultimate completion August 1, 2031), a $446,442 contract for medical services at Pine Knot Job Corps Center in Kentucky (completion June 4, 2031), and a $307,966 contract for medical services at Columbia Basin Job Corps Center in Washington (completion May 26, 2026). Job Corps Priority 3 Essential Services delivery orders spanning November 2025 through early 2026 cover mental health counseling, nursing, driver, and social services assistant roles across Job Corps facilities in South Dakota, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oregon, Missouri, Arkansas, and Montana, ranging from $28,089.60 to $661,606.30 per order.

ACI Federal's capability portfolio is grounded in temporary healthcare staffing (licensed practical nurses, operating room nurses, medical/surgical nurses, medical assistants, mental health counselors) and administrative workforce solutions (data entry, clerical support, administrative assistants). GSA schedule labor categories span $27.22/hr for entry-level clerical roles through $71.38/hr for senior IT specialization, all requiring high school education and two to four years of relevant experience with no security-clearance requirement. The SCI dataset shows limited prime invoiced revenue ($63 thousand in FY2023 across 0.4 FTEs) and reflects primarily sub-engagement activity in FY2022–FY2024; that narrow SCI window predates the recent Job Corps volume surge and does not capture the vendor's current federal service-contract trajectory. Across the vendor's named GSA schedules, pricing posture runs $27.22–$71.38/hr for administrative and IT-support labor without classified or security-cleared positions.

ACI Federal operates primarily as a prime contractor with minimal subcontractor exposure—the award portfolio shows 98% prime and 2% sub-awards, with only one documented sub engagement (CACI Inc. Federal for background investigative products services, awarded April 4, 2024). The vendor does not characteristically bring subcontractors to its work; it builds its own delivery teams through direct staffing placement under GSA and DOL vehicles.

The vendor's set-aside posture is mixed. Multiple recent Job Corps delivery orders and the Federal Detention Center SeaTak BPA carry Total Small Business set-aside designations, while others execute under full-and-open or no-set-aside authority. ACI Federal competes across both pathways but shows material reliance on small-business set-asides, particularly within the Job Corps program.

Telehealth, Telemedicine, Healthcare IT, Information Technology, Informatics, Healthcare Security, Staff Augmentation