AD HOC Research Associates LLC

AD HOC Research Associates LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned, minority-owned small business certified under the SBA 8(a) Program, operates as a prime contractor on federal defense and civilian IT programs (67% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to larger primes on Army systems engineering and network initiatives. The Belcamp, Maryland-based firm specializes in artificial intelligence evaluation, cybersecurity testing, digital twin simulation, systems engineering, and IT infrastructure support, with recent activity concentrated in Army tactical network modernization and Department of Interior IT operations.

AD HOC holds a diversified portfolio of government-wide vehicles that anchor its business development strategy. The vendor sits on seven GSA multiple-award IDIQs and GWACs with combined potential value of approximately $97.8 billion: the OASIS+ 8(a) SBA-Certified IDIQ (no dollar ceiling specified in the source); the OASIS+ Total Small Business set-aside IDIQ (no dollar ceiling specified); the OASIS+ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business IDIQ (no dollar ceiling specified), which leverages both of the vendor's SDVOSB and veteran-owned business certifications; the 8(a) STARS III GWAC ($50 billion ceiling, with two task orders worth $23 million for Department of Interior IT support services), recently expired July 1, 2026; the SEWP VI GWAC ($20 billion ceiling, awarded November 1, 2026, for communication and audio-visual IT solutions government-wide under both Total Small Business and Partial Small Business set-asides); the Seaport-NXG IDIQ ($4 billion ceiling through January 1, 2029, for Naval Sea Systems Command systems engineering and IT support); and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (186 active labor categories, hourly rates spanning $53.01 to $273.16, education requirements from high school through bachelor's degree, no security-cleared roles). Beyond GSA vehicles, the vendor competes on the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Directorate IDIQ ($900 million ceiling through November 14, 2027, for multi-domain systems development and rapid prototyping) and the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ ($151 billion ceiling through December 28, 2035, for multi-domain defense system research, development, and production across classified and unclassified programs).

Customer concentration splits between high-value vehicle positions and operational contract work. By potential value, the top five agencies account for 100% of identified dollars: GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors $50 billion through vehicle holdings; NASA contributes $40 billion (two SEWP VI awards); Naval Sea Systems Command $4 billion; Office of the Secretary of Defense $2.42 billion; and the Department of the Air Force $900 million. By award count, the vendor's operational presence concentrates in Army organizations: the Army Acquisition Support Center's Project Manager Command Control Communications-Tactical (11 awards), Army Training and Doctrine Command (9 awards, $72.4 million potential value), Army Materiel Command's Communications Electronics Command (8 awards, $77.3 million), and Army Test and Evaluation Command (3 awards, $264.1 million). These four Army entities represent 66% of recent awards by count and anchor the vendor's sustained Army engagement through multiple service-contract vehicles.

Recent prime work demonstrates capability breadth across defense innovation and civilian IT operations. The vendor delivered a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II contract (awarded September 10, 2025, ultimate completion March 10, 2027) for "Poison Arrow," an artificial intelligence-driven cyber adversary simulation system for Air Force cyber ranges. A $1.99 million Army SBIR Phase II contract (awarded March 24, 2025, ultimate completion July 24, 2026) addresses "DarkStax," adaptive artificial intelligence testing and transparency in military digital twin simulations. For the Department of Interior, AD HOC delivered two task orders under 8(a) STARS III: a $4.5 million sole-source order (awarded June 24, 2022, ultimate completion December 23, 2026) and an $18.5 million Competitive 8(a) order (awarded June 17, 2022, ultimate completion December 16, 2026), both providing full life-cycle IT support to the Human Resources Directorate's personnel, payroll, and systems migration divisions in Denver, Colorado. The vendor also holds a $5.49 million Army Watercraft Systems logistics support contract (awarded July 24, 2023 under 8(a) sole source, ultimate completion January 23, 2027) for purchasing, warehousing, tracking, and shipping parts and equipment at Havre de Grace, Maryland. A June 24, 2026 Air Force Research Laboratory purchase order valued at $74,636 addresses closing the Air Force Logistics Readiness Gap through artificial intelligence-driven digital twins for predictive decision support at Belcamp, Maryland.

Activity has accelerated sharply: four awards in 2022, one in 2023, five in 2024, and 23 in 2025, with three awards in 2026 so far. The uptick in 2025 reflects vehicle wins and task order issuances across GSA OASIS+ tiers, Navy SeaPort-NXG, and sustained Army work. Six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $30.1 million and represent near-term recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-captured invoiced revenue of $14.6 million across FY2022–FY2025 (FY2022: $864 thousand, FY2023: $4.3 million, FY2024: $4.8 million, FY2025: $4.6 million) with roughly 19–25 FTEs delivered annually on SCI-reportable service contracts; government-paid rates on these contracts ran median $100.40/hr, spanning $91.26/hr at the tenth percentile to $112.38/hr at the ninetieth percentile. These figures represent only federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and do not capture the vendor's goods work, classified contracts, micro-purchases, or non-federal revenue.

AD HOC operates primarily as a prime contractor (67% of awards) building its own delivery teams; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for roughly 5% of contractor hours, with nine named subs engaged. In its subcontractor role, AD HOC predominantly serves Janus Research Group, LLC on multiple Army Project Manager Tactical Network (PM TN) sub-awards carrying systems engineering, program management, research and development, and business operations support (at least 14 sub-awards from October 2024 through October 2025), and delivers Army field experimentation and tactical mission command support to CACI Technologies. The vendor also subcontracted systems engineering and technical assistance services to Booz Allen Hamilton in December 2022. The SBA 8(a) certification expires February 17, 2027; SDVOSB and veteran-owned business certifications expire February 17, 2028. Category concentration aligns with the vendor's core capabilities: research and development in physical and engineering sciences (15 awards), computer facilities management (9 awards), computer systems design (8 awards), and engineering services (7 awards) dominate the NAICS distribution; PSC codes reflect IT infrastructure and integration work (9 awards under IT and Telecom Integrated Hardware/Software/Services Solutions, 6 under IT and Telecom Business Application Development Support) alongside national defense R&D and professional support services.

We specialize in providing full spectrum of Systems Engineering services to major DoD acquisition programs or Research & Development projects. Our SETA services includes Modeling & Simulation, Test & Evaluation, Systems Integration and Big Data Analytics.