Ains, LLC

Ains, LLC, doing business as Casepoint (and operationally as Opexus), is a Washington, D.C.-based for-profit limited liability company that provides proprietary Freedom of Information Act processing, case management, audit documentation, and electronic workflow software platforms to civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards). The vendor operates across the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Blanket Purchase Agreements, and agency-specific IDIQs with no SBA set-aside certifications; one outlier $8.5 million delivery order to the Office of General Counsel carries a Total Small Business set-aside, and a $267,989 SBA Office of Capital Access order also carries Total Small Business designation, but the footprint is predominantly full-and-open competitive work.

Ains's concrete capability portfolio centers on four proprietary software platforms: FOIAXpress (Freedom of Information Act case management and document workflow), eCase (audit and investigation case management and workflow tracking), AINS EFOIA (electronic FOIA processing), and the Audit Documentation Management Software (automated audit operations). Recent representative prime work includes a $8.5 million delivery order from the Office of General Counsel (awarded March 2023, ultimate completion March 2028) for FOIA case management system and support services under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule; a $2.9 million delivery order from the Social Security Administration (February 2023, ultimate completion February 2028) for a Freedom of Information Act online case management solution; a $1.9 million delivery order from the Office of the General Counsel (August 2026, ultimate completion July 2031) for FOIAXpress subscription software licensing and support; a $4.9 million delivery order from the Department of Interior Office of the Solicitor (September 2024, ultimate completion September 2029) for FOIAXpress support; a $2.1 million delivery order from the VA Technology Acquisition Center (July 2026, ultimate completion October 2027) for AINS EFOIA software licenses and maintenance; and a $1.2 million definitive contract from the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (October 2025, ultimate completion September 2030) for FOIA case management software. The vendor also delivers implementation, training, technical support, and systems engineering services bundled with software licensing. GSA labor portfolio spans 20 categories with hourly rates ranging from $92.85 per hour for entry-level configuration engineers through $288.31 per hour for senior product consultants, with most roles carrying bachelor's-degree requirements and no security-clearance prerequisites.

Customer concentration is diffuse across 164 distinct federal agencies in the recent award base, though the top five by count represent only 19 percent of awards. US Agency for International Development dominates by potential value at $976.1 million across 51 awards, but this appears to be an historical artifact in the award database; recent substantive work flows to civilian domestic agencies. Recent activity shows Office of Personnel Management (10 awards, $63.7 million combined potential value), GSA Federal Acquisition Service (11 awards, $16.5 million), Department of Veterans Affairs Headquarters (12 awards, $5.3 million), and Securities and Exchange Commission (17 awards, $3.8 million) as the active customer set. Within Offices of Inspector General across the government, Ains has placed a significant sub-portfolio of work: Department of Interior OIG, Department of Justice OIG, Department of Labor OIG, and others represent a material customer cluster for eCase and audit documentation software.

The vendor holds positions on three parent GSA vehicles and multiple agency-specific BPAs. The Federal Supply Schedule GS35F4747G carries 342 task orders worth $130.5 million combined potential value, and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule overall carries 102 task orders worth $99.7 million. An Indefinite Delivery Contract GS00K97AFD2123 carries 19 task orders worth $8.5 million. A single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement established September 30, 2025, with a Chief Procurement Officer (against the GSA Multiple Award Schedule) for Electronic Contract Filing System support carries a $7.62 million ceiling through September 2028; recent calls under this vehicle include a $700,165 order for 1,284 licenses and a $182,926 service order, alongside smaller orders from the Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, and GSA Office of Procurement Operations. The vendor also maintains Blanket Purchase Agreement IDIQs with the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General, which several award descriptions reference as "$10 million multiple-award" vehicles, and a separate BPA with the Internal Revenue Service, enabling other agencies to issue task orders.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year (13 awards in 2022, 9 in 2024 and 2025, 11 in 2026 to date), though the combined potential value of $21.41 billion reflects a deep backlog of long-duration software-as-a-service contracts. Twenty-six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $28.4 million and face recompete risk; the largest near-term recompete exposure includes the $8.5 million Office of General Counsel FOIA case management order (completion March 2028) and the $2.9 million SSA FOIA case management order (completion February 2028).

Ains operates as a 100-percent prime contractor footprint with zero subcontract awards in the recent data. Across SCI-reportable service contracts, the vendor delivered 12.8 FTEs in FY2025 (most recent year), 30.3 FTEs in FY2024, with FY2025 invoiced revenue of $2.1 million and FY2024 invoiced revenue of $4 million. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts median around $126.45 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $142.08 per hour at the 90th percentile. On prime service contracts captured in SCI, Ains self-performed all reported contractor hours with zero subcontractor engagement, signaling a model built on direct delivery of software operations and implementation support rather than subcontracting.