Altus, LLC

Altus, LLC, a Darlington, Maryland–based for-profit limited liability company, is an Army-focused engineering and analytical services contractor that operates as a prime on federal contracts and IDIQs, with no subcontractor footprint across recent award activity. The vendor competes across both full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside vehicles, with Total Small Business designations recurring across its largest active contract (Army Oil Analysis Program operation) and its OASIS+ Small Business IDIQ seat.

Altus operates almost entirely within the Department of Defense, with customer concentration skewed heavily toward the Army Materiel Command. The top five customers by potential value account for 100% of the combined potential-value portfolio: Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground anchors the largest single award at $37.4 billion in combined potential value across three contracts, while Research Development and Engineering Command carries $8.41 billion across nineteen awards and the Office of the Secretary of Defense accounts for $99 million across two awards. This concentration masks a stark gap between volume and dollars — RDECOM carries the award count (19 awards) while Aberdeen Proving Ground carries the dollar share — a tension driven by Altus's seat on the OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ, which carries a placeholder ceiling but generates minimal task-order volume in the source window. The vendor serves the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, and GSA at lower volume and smaller dollar scale.

Capability work spans engineering analysis, survivability/lethality/vulnerability (SLV) research, laboratory operations, and fielded support. Named contracts include a $25.98 million research and development order from RDECOM for survivability, lethality, and vulnerability research and software/methodology development (delivery order under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, ultimate completion February 2028); a $21.1 million definitive Total Small Business contract with Army Sustainment Command for operation of laboratories and clinics supporting the Army Oil Analysis Program, with contract completion originally through October 2025; and a $2.12 million Kuwait Army Oil Analysis Program field service representative delivery order with the Department of the Army (ultimate completion March 2031, TSB set-aside under GSA MAS). The vendor also holds a $99 million multiple-award IDC with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness (JTCG/ME) analytical services (completion February 2029). Recent awards include small-dollar fish and wildlife vehicle procurements and a nominal $500 minimum-guarantee task order under the DoD Analytical Services parent IDIQ.

Altus's vehicle position centers on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (12 task orders, $73.2 million combined potential value) and the OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ, with no dollar ceiling specified in the source. The vendor places minimal activity under Seaport Next Generation, Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services, and the DoD parent analytical-services IDIQ.

Activity has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2020, one in 2022, two in 2023, four in 2024, and one in 2026 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $26 million), creating limited recompete exposure in that window. SCI-reportable service-contract data is minimal (four total records: two prime, two sub) and reflects negligible invoiced revenue; the 3.1 FTEs reported for FY2024 on SCI-reportable prime contracts represent a subset of delivery against larger fixed-price and labor-rate delivery orders rather than the vendor's full Army and DoD engagement. GSA labor-portfolio offerings span seventeen categories from Technical/Administrative Assistant ($76.90/hr, high school plus two years experience, security clearance required) through Senior Engineer/Scientist/Subject Matter Expert ($240.51/hr, bachelor's plus eight years experience, security-cleared), with intermediate analyst and engineer positions priced between $121 and $204 per hour, all requiring security clearance. The vendor's total-small-business posture on the OASIS+ vehicle and its Army Oil Analysis Program contract reflect participation in set-aside competition, though the largest single award ceiling sits on a full-and-open multiple-award vehicle under Aberdeen Proving Ground contracting authority.

Altus specializes in Research & Development, Test & Evaluation, and Software Development, delivering tailored solutions for mission-critical needs. Our expertise includes Computational, Survivability, Vulnerability, and Lethality Modeling, enabling robust Systems Engineering and advanced Modeling & Simulation. In Test & Evaluation, we excel in Data Analysis, CAD Modeling, Ballistic Testing, Materials Testing, Oil & Lubricant Testing, and Systems Evaluation, ensuring comprehensive operations analysis. Our Software Development capabilities include Agile, DevSecOps, Data Visualization, Software Architecture Design, Algorithm Development, High-Performance Computing, and Custom Application Development. With a focus on Software Optimization, Validation, and Verification, we deliver reliable and efficient solutions. Altus integrates cutting-edge technologies and proven methodologies to provide scalable, innovative solutions that support mission success across diverse industries.