AOC Connect, LLC

AOC Connect, LLC, a Black American-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small business, competes full-and-open as a prime contractor delivering Ethernet transport services, Internet Protocol connectivity, voice-over-Internet-Protocol solutions, fiber optic services, and telecommunications infrastructure to defense and civilian federal agencies. The company is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, and is a subsidiary of American Operations Corporation (a Subchapter S corporation parent). AOC Connect's SBA designation as SDVOSB and minority-owned frames most of its positioning, though the source indicates no set-aside designation is applied to the majority of recent awards, suggesting the vendor competes across full-and-open and potentially uses its 8(a) status as a differentiation tool rather than a reliance mechanism.

AOC Connect's footprint is anchored in defense telecommunications carrier services. The Defense Information Systems Agency leads both award count (163 awards, $180.6 million combined potential value) and represents the single largest customer relationship, followed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (46 awards, $175.8 million). The Defense Health Agency (57 awards, $15.5 million), Army Cyber Command (54 awards, $7.5 million), and Air Mobility Command (40 awards, $9.6 million) round out the top five by count, collectively representing 60% of all awards. However, the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command dominates in dollar value: 17 awards worth $4 billion combined potential value, anchored by a Seaport Next Generation indefinite delivery contract. This concentration reveals a vendor whose revenue is heavily concentrated in a narrow set of defense customers, with Defense Information Systems Agency, the Navy, and DOJ-FBI accounting for the bulk of potential value across the portfolio.

The vendor's primary vehicle is the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) GWAC, on which AOC Connect holds 423 delivery orders with $375.1 million combined potential value (referenced in multiple award summaries). EIS is a GSA-managed government-wide acquisition contract valued at approximately $50 billion; AOC Connect's 485 task orders under EIS (per the portfolio summary) represent the overwhelming majority of recent activity. The vendor also holds positions on the NASA SEWP VI multiple-award GWAC (awarded November 1, 2026, with a $20 billion ceiling extending through October 31, 2036, under both Total Small Business and Partial Small Business set-asides), the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 18 delivery orders worth $165.4 million, and single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DISA ($2.6 million combined potential value across 33 task orders under DJF151200V0001527) and other defense agencies. Recent awards include a $3.744 million delivery order for DISN backbone commercial lease in Southwest Asia (Kuwait), $18.1 million delivery orders for OTU-2 commercial leases between Europe and Southwest Asia, and a $10.16 million 1 gigabit DISN backbone lease in Kuwait—all under EIS and issued by DISA.

Activity has grown substantially over the past two years. The source captures awards per year as: 2022 (135), 2023 (50), 2024 (46), 2025 (73), and 2026 (141 through November). The dramatic spike in 2026 reflects the influx of EIS delivery orders (particularly October–November 2026) and the SEWP VI GWAC award in November, signaling accelerating momentum. Combined potential value across all 600 prime awards is $94.72 billion, with only $285.9 million obligated to date (0.3% drawdown), indicating these are largely indefinite delivery vehicles and ceiling values that remain largely unexercised. Six awards are slated for completion in the next twenty-four months, with a combined potential value of $1.3 million, representing minimal recompete pressure in the near term. The bulk of EIS delivery orders extend through July 30, 2032, insulating AOC Connect from near-term vehicle recompetes.

The vendor's NAICS footprint is tightly aligned with carrier and infrastructure services: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111) dominates with 493 awards, followed by computer-related manufacturing and services (35 and 23 awards respectively). The PSC coding is similarly concentrated: IT and Telecom – Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services (DG11) accounts for 491 awards. The labor portfolio on the GSA Schedule spans 21 categories from Network Operations Center Technician ($71.22/hr, high school education, no clearance) through Network Enhancement Subject Matter Expert at executive level ($240.75/hr, 14 years' experience, security clearance required). This rate spectrum signals capability from operations-level staffing through senior engineering and program management, with mid-career network and telecommunications engineers priced in the $95–$155/hr range.

Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $31.3 million across FY2022–FY2025 (prime records only): $5.2 million in FY2022, $1.4 million in FY2023, $14.5 million in FY2024, and $10.1 million in FY2025. The SCI FTE trajectory reports zero FTEs for all years despite 3, 1, 4, and 8 prime records respectively, indicating the vendor is likely reporting fixed-price delivery orders for telecommunications carrier leases and infrastructure services—which do not map to billable labor hours in the traditional staffing model. Subcontractor engagement across SCI-reportable prime contracts averaged zero percent of total hours, confirming AOC Connect operates predominantly with internal delivery capacity or direct vendor relationships rather than sub-teaming on these service contracts.

AOC Connect competes almost entirely as a prime contractor (100% of 600 awards), with no sub-award presence in the source data. The vendor operates a subsidiary, Core Technologies, LLC, also designated as minority-owned and Black American-owned, though the source does not detail Core Technologies' specific role or integration with the parent. The combined portfolio positioning AOC Connect as a specialist carrier and infrastructure services prime anchored in defense telecommunications, with the Navy relationship ($4 billion Seaport-NXG) representing a strategic partnership that underpins significant scale, while DISA and Air Force relationships drive steady delivery-order volume under EIS. Recent growth in 2026 reflects mature execution on EIS and successful capture of NASA's SEWP VI vehicle, signaling the vendor's capability to scale across civilian IT procurement channels beyond its traditional defense customer base.

Telecommunications services including dark fiber, internet, and internet security solutions.