Ares Spectrum LLC

Ares Spectrum LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Springfield, Virginia, supplies generators and electrical equipment to the Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations exclusively as a prime contractor under firm fixed-price delivery orders. The firm is structured as a limited liability partnership and is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and veteran-owned business, competing entirely under full-and-open contract vehicles without reliance on set-aside categories. Ares Spectrum operates primarily under NAICS 238210 (Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors), with work categorized under PSC 6110 (Generators and Generator Sets, Electrical) in the majority of awards.

Ares Spectrum's customer footprint is entirely concentrated with a single agency. The Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations accounts for all 49 awards in the source data and the full $23.5 million in combined potential value. This concentration reflects a sustained, single-customer relationship with no diversification across other federal agencies. The vendor holds an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle (Indefinite Delivery Contract 19AQMM21D0020) that has generated 48 task orders worth $3.5 million combined potential value, representing nearly all recent procurement activity.

Activity spiked sharply in 2021 and 2022, with sixteen awards in 2021 and thirty-one in 2022, then dropped to one award in 2026 (a $90 thousand delivery order for a 250 kVA generator issued April 22, 2026, with ultimate completion April 30, 2027). The combined potential value across all awards is $23.5 million, though only $3.5 million—roughly 15% of potential value—has been obligated to date, indicating that many delivery orders are priced but not yet fully invoiced. Only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carries recompete exposure: the April 2026 delivery order worth $90 thousand. The absence of additional near-term completions suggests either that older orders have extended completion dates or that Ares Spectrum's recent activity has declined significantly from its 2021–2022 peak.

Ares Spectrum's named capability set centers on generator procurement and delivery—the source data lists 30 awards under PSC "Generators and Generator Sets, Electrical," 10 under "Quality Control—Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment," and 3 under "Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment," with two anomalous awards in other PSC categories. Representative work includes a $251.6 thousand delivery order (August 3, 2022) for generators and related equipment to support backup power at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, delivered to a warehouse in Springfield, Virginia for further distribution to embassy housing sites overseas; a $180.3 thousand firm fixed-price order (September 15, 2022) for generator purchase and delivery; and a $141.9 thousand delivery order (August 3, 2022, with ultimate completion June 1, 2025) for residential generators supplied on a global basis under the Bureau's indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicle. Place of performance across the awards includes Springfield, Virginia and Herndon, Virginia for domestic aggregation and delivery, with ultimate end-use at U.S. diplomatic facilities overseas.

Ares Spectrum operates entirely as a prime contractor with no identified subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor does not hold parent seats on government-wide acquisition contracts, multiple award schedules, or vehicles other than its single Department of State bureau-level indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.