August Schell Enterprises, Inc.

August Schell Enterprises, Inc., a small business Subchapter S corporation based in Rockville, Maryland, supplies enterprise software licensing, cybersecurity tools, cloud computing services, and IT infrastructure support to federal agencies as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) and subcontractor, competing predominantly under small business set-asides (approximately 60% of prime awards designated Total Small Business or Partial Small Business).

The vendor's federal footprint is massive and concentrated on the Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) GWAC, where August Schell holds 1,146 task orders with combined potential value of $795 million—far exceeding all other vehicles. The company also maintains a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract valued at $1 million and sits on Indefinite Delivery Contract M6785418D4011 and Alliant II. In November 2026, August Schell was awarded a seat on SEWP VI (Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement VI), a $20 billion multiple-award GWAC with an October 2036 ceiling under Partial Small Business set-aside, positioning the vendor for continued federal IT procurement work through that vehicle's ten-year lifecycle.

Capability portfolio is software-centric: enterprise platform renewals, licensing agreements, and maintenance services for Trellix (endpoint security and threat intelligence), Splunk (security information and event management), VMware (cloud and virtualization), CrowdStrike, Box, Okta, Google Threat Intelligence, Qualys, F5, Dun & Bradstreet, Talend, UiPath, and dozens of other commercial off-the-shelf platforms. Recent representative prime awards include a $21.6 million Trellix software delivery order to Department of Defense Headquarters (September 2025–September 2030), a $7.8 million Dun & Bradstreet data and analytics order to Naval Air Warfare Center (January 2026–January 2031), a $6.8 million AvePoint Online Services delivery order to the Internal Revenue Service (November 2025–November 2026), a $5.9 million Google Threat Intelligence order to Defense Information Systems Agency (May 2026–May 2029), and a $5.8 million UiPath RPA software subscription renewal to Social Security Administration (August 2026–July 2027). The vendor also delivers hardware (rugged laptops, networking equipment, infrastructure gear for CBP port and airport operations) and professional services (Splunk implementation, security compliance assessments).

Customer concentration is heavily defense-oriented. The top five ordering agencies by award count (22% of total awards) are Defense Information Systems Agency (164 awards, $434.3 million combined potential value), Naval Sea Systems Command (133 awards, $14.1 million), Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (131 awards, $80.2 million), USGS (72 awards, $2.8 million), and FBI Headquarters Division (68 awards, $74.9 million). The top three by potential value—DISA, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, and FBI—account for substantial leverage; DISA alone represents 164 awards worth $434.3 million, making it the single largest customer. August Schell serves 385 distinct federal agencies across the dataset, indicating broad penetration but with clear concentration in defense information systems and national security operations.

Service Contract Inventory activity is sparse and volatile: the vendor reported $56 million in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2025, concentrated in FY2022 ($16.8 million) and FY2024 ($39.3 million), with zero reportable invoiced revenue in FY2023 and FY2025. This suggests SCI capture is partial or episodic; the vast majority of August Schell's federal revenue flows through product sales and licensing delivery orders (which are not subject to SCI reporting thresholds or classification). FTE data from SCI shows 16.6 FTEs in FY2022, dropping to zero in FY2023, recovering to 11.4 in FY2024, and leveling at 10.8 in FY2025—consistent with a vendor that operates primarily as a reseller and licensing agent rather than a services delivery firm. Hourly rate posture derived from SCI invoicing is extreme: median of $5,144.97/hr, with 10th percentile at $40.82/hr and 90th percentile at $24,023.12/hr, reflecting a mix of labor-hour deals and high-value software platform arrangements. GSA Schedule labor categories span analyst through senior contractor roles at $61.81–$369.22/hr, all requiring bachelor's degrees and no security clearance.

Prime-versus-sub split is heavily weighted toward prime: 2,452 awards (95%) are prime, 129 (5%) are sub-awards. Subcontract footprint names primes including CACI Federal (CDM Defend, DSLM sustainment, enterprise IT expertise), General Dynamics Information Technology (CPT cloud infrastructure, SCITLS lifecycle support, software asset management), Leidos (SMIT orders, Central Command systems for Japan), The MITRE Corporation (Air Force services, Splunk Phantom licensing), Peraton Enterprise Solutions (State Department consular affairs infrastructure, DC3 support), and others. August Schell's sub role is consistently software supply and implementation support—provision of third-party commercial platform licenses and maintenance on larger systems integration or operations-and-maintenance contracts, a natural fit for a vendor whose core business is software licensing renewals and enterprise platform subscriptions.

Activity trajectory shows award volume averaging 170–224 awards per year over the past five years, with 2024 peaking at 224 awards before a slight decline to 214 in 2025 and 146 in 2026 (year-to-date). Combined potential value reached $41.99 billion across 2,581 total awards (prime and sub), with obligations representing only 3% of potential value—typical for software licensing and multi-year service contracts where ceiling values are set well above near-term spend. The recompete cliff presents moderate exposure: 174 awards worth $228.7 million combined potential value have ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, requiring August Schell to recompete or renegotiate those positions to maintain revenue continuity.

The vendor operates as a commercial software licensing aggregator and reseller, with the vast majority of federal work falling into NAICS Other Computer Related Services (1,819 awards) and Software Publishers (305 awards), and PSC codes for IT software (697 awards) and maintenance service plans (197 awards). No federal grant work, R&D, or product development capabilities are evident in the award record. A named subsidiary, Ochoco Cyber Solutions LLC, is minority-owned (Hispanic American), self-certified as a Small Disadvantaged Business, and designates as both Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned; its role in the parent's federal footprint is not evident from the award data provided. August Schell's business model—federal-first, software-licensing-dependent, SEWP V-centric, small-business-set-aside-qualified—positions it squarely as a tier-one reseller and licensing renewal vendor for federal IT modernization spending, with DISA and Navy information systems as anchoring customers and broad optionality across 385 agencies for platform-specific task order competition.

August Schell-IT firm specializing in implementing secure identity management solutions(Public Key Infrastructures (PKI)). August Schell also provides software design and development services.