Big Step, TOV

Big Step, TOV, a for-profit partnership based in Kyiv, Ukraine, supplies uninterrupted power supplies, batteries, IT equipment, and appliances to the U.S. Department of State as a prime contractor operating exclusively on full-and-open federal purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements with no set-aside designations.

Big Step operates in a narrow customer footprint concentrated on Department of State bureaus supporting U.S. diplomatic operations in Ukraine and the broader European and Eurasian theater. The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs accounts for 6 of 11 total awards and $261 thousand of the $376 thousand combined potential value across the vendor's federal portfolio. The Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement has placed 3 awards valued at $37 thousand, the U.S. Embassy Kyiv holds 1 award of $68 thousand, and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations accounts for the remaining $10 thousand. All four customer organizations named in the source are State Department entities or subordinate commands, representing 100% of recent awards.

Big Step holds three blanket purchase agreements with the Department of State: a $150 thousand multiple-award BPA for uninterrupted power supplies and rechargeable batteries through May 20, 2024; a $35 thousand multiple-award BPA for uninterrupted power supplies and rechargeable batteries running through May 19, 2027; and a $68 thousand multiple-award BPA for washers and dryers that expired December 27, 2022. Task orders and purchase orders issued under these vehicles and against direct State Department buys span uninterrupted power supplies (5 awards by PSC code), rechargeable batteries, Apple MacBook Air and Pro equipment for embassy stock, laundry equipment, air conditioning units, and support systems for overseas diplomatic facilities.

Activity has been sporadic — 3 awards in 2021, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 — with $123 thousand obligated across all awards representing 33% of the combined potential value. Big Step operates as a pure prime (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor's federal work is entirely transactional purchases and indefinite-delivery vehicles for commodity power management and facility equipment serving U.S. embassy operations; there is no prime contracting relationship with defense agencies, civilian R&D programs, or civilian IT modernization customers.