Blackwood Associates, Inc.

Blackwood Associates, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, operates as a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software and cybersecurity solutions reseller and systems integrator, winning 67% of its recent awards as a prime contractor and 33% as a subcontractor to larger defense and civilian IT primes. The vendor does not hold SBA certifications; it competes full-and-open on the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule and other unrestricted vehicles, with no set-aside activity in the recent award portfolio.

Blackwood's prime capability portfolio centers on software licensing, maintenance, and professional services for enterprise cybersecurity and data analytics platforms. Representative prime work includes a $5.94 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center for Splunk Enterprise software renewal (awarded September 2025, GSA MAS vehicle), a $616,862.50 delivery order from the Naval Air Warfare Center for CyberArk credential and access management services (September 2024, GSA MAS), and a $464,160 definitive contract with the Department of Defense at West Point for Abnormal Security email software running through July 2030 (August 2025). The vendor also holds a single-award $37 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Bureau of Information Resource Management for Cribl products and services (June 2026 award, performance through June 2027), and was awarded a position as a prime contractor on the Missile Defense Agency's $151 billion SHIELD Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle (December 2025), a multi-domain defense system contract with a ten-year ordering period; an initial delivery order for five hundred dollars was issued the same date.

On the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Blackwood offers IT Systems Specialist labor at $248.95/hour for roles requiring a bachelor's degree and seven years of experience, with no security-clearance requirement. The vendor's customer concentration skews heavily toward civilian IT modernization and defense information security. The top five funding agencies by combined award count account for 23% of recent awards, led by DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (62 awards), Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (34 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value), and Bureau of Naval Personnel (24 awards, $779 thousand). By dollar value, the Department of State Bureau of Information Resource Management dominates at $38.4 million combined potential value across nine awards—a stark concentration signal—followed by Social Security Administration ($5.4 million across twelve awards), and Air Force Air Education and Training Command ($2.5 million across twenty-four awards). Blackwood places 131 task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule ($19.7 million combined potential value), 110 under Alliant II, nine under Indefinite Delivery Contract FA460021D0001, and six under Indefinite Delivery Contract HC102820D0001, indicating a diversified vehicle footprint with MAS as the primary ordering vehicle.

Award volume has grown sharply: nine awards in 2022 to 117 in 2024 and 116 in 2025, with 27 awards through mid-2026. Combined potential value across all 723 awards (prime and sub) totals $112 million, though combined obligated dollars of $184.5 million exceed potential value by 65 percent, signaling recurring orders and option-year funding. Only ten awards (combined potential value $1.4 million) face completion and potential recompete within the next twenty-four months.

Blackwood's subcontractor footprint is extensive and strategically focused on defense and civilian prime systems integrators. Named prime contractors Blackwood works under include Booz Allen Hamilton (appearing across multiple CDM Defend Group bridge task orders as a technology broker delivering cybersecurity consulting and COTS products), Leidos (HOMELAND Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support, Defense Personnel Support, and SAP operations orders), Peraton Inc. and Peraton Enterprise Solutions LLC (Exploration and Space Communications and Defense Travel System sustainment), General Dynamics Information Technology (cloud products, cloud tools, healthcare systems), CACI Inc. (CDM Defend Group A bridge orders), KBR Wyle Services (Mission Systems Operations Contract), and others including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Fluor Federal, and Consolidated Nuclear Security on specialized IT modernization, cybersecurity, and facility operations programs. Across the sub portfolio, Blackwood delivers software licenses, COTS products, and technical support for platforms including Splunk, CyberArk, Palo Alto Networks, Gigamon, Infoblox, Okta, Recorded Future, and others.

Service Contract Inventory reports show minimal SCI-reportable prime activity: only three SCI records across FY2022–FY2024, all filed as named subcontractors, with zero FTEs reported under prime contracts and zero under sub contracts. This reflects Blackwood's posture as a distributor and licensing broker rather than a labor-intensive service provider, consistent with the $248.95/hour GSA labor category profile—a single IT Systems Specialist rate with no senior or cleared roles.

The vendor's category concentration aligns with its reseller model: Computer Systems Design Services (170 awards), Computer and Office Machine Repair and Maintenance (147 awards), Other Computer Related Services (103 awards), Software Publishers (63 awards), and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Wholesale (58 awards). Top PSC codes reflect software and IT support: Information Technology Software (125 awards), IT Support Equipment (42 awards), Equipment Maintenance and Repair (36 awards), IT Components (29 awards), and Annual Software Maintenance Plans (27 awards).

Blackwood Associates has provided Network Monitoring and Test equipment, Secure Wireless, Access (TAP) Tools, and Network Security Tools to federal and commercial customers in the Mid-Atlantic region since 1977.