Blue Raster L.L.C.

Blue Raster LLC, an Arlington, Virginia-based limited liability company, delivers geospatial technologies, GIS services, web mapping applications, and satellite imagery to civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards), with a small-business posture across most customer relationships but no formal SBA set-aside designation. The vendor operates primarily under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) and competes in full-and-open procurements rather than set-aside vehicles.

Blue Raster's customer concentration sits with civilian natural-resources and environmental agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 55% of recent awards by count and 69% of combined potential value. By award count, the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service leads with nine awards worth $545 thousand combined, followed by the Smithsonian Institution with nine awards worth $159 thousand, the Bureau of Reclamation with four awards worth $191 thousand, NASA's Shared Services Center with four awards worth $156 thousand, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with three awards worth $297 thousand. By dollar value, the ranking shifts: GSA's Federal Acquisition Service dominates with two awards (the active MAS vehicle itself) worth $2.3 million combined potential value, followed by USDA ARS with $545 thousand, the Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement with $322 thousand, NOAA with $297 thousand, and the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau with $284 thousand. The MAS vehicle anchors Blue Raster's position — 25 task orders placed under that single vehicle carry $1.4 million in combined potential value, supporting work across multiple civilian agencies.

Blue Raster's recent capability work centers on satellite imagery delivery, GIS application development, and web mapping. Representative awards include a $73,096 small-business set-aside purchase order from the Bureau of Reclamation (March 2026) for multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery supporting the Newlands Project irrigation monitoring across a 887-square-kilometer area in Nevada, running through December 2028 with optional extension; a $164,164 small-business purchase order from NOAA (May 2023) for immediate-acquisition satellite imagery subscriptions following high-wind events; a $264,936 small-business delivery order from the U.S. Geological Survey (January 2023) for Conservation.gov Development Portal development under the MAS; and a $91,910 delivery order from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (August 2023) for GIS services to maintain a web application and digitize American Viticultural Area boundaries. The vendor also received a $59,990 grant from NASA's Shared Services Center (May 2022) for forest and water ecosystem indicator reporting tool development. On the GSA Schedule, Blue Raster holds a $475,000 MAS contract (awarded January 2024, running through January 2029) under SINs 54151S (Information Technology Professional Services) and OLM (Order Level Materials), with 21 labor categories spanning IT Research Assistant at $96.47 per hour through Principal IT Consultant at $271.93 per hour; education requirements range from bachelor's through master's degrees, with one to fifteen years of experience, and no cleared roles are offered.

Activity has remained modest and stable — two awards in 2021 rising to six in 2024 — with only one award (combined potential value $82 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio is heavily weighted toward custom computer programming services (28 awards) and surveying and mapping services (6 awards), with smaller volumes in IT support, satellite telecommunications, and software publishing. In its limited subcontractor role, Blue Raster provides management oversight and financial reporting to ICF Incorporated on a Demographic and Health Surveys award and provides field support to Winrock International on a Growing Value for Producers grant focused on climate-smart commodities, reflecting downstream work to larger prime contractors rather than a significant sub-staffing footprint. SCI reporting shows minimal federal services staffing — roughly 0.8 FTEs in FY2022 and 2.2 FTEs in FY2024, all as named subcontractor — indicating that the vendor's federal footprint is heavily driven by satellite imagery reselling and software development orders rather than on-site labor delivery.

Blue Raster, a full service information technology (IT) firm, develops interactive web applications (geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping applications (ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise) for clients globally.