Blue Raster L.L.C.

Blue Raster LLC, an Arlington, Virginia-based limited liability company, delivers geospatial technology services—including GIS web applications, satellite imagery subscriptions, and remote-sensing analysis—to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards). The vendor operates as a small business across the entirety of its federal footprint, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on definitive contracts and delivery orders, with a notable presence on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS).

Blue Raster's customer concentration spans civilian resource-management and scientific agencies. The top five funding entities by award count and potential value together account for 56% and 71% of recent awards respectively. The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Central Program Planning Coordination and Support office leads by volume (10 awards, $664 thousand combined potential value), anchored by repair and development work on the Arboretum Botanical Explorer (ABE) mobile application, including a $119,500 delivery order issued September 15, 2026, and a $44,230 purchase order from September 24, 2024. The Smithsonian Institution ranks second by award count (9 awards, $159 thousand), while the GSA Federal Acquisition Service dominates by potential value through Blue Raster's own Federal Supply Schedule contract (2 awards, $2.3 million), which the company holds as a $475,000 ceiling vehicle running through January 3, 2029. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (4 awards, $191 thousand) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (3 awards, $297 thousand) round out the active set. NOAA awarded a $164,164 satellite imagery subscription for post-storm damage assessment (May 25, 2023), while the Bureau of Reclamation placed orders for remotely sensed multispectral imagery supporting the Newlands Project irrigation monitoring—a $73,096 total small business award (March 2, 2026) and earlier purchase orders. The U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants issued a $264,936 delivery order for the Conservation.gov Development Portal (January 24, 2023, closed January 23, 2024).

Blue Raster's GSA MAS vehicle (contract number 47QTCA24D003K, awarded January 4, 2024) anchors 26 task orders worth $1.5 million combined potential value and establishes the vendor's labor-rate posture: 21 IT professional service categories ranging from IT Research Assistant at $96.47 per hour (bachelor's degree, one year experience) through Principal IT Consultant at $271.93 per hour (master's degree, fifteen years experience). Mid-spectrum labor—UI/UX Designer at $169.31 per hour, Senior IT Analyst II at $198.06 per hour, and IT Staff Engineer at $215.50 per hour—reflects typical delivery capacity on web development and geospatial application work. No security-cleared labor is offered.

Activity has been modest and intermittent—two awards in 2021, four in 2022, four in 2023, six in 2024, and two recorded in 2026—with only two awards (combined potential value $201 thousand) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's primary NAICS concentration centers on Custom Computer Programming Services (28 awards) and Surveying and Mapping Services (6 awards). A federal grant award from NASA's Shared Services Center—a $59,990 research grant (May 23, 2022) for development of a forest and water ecosystem indicator reporting tool—represents the vendor's only grant-recipient work in the source data. Blue Raster subcontracts minimally: Service Contract Inventory data shows the vendor named as a subcontractor on 10 SCI-reportable prime contracts (all above the $150,000 threshold) across FY2022–FY2025, delivering roughly 0.8 to 2.2 FTEs annually on those sub engagements. Named prime contractors include ICF Incorporated (Demographic and Health Surveys management oversight, August 9, 2024) and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development (Growing Value for Producers Through Increased Access to Markets for Climate Smart Commodities grant support, January 5, 2024). The vendor's federal footprint is narrow—$5.4 million combined potential value across 54 awards—but characterized by sustained engagement with Interior and Commerce agencies on satellite imagery and conservation-focused mapping applications.

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.