Bushtex Inc.

Bushtex Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, supplies satellite communications equipment, airtime services, internet connectivity, and field technical support to federal agencies as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards) and occasional subcontractor. The company holds SBA certifications as a Women-Owned Small Business and Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business with Asian-Pacific American minority-owned designation, and competes on a mix of set-aside and full-and-open vehicles, with woman-owned small business set-asides recurring across the prime footprint.

Bushtex's federal footprint is heavily concentrated within the Department of State. The top five State Department customer bureaus account for 66% of recent awards by count: the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (32 awards, $380 thousand), Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (25 awards, $703 thousand), Bureau of Information Resource Management (16 awards, $18.1 million), Bureau of African Affairs (14 awards, $1.2 million), and Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (12 awards, $830 thousand). However, by potential value, two vehicles dominate: the GSA Federal Acquisition Service Multiple Award Schedule (2 awards, $8.52 billion combined potential value) and the State Department Bureau of Information Resource Management's $10.8 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (16 awards, $18.1 million). The gap between volume concentration (State) and dollar concentration (GSA and DoS IRM BPA) signals that most State Department task orders are small transactional purchases, while the two parent vehicles anchor the majority of dollars. Bushtex also serves the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Department of Health and Human Services in smaller volumes.

The vendor's core capability portfolio is satellite communications infrastructure and resale. Representative work includes a $4.5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the State Department's Bureau of Information Resource Management under the SATCOM REACH program for Ku-band and C-band satellite space segment procurement, Iridium and BGAN satellite phone provisioning, SIM card activation and renewal, Starlink and Starshield internet service, satellite terminal and ground-station equipment leasing, field technician dispatch, and program management labor (awarded March 2024, ultimate completion September 2025); a $10.8 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the same bureau (awarded September 2025, ultimate completion September 2027) exercising substantially the same scope; a $336,086 total-small-business-set-aside purchase order with FEMA for BGAN Inmarsat satellite telephone and IP communications services across fixed office and austere mobile locations (awarded February 2025, ultimate completion February 2030); and a $20,520 three-year Starlink internet service subscription to support 13 USGS magnetic observatories (awarded July 2025). On the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Bushtex offers satellite communications equipment leasing (manual and motorized antennas, 3.8 to 9 meters, C-band and Ku-band, monthly lease rates $14,508 to $56,130) and three nonclearable IT professional services labor categories (Engineering Technician IV at $70.25/hr with an associate degree and four years experience; Technical Staff at $98.35/hr with a bachelor's degree and four years experience; Project Engineer at $140.49/hr with a bachelor's degree and eight years experience).

Activity has accelerated sharply. Awards per year were minimal through 2023 (one in 2018, four in 2023) but jumped to 89 awards in 2024 and have continued at 36 in 2025 and 17 through September 2026. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $8.63 billion, though only $92.6 million (1%) has been obligated to date, indicating most value sits in ceiling authority on large vehicles rather than active execution. Fifteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $1.7 million, a modest recompete exposure compared to the vendor's overall portfolio size.

Bushtex operates predominantly as a prime contractor; 94% of awards are primes versus 6% subcontractor roles. When serving as a subcontractor, Bushtex works under General Atomics Aeronautical Systems on U.S. Marine Corps Joint Systems Integration Lab training exercises and satellite communications systems integration efforts (seven subcontracts dated 2023–2025, including phase work for USMC SLTE and MQ-9 capability support at Yuma Proving Ground) and under CACI Inc. Federal on IT management services and equipment support (three subcontracts dated 2024–2025).

The vendor's parent vehicle strategy is concentrated. The Blanket Purchase Agreement 19AQMM24A0127 (the SATCOM REACH program vehicle) anchors 87 task orders with $7.4 million combined potential value. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule carries 18 task orders valued at $85.6 million. A newer BPA (19AQMM25A1225) issued September 2025 with a $10.8 million ceiling has generated 6 task orders and $1.1 million in potential value within its first month. Alliant II and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (W31P4Q22D0025) account for single-digit task order counts. Service Contract Inventory data is sparse—only 8 SCI-reportable records across fiscal years 2022–2025, with zero invoiced revenue on prime contracts and roughly 3.7 FTEs reported in FY2025, suggesting Bushtex's federal work is dominated by goods, equipment leasing, and small airtime/service orders below or near the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold rather than labor-intensive service contracts.

NAICS concentration aligns with the satellite equipment and resale footprint: 113 of 151 awards fall under Satellite Telecommunications (NAICS 517110), with 20 awards in Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing and smaller counts in telecommunications resellers, R&D services, and computer systems design. PSC codes reflect similar concentration: Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (60 awards) and IT and Telecom Network Satellite and RF Communications Products (57 awards).

Bushtex has operated as a federal contractor since at least 2005 (first award in source data) and has deepened its State Department relationships substantially. Recent documentation notes the vendor's multi-year presence supporting diplomatic communications since 2004, though most of the 151 awards in this source are dated 2023 or later, indicating either a shift to higher transaction volume or an expansion of visibility in federal procurement systems during this period.

Woman, minority-owned small business, GSA Schedule with 20 years experience specializing in customized satellite communication solutions worldwide - efficiently, quickly, and in realtime.