Catalyst 3, LLC

Catalyst 3, LLC (doing business as Catalyst 3) is a small-business IT professional-services firm based in Owings Mills, Maryland, that operates as a prime contractor on a single GSA Federal Supply Schedule (Multiple Award Schedule) contract and as a subcontractor on federal service engagements.

Catalyst 3 holds a $500 thousand ceiling Federal Supply Schedule contract awarded by GSA's Federal Acquisition Service on December 21, 2023, running through December 20, 2028. The contract covers Special Item Numbers 54151S and 54151SRC (Information Technology Professional Services) and Order-Level Materials. The vendor's labor portfolio spans eleven IT categories — IT DevSecOps Engineers, Software Engineers, UI/UX Designers and Service Designers, and Web Content Strategists — with hourly rates ranging from $133.56 to $183.19. All roles require a bachelor's degree; experience levels run from one to ten years, and no security-cleared positions are offered. Entry-level IT Software Engineer I roles start at $133.56 per hour, while senior IT DevSecOps Engineer IV positions reach $183.19 per hour. Minimum order size is $100, with maximum order limits of $500 thousand for SIN 54151S and $250 thousand for SIN 54151SRC. Agencies order against the published price list for immediate staffing of IT modernization, development, and digital experience roles.

Catalyst 3's award footprint in the source data consists solely of its GSA MAS seat. However, Service Contract Inventory records show substantial subcontractor activity: the vendor delivered approximately 785 FTEs on federal service contracts in FY2024 across three sub-award records, with SCI-reportable invoicing reflecting growth from zero captured activity in FY2022 to meaningful workforce scale by FY2024. This trajectory indicates that while Catalyst 3 holds a single prime vehicle, the company operates predominantly as a named subcontractor on larger federal engagements, likely billing labor from its GSA Schedule rates into parent contractor teams. The vendor has not appeared in the source data as a sub-award prime or grant recipient, and no task orders from individual agencies against the GSA MAS contract are enumerated in the source. Catalyst 3 competes full-and-open (no set-aside designation on its GSA MAS award) and focuses on IT development and DevSecOps labor supply rather than systems integration or prime program execution.