CDA Incorporated

CDA Inc., doing business as Maxsent, is a for-profit security services firm headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, that delivers armed and unarmed protective security officer services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on multiple indefinite delivery contracts and delivery orders, competing predominantly through full-and-open competition without set-aside designations, though it holds several total small business set-aside awards in Alaska.

Maxsent's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS Office of Procurement Operations alone accounts for 104 awards (68% of recent awards) valued at $665.2 million in combined potential value, making up 94% of the vendor's total award dollars. The DHS Chief Procurement Officer, the DHS Office of the Under Secretary for Management, and the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate collectively add $31.2 million more. The remaining customer agencies — the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service, the Department of the Army, and the Department of Veterans Affairs — represent a small, subordinate presence. This concentration reflects Maxsent's strategic positioning as a regional and nationwide provider of protective security personnel to DHS-led federal facility protection missions.

Maxsent operates from five major parent contract vehicles. The $2.7 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract HSHQWA14D00001 for nationwide armed guard services (January 2024 through December 2028) anchors the portfolio, generating 28 task orders valued at $33.7 million. The company also holds single-award regional IDCs: the $162 million Indefinite Delivery Contract 70RFPW20DWA000001 for Central California armed PSO services (22 task orders, $38.3 million), the $147.9 million contract 70RFPW18DWA000003 for Maryland PSO services (20 task orders, $46.4 million), and contract 70RFP319DE3000001 for Alaska PSO services (15 task orders, $29.9 million). Maxsent also holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (multiple-award, $975,000 ceiling) that enables agencies to procure court security officers, security guards, and supervisors at hourly rates ranging from $49.54 to $140.15, depending on labor category and prevailing-wage applicability. Representative recent delivery orders include a $21.2 million Central California basic armed PSO services order (June 2024), an $11.2 million Maryland PSO services order (February 2024), and a $5.6 million Alaska PSO services order (October 2024).

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — 12 awards in 2022, declining to nine in 2024, with ten awards in 2025 — reflecting a mature prime contract portfolio managed through task orders rather than new IDC wins. The award count masks significant dollar flow: 104 of the vendor's 216 total awards are task orders against the DHS nationwide multiple-award vehicle and regional single-award contracts, which collectively carry renewal and recompete exposure as existing periods of performance near expiration.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue from federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $127.4 million across FY2022 through FY2024: $45.5 million in FY2022, $38.9 million in FY2023, and $43 million in FY2024, delivered across a peak of 488 FTEs in FY2022, declining to 365 FTEs in FY2023, then rising to 681 FTEs in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $43.50/hr to a median of $53.21/hr and a 90th percentile of $60.30/hr, reflecting prevailing-wage and Service Contract Act labor standards for security officer roles. Maxsent self-performs the vast majority of work on its prime contracts; across SCI-reportable records, named subcontractors accounted for effectively zero percent of contractor hours on prime records, with only three named subcontractors appearing across the portfolio.

The vendor competes in a market segment dominated by federal facility security missions; 170 of its 216 awards fall under NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), and 205 awards carry PSC code Housekeeping-Guard. Maxsent's concentration with DHS and its reliance on a small number of large, geographically carved single-award IDCs mean that recompete cycles for the Central California, Maryland, and Alaska vehicles represent the highest-impact pipeline events for the next two to three years.