Chesapeake Systems International, LLC

Chesapeake Systems International, LLC, a Baltimore-based small business, supplies broadcast and media workflow equipment, storage systems, and IT infrastructure maintenance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards) competing predominantly full-and-open rather than under set-asides. The company holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (47QTCA25D0070) through March 2030 with a $475,000 ceiling covering video transmission units, encoding equipment, and maintenance services, and operates across 56 federal customer agencies with a recent award footprint spanning 153 prime and sub contracts valued at $13.3 million in combined potential value.

The capability portfolio centers on specialized media infrastructure: closed-caption encoders and HD broadcast systems (EEG Enterprises, Haivision, LiveU cell bonding units), Quantum storage and tape archival systems (XCELLIS, LTO libraries, StorNext file systems), and professional video studio equipment and cabling. Representative prime work includes a $979,396 Defense Media Activity definitive contract (September 2025) for Haivision and LiveU cell bonding systems with mobile transmitters, video return licenses, and cloud channels across domestic and overseas locations (United States, Germany, Japan); a $6.4 million Department of Health and Human Services SMPTE ST2110 studio upgrade (awarded August 2024, extending through October 2025) for broadcast infrastructure modernization in Washington, DC; a $590,257 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration purchase order (September 2022) for CatDV Pegasus software upgrade with Quantum storage configuration and service level agreement at the NOAA TV Studio in Silver Spring, Maryland, running through August 2027; and a $207,194 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center order (September 2024) for Quantum XCELLIS media workflow products and services including tape maintenance and encoding solutions. The company also delivers smaller-dollar transactional awards: a $109,724 Federal Communications Commission delivery order (September 2026) for Chyron Prime Platform & Support under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, and a $43,817 NASA Shared Services Center purchase order (December 2025) for DataDirect Networks annual maintenance supporting NASA Langley Research Center.

Customer concentration is moderate and diffuse. The top five funding agencies account for 25% of award count and 25% of combined potential value, led by Defense Media Activity (3 awards, $1.1 million), the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (6 awards, $885 thousand), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (11 awards, $703 thousand), the Transportation Security Administration (5 awards, $334 thousand), and the Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer (9 awards, $293 thousand). The rankings do not diverge sharply — no single customer anchors the dollar value — reflecting a broad transactional footprint across civilian IT and broadcast customers. The company competes across 56 distinct agencies, with no customer representing more than roughly 8% of awards.

Activity has remained steady at mid-single-digit to low double-digit awards per year (4 in 2022, 10 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 13 in 2025, 7 so far in 2026), indicating consistent market presence without dramatic growth or contraction. Ten awards valued at $1.1 million combined reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk in that window. The company holds a position on the GSA Federal Supply Schedule as the primary named vehicle and places occasional work through indefinite delivery contracts (DAAD0502A0066 and H9225417D0001), though the MAS remains the dominant ordering mechanism.

In its subcontractor role, Chesapeake Systems delivers EOSDIS (Earth Observing System Data and Information System) evolution and development services, including computer hardware and software maintenance, to Raytheon Company on NASA Earth science contracts (awards dated November 2023 through September 2024), and provides telecommunications and cloud computing services as a sub under the Advanced Enterprise Global Information Technology Solutions (AEGIS) contract vehicle with unnamed primes (awards through September 2025). The subcontract footprint is narrow — 9 awards against 144 prime awards — and concentrated in infrastructure maintenance rather than capability-differentiated work.

NAICS concentration reflects the equipment and software nature of the footprint: Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (36 awards), Other Computer Related Services (29 awards), and Computer Systems Design Services (12 awards). The company competes almost entirely full-and-open, with set-asides appearing in fewer than a quarter of recent awards, suggesting Chesapeake Systems competes on technical capability and pricing rather than SBA designation. Award size ranges from under $10,000 to the low-seven-figures, characteristic of equipment procurement and maintenance renewal patterns in the broadcast and storage infrastructure segment.

Chesapeake Systems is a leading expert in workflow solutions for the media & entertainment industry built on decades of collaboration with leading organizations, creatives, and IT teams. As a video systems integrator and consulting firm, we help clients find the best way to store, access and monetize rich media content. We understand complex workflows involved with managing media content from creation to distribution and preservation. We are masters at navigating the technology landscape. Our clients include some of the largest studios, broadcasters, sports and digital media publishers in the country. The highly skilled team at Chesapeake designs and implements high-performance, scalable and reliable solutions from storage and asset management to workflow automation, and much more.