Chicago Soft, LTD.

Chicago Soft, LTD., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in White River Junction, Vermont, provides proprietary mainframe software licensing, maintenance, and technical support to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 286 of its 288 recent awards, competing exclusively in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation. The vendor holds exclusive control over MVS/QuickRef, a specialized software tool that delivers instant online access to z/OS message descriptions, systems reference materials, and mainframe programming information; federal IT operations across 37 agencies depend on this proprietary solution, and Chicago Soft is the only authorized provider of licensing, maintenance, and technical support.

Customer concentration is highly dispersed across both award count and dollar value, with the top five agencies by volume representing only 31% of awards. The Social Security Administration leads by potential value with 13 awards worth $3.1 million combined, followed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (16 awards, $2.5 million), the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (16 awards, $1.4 million), the Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center Austin (6 awards, $1 million), and the Department of the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service (22 awards, $980 thousand). The top customers by award count diverge from those by dollar value — the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service places the most orders (22) but ranks fifth in dollars, while the Social Security Administration anchors the largest single dollar pool despite placing only the thirteenth-most orders. This pattern signals many small recurring renewals alongside a smaller number of larger, higher-value contracts.

Chicago Soft's recent capability footprint consists primarily of recurring annual and multi-year software maintenance renewals. Representative work includes a $300,387 Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center definitive contract (awarded October 2025, base through September 2026 plus four option years through September 2030) for quarterly software upgrades, updates, major releases, service releases, and security releases, with requirements for 48-hour response on high-risk vulnerabilities; a $452,898 five-year purchase order from an unspecified Headquarters Division agency (awarded July 2025, performance through June 2030); and a $124,510 USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer purchase order (awarded September 2026, performance through September 2029) for continued maintenance and support of MVS/QuickRef. Smaller orders run $25–$70 thousand annually and represent renewal cycles at agencies including the Railroad Retirement Board, Office of Personnel Management, and Department of Defense.

The vendor places 49 task orders under Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0197N (Information Technology Software) totaling $826 thousand combined potential value, and 16 task orders under Federal Supply Schedule GS35F5335H ($57 thousand combined potential value). Award activity has remained modest and volatile over the past five years — ranging from two awards in 2024 to six in 2025 — with only three awards (combined potential value $159 thousand) facing ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 288 awards is $16.9 million, with $13 million obligated (77%). The vendor appears as a subcontractor on two IBM delivery orders (awarded October 2025 and April 2025) for MVS/QuickRef software maintenance and support, but sub-work represents only 1% of its footprint. Category concentration is dominated by NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers, 195 awards) and PSC codes for information technology software (159 awards) and software maintenance service plans (23 awards).