Cloud Lake Technology LLC

Cloud Lake Technology LLC, an 8(a)-certified Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering IT services, emergency management sustainment support, administrative services, and infrastructure hosting to federal agencies, with a portfolio of 112 awards totaling $51.51 billion in combined potential value. The vendor competes under both 8(a) set-asides and full-and-open vehicles, with recent growth anchored by a $151 billion SHIELD IDIQ award from the Missile Defense Agency (December 2025) and large delivery orders under the 8(a) STARS III GWAC and Justice Management Division BPA.

Cloud Lake operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Akima LLC, also an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned firm, and maintains headquarters and substantial delivery footprint in Herndon, Virginia with operations nationwide. The vendor's concrete capability portfolio spans IT infrastructure services (cloud hosting, database management, end-user device management), emergency management and continuity sustainment support, administrative and analytical support services, cybersecurity and compliance services, and digital ecosystem strategy and support. Representative prime work includes a $49.7 million Competitive 8(a) delivery order for Emergency Management Sustainment Support Services with the Program Manager, Presidential Executive Office, Project Blue U.S.E. (PMPEO PBUSE) through September 2026; a $32.1 million Competitive 8(a) delivery order from Customs and Border Protection (July 2024) for comprehensive workstation support, end-user device management, and stabilization services under the 8(a) STARS III GWAC running through December 2029; and a $513.9 million service desk and incidental IT support services BPA with the Justice Management Division awarded November 2023 through November 2033.

Customer concentration heavily favors two agencies by potential value. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors $50.04 billion of the portfolio through the 8(a) STARS III GWAC vehicle (3 awards), while the Department of Justice accounts for $845.9 million across 70 awards split between the Drug Enforcement Administration ($322.2 million across 68 awards), the Justice Management Division ($523.7 million across 2 awards), and a $19.4 million digital ecosystem strategy and support order from the Bureau of Public Affairs (September 2022, now expired). The Department of the Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has placed 6 awards worth $174.6 million, primarily for emergency management sustainment support. By award count, the Drug Enforcement Administration dominates with 68 awards concentrated in FY2021 (15 awards), when Cloud Lake held a $22 million 8(a) sole-source DEA IDIQ contract; subsequent years show material volume decline to 3 or fewer awards per year in 2022–2025, signaling recompete exposure or contract consolidation at that customer.

Cloud Lake holds position on three strategic parent vehicles: the 8(a) STARS III GWAC (GSA, awarded February 2022, ceiling $50 billion, ultimate completion July 2026, with active delivery orders from Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard); the SHIELD IDIQ (Missile Defense Agency, awarded December 2025, ceiling $151 billion, ultimate completion December 2035, with only a $500 initial task order issued to date); and the Justice Management Division OCIO Service Desk and Incidental IT Support Services BPA (awarded November 2023, ceiling $513.9 million, ultimate completion November 2033). Cloud Lake also operates under single-award IDIQs including the Air Mobility Command E911 systems refresh contract ($1.43 million ceiling through February 2027) and prior DEA sole-source and multiple IDIQs that fed large task-order volume in FY2021.

Activity shows a sharp decline trajectory. After 15 awards in FY2021 (concentrated in DEA work), the vendor received 6 awards in FY2022, then dropped to 5 in FY2023, 3 in FY2024, and 3 in FY2025. Four awards totaling $117.7 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating material recompete exposure primarily against the current PMPEO PBUSE order ($49.7 million) and TACOM-awarded emergency management sustainment contracts. Combined dollars obligated across all 112 awards is $420.8 million (1% of potential value), indicating the portfolio is heavily ceiling-dependent rather than spent-down.

On the SCI-reportable federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, Cloud Lake invoiced $80.7 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $49.7 million on 143 FTEs; FY2023: $16.8 million on 37.2 FTEs; FY2024: $14.2 million on 51.5 FTEs). The sharp FY2022 spike reflects DEA contract concentration; subsequent years show persistent FTE decline despite steady invoicing. Median government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts run $123.06/hr, with the spectrum ranging from $61.25/hr (10th percentile) to $215.99/hr (90th percentile). GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 61 categories at $51.10–$214.14/hr, covering operations center specialists, IT project coordinators, systems administrators, network engineers, and security adjudicators; education requirements cluster at bachelor's degree with no security-cleared roles offered.

Cloud Lake operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards), with minimal subcontract engagement. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, average sub-hours share is 21% of total contractor hours, reflecting 21 named subcontractors. The vendor does not appear in the source as a subcontractor to larger primes.

The most significant near-term pipeline signal is the SHIELD IDIQ award ($151 billion ceiling) issued six months ago with minimal task-order activity to date — this represents exploratory positioning in a transformational multi-domain defense acquisition vehicle rather than current revenue. Simultaneously, the 77% concentration of the award count base in DEA work contracted sharply post-FY2021, and $117.7 million in awards face recompete within twenty-four months, indicating the vendor is managing a portfolio transition away from a single-agency, IDIQ-heavy dependency toward broader vehicle participation, particularly under 8(a) STARS III and the Justice Management Division BPA.

We offer highly specialized, data-centric technology solutions including enterprise IT, cloud computing, software engineering, software development, cloud migration, threat management, network defense, public safety, global intelligence, information networks, emergency management operations, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data management, business intelligence, automation, and research.