Cloudburst Consulting Group, Inc.

Cloudburst Consulting Group, Inc., an SBA-certified woman-owned small business headquartered in Landover, Maryland, delivers data analysis, program evaluation, technical assistance, and capacity-building services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 95% of its awards, competing predominantly under women-owned and total-small-business set-asides. The vendor operates as a Subchapter S corporation across 165 total awards carrying a combined potential value of $2 billion, with $215.2 million obligated to date. Cloudburst's capability portfolio spans research and evaluation (primary NAICS 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services; secondary NAICS in 541611 and 541690 covering administrative management consulting and scientific/technical consulting), homelessness management information systems implementation and training, fair housing compliance support, disaster resilience and community development program evaluation, and federal grant program administration for housing and community development initiatives.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward housing and health agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh anchors the dollar footprint at $988.2 million combined potential value across 22 awards (47% of all dollars in the portfolio), while the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads by award count at 61 awards valued at $21.2 million combined potential value. The two rankings diverge sharply: CDC Pittsburgh's concentration reflects a small number of very-large IDV placements, whereas HUD CPD's share is distributed across many smaller awards. USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth Education and Environment contributes $700 million in potential value across two awards, and HUD's Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research holds eight awards valued at $100 million. Together, these five customer agencies represent 94% of the vendor's combined potential value.

Cloudburst holds positions on multiple federal vehicles. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) carries 16 task orders valued at $90.7 million combined potential value. The vendor was awarded seats on two OASIS+ IDIQs on December 19, 2024 (OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside with a 5-year ceiling through December 2029) and September 30, 2024 (OASIS+ Women-Owned Small Business with a 5-year ceiling through September 2029), both vehicles with multi-billion-dollar authority. Cloudburst also holds single-award HUD Blanket Purchase Agreements for special studies and business services, each valued at $50 million through February 2029. On HUD vehicles specifically, the vendor places delivery orders for CPD data analysis support, including a $17.2 million women-owned-small-business set-aside delivery order on the MAS (Option Year One, awarded August 16, 2024, running through August 15, 2029), with subcontractors Perun Business Group Inc. (business intelligence, AWS cloud infrastructure, data validation and cleanup) and Northey Government Services LLC (data analysis and verification for disaster recovery and economic development programs). The vendor also received a $2.79 million firm-fixed-price bridge contract from HUD in October 2023, and holds USAID and Millennium Challenge Corporation experience in international development evaluation work. On CDC vehicles, Cloudburst executes work through two primary IDVs: HHSD200200928538I (7 task orders, $96.6 million combined potential value) and HHSD200200827888I (7 task orders, $2.2 million combined potential value), along with the NCEH-DEHHE Support Services BPA (5 task orders, $825 thousand combined potential value) and the Achieving Public Health Impact Through Policy IDIQ (5 task orders, $759 thousand combined potential value).

Representative prime awards illustrate scope depth. A $31.9 million USAID delivery order (awarded September 26, 2023, under a Multiple Award Task Order Contract) funded democracy, human rights, and governance sector learning, evaluation, and research, with subcontractor support from Adapt Consulting LLC, Evaluasi LLC, Metropolitan Group LLC, and Davis Management Group Inc. for analytical support, literature reviews, communications, and event planning (terminated for convenience in February 2025). A $5.1 million firm-fixed-price contract with HUD (awarded April 25, 2022, completed October 24, 2023) provided CPD data analysis and reporting services with Summit Consulting LLC (minority-owned small disadvantaged business) and Perun Business Group providing data analysis and customer support. Cloudburst also received a $61.9 thousand delivery order from CDC Pittsburgh under the Achieving Public Health Impact Through Policy vehicle (awarded September 25, 2021, completed March 25, 2018).

On the sub side, Cloudburst subcontracts to primes including Linc LLC (USAID/Ghana monitoring, evaluation, and learning platform support; localization landscape analysis for Ghana; health population and nutrition office assessment) and Hendall Inc. (program evaluations for prevention contract modifications). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average 9% share of total contractor hours, with eight named subcontractors reported across the prime footprint.

Activity has grown modestly—eight awards in 2022 to fourteen in 2024—though FY2025 and FY2026 show decline (two awards each). Eight awards carrying an unspecified combined potential value reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold grew from $5.9 million in FY2022 to $8.5 million in FY2024, with workforce scale ranging from 15.8 FTEs in FY2022 to 15.2 FTEs in FY2024 (SCI reflects a subset of federal services activity only, excluding goods, micro-purchases, and classified work). On the GSA Schedule, Cloudburst offers 31 labor categories spanning administrative and management ranks, with government-paid hourly rates clustering around a median of $173.92/hr (10th percentile $131.26/hr, 90th percentile $416.01/hr), no security-cleared positions, and bachelor's-degree minimum across all tiers.

The Cloudburst Group, founded in 2005, is a mission-driven Women-Owned Small Business focused on improving social, economic, and environmental resilience in the U.S. and across the globe. Cloudburst provides social science research, communications, policy and program evaluation, economic growth & development, performance measurement, and training and technical assistance to federal, state and local governments, and NGOs, that affect and benefit disadvantaged persons. Practice areas include Housing and Community Development, State and Local Consulting, Homeless Assistance Programs, Global Development, Environment and Climate Resiliency, and Public Health.