Commdex, LLC

Commdex, LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Smyrna, Georgia, operates as a prime contractor delivering tactical communications equipment, satellite messaging and tracking systems, radio infrastructure, and field communications solutions to civilian federal agencies—with occasional defense work—across a sprawling footprint of 249 awards totaling $19.51 billion in combined potential value. Commdex is Subcontinent Asian American-owned, self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, and carries DOT Certified DBE designation as a limited liability company. The vendor competes heavily under small business set-asides; approximately 46% of awards carry Total Small Business or Competitive Small Business designations, with the remainder split between full-and-open and no-set-aside awards, positioning Commdex as a reliable vehicle for set-aside procurement across civilian agencies.

Commdex's capability portfolio centers on communications systems integration and infrastructure: satellite messaging and tracking services (Garmin InReach devices and subscriptions), land mobile radio systems and maintenance, microwave radio networks, tower design and installation, radio repeater systems, and Computer-Aided Dispatch system upgrades. Representative prime work includes a $34.9 million definitive contract with the Department of the Navy (March 2026) for Low Altitude Radio Communication System (LARCS) communication towers at Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command in Twentynine Palms, California, extending through March 2030; a $17.5 million labor-hour delivery order from Customs and Border Protection (September 2023) under Tactical Communications II (TACCOM II) for land mobile radio tower maintenance and repair with reported FY2024 invoicing of $3 million across 9.1 FTEs; and a $4.18 million delivery order with the National Park Service Southeast Region (January 2022) for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park communications system. SCI-reported federal services invoicing reached $20.9 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2024: $7.7 million across 22.6 FTEs), with government-paid rates ranging from a 10th percentile of $66.49/hr to a 90th percentile of $1,327.16/hr and median around $318.92/hr, reflecting a mix of field technicians and systems engineers.

Customer concentration sits heavily with interior and homeland security agencies. The top five customer entities—measured by award count—account for 46% of awards: the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region (32 awards, $5.7 million), Intermountain Region (25 awards, $1.8 million), Customs and Border Protection (21 awards, $6.03 billion), the U.S. Coast Guard (24 awards, $20.4 million), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (13 awards, $3.5 million). By potential value, the rankings shift dramatically: Customs and Border Protection dominates with $6.03 billion across 21 awards (31% of total portfolio dollars), followed by the Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Chief Information Officer (seven awards, $3.01 billion, anchored by the newly awarded Air Force Information Technology Infrastructure Maintenance BPA valued at $392.8 million and the OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ placeholder ceiling of $999.999 billion), the Coast Guard ($20.4 million), the National Park Service National Office ($11.3 million), and the National Park Service Southeast Region ($7.9 million). This divergence reflects Commdex's position on large government-wide vehicles carrying high ceiling values but modest obligated dollars to date.

Commdex holds three primary vehicle positions anchoring its federal contracting footprint. The Field Communications IDIQ (Department of the Interior) carries 93 task orders with $29.4 million combined potential value, the bulk of it for Garmin InReach satellite subscriptions and radio equipment across National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management regions. Tactical Communications II (TACCOM II, Department of Homeland Security / Customs and Border Protection), a $3 billion multi-agency IDIQ, shows 67 task orders and $45.3 million combined potential value, supporting radio maintenance, equipment procurement, and spectrum management services across civilian agencies including the Department of the Interior, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The USCG Tower Antenna MACC 2017-2022 carries 19 task orders ($16.8 million) for tower dismantling and infrastructure work. More recently, Commdex was awarded a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement from the Department of the Air Force (August 2025) for Information Technology Infrastructure Maintenance valued at $392.8 million (ceiling through August 2030) to sustain digital and IP-based voice systems, Giant Voice systems, antenna systems, microwave radio systems, and land mobile radio base backbone systems across all Department of Air Force installations worldwide; task orders are anticipated to range from $3,000 to $7.5 million over the five-year base period. In December 2024, Commdex received a notice to proceed on the OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ (General Services Administration), one of seven functional domains spanning management, technical engineering, research and development, intelligence services, environmental services, facilities, and logistics, with a placeholder ceiling and five-year base plus one-year option.

Activity trajectory shows a decline from historical peaks. Awards per year dropped from 31 in 2022 to 23 in 2023, 17 in 2024, and 18 in 2025; only five awards are recorded in 2026 to date, though this reflects incomplete-year visibility. Twenty awards (combined potential value $23.7 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure primarily in Field Communications IDIQ and TACCOM II task orders that have been sustaining much of the vendor's workload. Commdex operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor—248 of 249 awards (100%) are prime positions—with minimal subcontractor engagement. The source identifies only one sub-award, a contract with Serco Inc. (April 2024) for remote communications and microwave link service, and SCI data shows zero average sub-hours share across prime contracts, indicating Commdex self-performs substantially all delivery.

Commdex's GSA Schedule presence spans 23 labor categories at hourly rates from $45.80 to $169.54, with education requirements ranging from High School Equivalent through bachelor's degree and no cleared roles offered. The rate spectrum reflects both field technicians (Radio Frequency Systems Technologist I at $80.18/hr) and senior systems engineers (Network Engineer III at $169.54/hr with bachelor's degree and seven years' experience). This labor portfolio, combined with the vendor's field communications and infrastructure expertise, positions Commdex as a supplier of commodity communications equipment and systems integration services to the interior and civilian security complex, with secondary defense exposure routed through larger primes and government-wide vehicles rather than direct defense contracts.

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