Communications Resource Inc.

Communications Resource Inc., doing business as C R I, is a women-owned small business based in McLean, Virginia, that installs, upgrades, and maintains physical security infrastructure—physical access control systems (PACS), video management systems (VMS), closed-circuit television (CCTV), intrusion detection systems (IDS), and alarm monitoring—exclusively to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor. The company is SBA-certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), and holds Hispanic American ownership designation. C R I competes almost entirely under small business set-asides across its prime footprint, with the majority of recent awards designated Total Small Business or WOSB set-aside.

C R I's customer base spans 126 agencies, though concentration is significant at the top. The National Institute of Standards and Technology leads by award count with 118 awards totaling $23.9 million in potential value, followed by the Department of Agriculture's Assistant Secretary for Departmental Management (88 awards) and Office of Operations (82 awards, $12.9 million combined potential value), and the US Census Bureau (66 awards, $6.3 million). By potential value, the GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors the top ranking with 16 awards worth $37.1 million, reflecting C R I's seat on government-wide vehicles; NIST, USDA's Office of Procurement and Property Management ($23.2 million), and HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ($22.5 million) follow. The top five customer agencies account for 8% of combined potential value, indicating broad customer dispersion typical of security-infrastructure firms selling to many agencies at smaller order sizes.

C R I holds four significant indefinite-delivery vehicles. The OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (awarded April 15, 2025, through April 14, 2030) carries no specified ceiling and authorizes task orders across seven functional domains including Management & Advisory and Technical & Engineering services; the OASIS+ Women-Owned Small Business IDIQ (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029) likewise carries no specified ceiling and reflects C R I's WOSB certification. A six-million-dollar single-award IDIQ with NIST (awarded November 8, 2024, through November 7, 2027) procures security systems maintenance and support—PACS, VMS, key management systems, and primary and secondary security infrastructure—at NIST's Gaithersburg campus; three delivery orders totaling approximately $250,878 have been issued, covering building 206 security installation, PACS and system maintenance agreements, and CHIPS program cybersecurity infrastructure work. A 6.9 million-dollar single-award IDIQ with the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (awarded September 18, 2023, through September 17, 2028) covers electronic security system services—camera installations, alarm monitoring, access control, and maintenance—at CSOSA facilities in Washington, DC; recent task orders include a $210,199.88 delivery order for physical access control system replacement (October 2026), a $125,622 order for alarm monitoring and maintenance (September 2026), and a $449,647.40 order for Power over Ethernet switch replacement (September 2024). Beyond IDIQs, C R I operates on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with a $475,000 ceiling (awarded September 12, 2025, through September 11, 2030), a $10.7 million National Archives and Records Administration Total Small Business BPA for comprehensive physical security infrastructure protection services (awarded September 20, 2024), a $2.029 million Bureau of the Fiscal Service Total Small Business BPA for physical security system upgrades and maintenance in Parkersburg, West Virginia and West McLean (awarded January 31, 2024), and a $785,000 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau BPA for PACS maintenance services (awarded February 1, 2024).

Recent representative work demonstrates the breadth of C R I's service delivery. A $4.738 million time-and-materials delivery order from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (awarded August 8, 2024, completion August 7, 2029) covers administration, maintenance, monitoring, and repair of electronic security systems; SCI reporting shows FY2024 invoicing of $97,000 across 0.3 FTEs and 594 contractor hours and FY2025 invoicing of $856,000 across 2.0 FTEs with self-performance and no subcontractor engagement. A $1.904 million time-and-materials delivery order from the Department of Defense Office of the Secretary for modernized physical access control and security systems upgrade and installation (awarded September 30, 2023, completion March 29, 2027) invoiced $1.357 million through FY2025 across 2.1 FTEs and 1,634 contractor hours at a derived rate of $552.58 per hour in FY2024, again all self-performed. A $3.35 million woman-owned small business sole-source definitive contract from the US Census Bureau for preventative and corrective maintenance of Lenel OnGuard access control systems and CCTV infrastructure (awarded November 16, 2021, completion May 16, 2027) exemplifies C R I's position as a primary federal security provider. Under the NARA BPA, four significant BPA calls totaling approximately $2.135 million include a $1.356 million video management system upgrade for the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas (September 2024, completion December 2026) and a $742,754.94 physical access control system implementation at the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Clinton, Maryland (September 2024, completion December 2026).

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year, averaging roughly 13–14 awards annually over the past five years, with 14 awards in 2026 (year-to-date as of November). C R I faces recompete pressure, with 20 awards (combined potential value $197.2 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor across its federal footprint—1,424 total awards, zero sub-awards—indicating C R I builds its own delivery teams rather than feeding into larger primes. Across SCI-reportable service contracts (40 prime records, 4 as named subcontractor), C R I invoiced $82 million over FY2022–FY2025, with FY2022 capturing $19.5 million across 2,316 FTEs at the contract level, declining to FY2025's $18.8 million across 37.7 FTEs. The FTE trajectory reflects contract completion and year-end timing rather than long-term workforce contraction; federal service contract work averaged roughly 41 FTEs per fiscal year. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, C R I subcontracted an average of 7% of total contractor hours to 11 named subcontractors, maintaining a predominantly self-delivery model. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI records run around $161.15/hr, with the 10th percentile at $17.00/hr and the 90th percentile at $345.46/hr, reflecting a mix of administrative and senior technical labor. The GSA Schedule lists 38 active labor categories spanning administrative assistant ($52.25/hr, high school education) through IT strategic planning ($234.30/hr, bachelor's degree, eight years' experience), with no security-cleared positions offered. C R I's NAICS concentration reflects its security-systems posture: Other Computer Related Services (357 awards), Computer Systems Design Services (306 awards), and Security Systems Services (130 awards) dominate; corresponding PSC codes emphasize Miscellaneous Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems (146 awards) and Installation of Equipment—Miscellaneous (88 awards). With $1.61 billion in combined potential value across 1,424 awards and $465.1 million obligated (29% of ceiling), C R I maintains a broad federal customer base anchored by NIST, USDA, and Census, with deep integration into OASIS+ vehicles and single-award IDIQs at mission-critical civilian agencies.

CRI is a Minority and Woman-Owned Small Business with 30 years' experience providing best-in-class integrated security solutions through partnerships with our clients. We provide end-to-end enterprise information management services focused on electronic physical security, full-scale management of small & mid-size, as well as global programs, while maintaining compliance with Federal regulations. We offer an unrivaled suite of security related capabilities and certified professionals, which encompass all components needed for comprehensive security support.