Cruz Associates Inc.

Cruz Associates Inc., operating as Cruz Associates, is a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business headquartered in Yorktown, Virginia, that delivers engineering services, technical program management, systems integration, and contractor support to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards). The company is a Subchapter S corporation competing predominantly under small-business set-asides (Total Small Business and unrestricted), with a footprint centered on U.S. Special Operations Command and Naval Sea Systems Command.

Cruz Associates' customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense. The top five funding entities account for 95% of recent awards: U.S. Special Operations Command anchors the portfolio with 260 awards valued at $603.5 million combined potential value, followed by Naval Sea Systems Command with 80 awards at $153.3 million. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service ranks third by potential value at $1.15 billion combined, driven primarily by recent awards of two OASIS+ IDIQs (Total Small Business and Unrestricted) and a Multiple Award Schedule position. This discrepancy between volume and dollars reflects the difference between dozens of smaller task orders to USSOCOM and NAVSEA against large GSA vehicle ceilings that serve as blanket ordering platforms.

Capability work spans defense engineering, logistics support, and program management. A representative $60.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded February 2025, place of performance Indian Head, Maryland) covers explosives and ordnance operations support, including energetic-materials operations, functional and administrative support, and quality assurance. Multiple $14–$15 million delivery orders from USSOCOM (April 2026, April 2025) provide contractor support services, systems-of-systems technical support, and labor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, under Total Small Business set-asides. A $3.9 million OASIS Small Business task order (April 2023) delivered systems-of-systems technical support and contractor support services. GSA Schedule work ranges across 83 active labor categories priced from $30.34/hr (entry-level technician) to $157.25/hr (program director), spanning engineering, logistics, and administrative roles with education requirements from high school to bachelor's degree; no security-cleared positions are offered.

Cruz Associates holds positions on five parent vehicles. The largest volume carrier is Indefinite Delivery Contract H9224105D0004, which generated 131 task orders valued at $21.8 million combined. Contract H9224117D0003, the base contract underlying most recent USSOCOM delivery orders, carries 59 task orders valued at $167.3 million combined. The company secured two recent OASIS+ awards (December 2024) — one under the Total Small Business set-aside and one unrestricted — each with a placeholder ceiling and five-year terms through December 2029, enabling government-wide ordering across seven functional domains (management and advisory, technical and engineering, research and development, intelligence services, environmental services, facilities, and logistics). The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded September 2025, five-year term through September 2030) carries a $42.5 million ceiling across seven Special Item Numbers and supports delivery of engineering and testing services domestically across the 48 contiguous states and territories. Cruz Associates also holds a position under the ASTRO GWAC through GSA Assisted Acquisition Services, though ordering volume there is minimal.

Activity has remained modest but stable — 7 awards in 2022, rising to 12 in 2024, then declining to 5 in 2026 (through April). Six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $125.1 million, representing meaningful recompete exposure. The two December 2024 OASIS+ vehicle awards and the September 2025 GSA Schedule position establish new multiyear platforms for future task order growth.

Service Contract Inventory data captures a partial view of Cruz Associates' federal services footprint above the $150,000 reporting threshold. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $54.2 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $20.4 million across 137 FTEs; FY2023: $23.2 million across 199 FTEs; FY2024: $10.5 million across 42.4 FTEs). The FY2024 decline reflects closure of several mature contracts. Government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI contracts median around $81.68/hr, with rates ranging from $43.52/hr (tenth percentile) through $117.28/hr (ninetieth percentile), reflecting a labor mix of technicians, engineers, and program managers. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 13% of total contractor hours, with five named subs reported across the reporting period; Cruz Associates primarily builds its own delivery teams rather than functioning as a subcontractor feeder.

As a subcontractor, Cruz Associates has subcontracted to Eastern Research Group Inc. on multiple facility-support and technician-support tasks for Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (awards from June 2024 through January 2026), to Universal Solutions International on a June 2025 PEO Special Operations Forces Sustainment Activity task, and to Smartronix on April 2025 C6ISR support for USSOCOM Pacific. These sub engagements represent a small fraction of total activity and are anchored in the Navy and Special Operations customer base where Cruz Associates' prime work concentrates.

Engineering, Safety, Training, Explosives/Ordnance Management and Processing, Procurement Program Management Support, Budget Analysis and Support, Logistics, etc.