Crystal City Lessee LLC

Crystal City Lessee LLC, doing business as Crystal City LLC, operates the DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia as a for-profit subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide, Inc., providing lodging, conference facilities, audiovisual support, catering, and event coordination services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across 237 awards spanning eighteen years of federal contracting history.

Crystal City competes predominantly full-and-open, not under set-asides—of the 238 total awards in the source data (covering 2008 through January 2026), only a minority carry total small business set-aside designations, and the vendor holds no formal SBA designations such as 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB, despite being registered as a small business. The vendor's primary capability is hotel and event logistics: lodging room blocks and berthing accommodations, conference room rentals with AV and catering, and meeting space coordination for government conferences, training sessions, security cooperation reviews, and interagency events. Representative prime work includes a $218,433.35 Drug Enforcement Administration purchase order (January 2023 through May 2023) for lodging and meeting services; a $189,349.82 DEA purchase order (January 2022 through May 2022) for similar services; a $169,344.00 Office of Procurement Operations purchase order (January 2025) for 100 hotel rooms; a $125,821.03 Department of Agriculture contract (September 2022 through February 2023) providing hotel room blocks, conference rooms, banquet services, and AV equipment rental; and recurring Defense Security Cooperation Agency purchase orders ranging from $12,715 to $72,620, typically supporting security assistance reviews and financial management conferences for partner nations (Taiwan, Philippines, Korea, Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt).

Customer concentration is severe. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency dominates the portfolio, accounting for 64 awards (27% of the 238-award total) with $6.4 million in combined potential value (53% of the $12 million portfolio ceiling). The top five customer agencies by potential value collectively represent 74% of awarded dollars: DSCA ($6.4 million), the Department of the Army Training and Doctrine Command ($1.2 million), the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration ($580 thousand), the Department of the Navy Reserve ($458 thousand), and the Department of the Air Force Headquarters District Washington ($242 thousand). This concentration reflects Crystal City's functional role as DSCA's preferred hotel and event logistics provider for international military education and security assistance programming.

The vendor holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Navy Reserve established October 1, 2025 (ceiling $250,000, completion September 30, 2026) for berthing accommodations and hospitality services at the DoubleTree by Hilton Crystal City. The source names four additional BPA vehicles by number—HHSN263201300012B (7 task orders, $92 thousand), HQ001317A0001 (6 task orders, $89 thousand), N6830626A0099 (1 task order, $200 thousand), and HQ003420D0004 (1 task order)—though the source does not specify the issuing agencies or detail the scope of work ordered against them beyond the vessel-category structure. The BPA footprint is modest relative to Crystal City's purchase-order-dominated award history; the vendor draws the majority of its federal revenue through firm-fixed-price purchase orders rather than standing IDVs.

Activity has remained flat to modestly declining over the past five years: seven awards in 2022, six in 2023, eight in 2024, and nine in 2025, with only one award recorded in 2026 to date. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $220 thousand, representing minimal recompete exposure. The vendor's award footprint is predominantly within NAICS 721110 (Hotels except Casino Hotels and Motels), which accounts for 187 of 238 awards, with supplemental work in professional training (11 awards) and non-residential building leasing (7 awards). By PSC code, the majority of work falls under transportation/travel/lodging/hotel services (92 awards) and conference space lease/rental (71 awards).

Crystal City reported one subcontract award under Dexis Interactive LLC (August 2024) for conference facilities support as part of the Global Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (GAME) ongoing support program, indicating minimal sub-supplier activity relative to its prime footprint. The vendor's eighteen-year tenure in federal contracting centers entirely on lodging and venue logistics, with no diversification into adjacent service categories and consistent geographic performance at its Arlington headquarters facility or at partner-nation sites for DSCA-sponsored international military training events.