Datawatch Systems, Inc.

Datawatch Systems, Inc., a for-profit security systems integrator headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, operates as a prime contractor providing physical security access control systems, card reader installation and maintenance, intrusion alarm monitoring, and facilities security services to civilian federal agencies on a full-and-open competitive basis, with no set-aside certifications. The company holds a $3 million General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract (awarded June 29, 2023, through June 28, 2028) that serves as its primary vehicle for task order delivery across the federal customer base.

Datawatch's capability portfolio centers on proprietary access control systems and card reader technology. The company delivers security infrastructure bundled with database storage, card management, monitoring, and preventive maintenance—all priced monthly on a square-footage basis with a 30 percent commercial discount. Representative recent work includes a $549 thousand delivery order from the Department of Departmental Offices (June 2026) for card reader operation, maintenance, and PIV badge certification through 2031; a $478 thousand delivery order from the U.S. International Trade Commission (April 2026) for comprehensive security system support; a $342 thousand delivery order from the Department of Treasury (June 2022) for DataWatch System Software for card readers and PIV badge support; and a $231 thousand delivery order from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (October 2024) for security access control system maintenance at Rockville, Maryland facilities. The company also performs recurring monitoring and maintenance contracts valued in the $20 thousand to $80 thousand range across the National Institutes of Health, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Maritime Commission, and Merit Systems Protection Board.

Customer concentration is diffuse across 86 distinct federal agencies, though GSA Federal Acquisition Service, Department of Treasury Departmental Offices, and Consumer Product Safety Commission anchor the largest dollars. GSA FAS accounts for $3.8 million of the combined potential value (the MAS vehicle itself), Treasury Departmental Offices for $2 million across twelve awards, and CPSC for $1.4 million across thirteen awards. By award count, the top five customer agencies—Treasury IRS, NIH Office of the Director, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9, and Merit Systems Protection Board—collectively represent only 17 percent of awards but signal broad penetration into mid-tier federal civilian operations rather than concentration in a single agency portfolio.

Datawatch's 164 task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule account for $8.8 million of the company's $17.2 million combined potential value. Task order values under the vehicle range from $1.1 thousand to $231 thousand, reflecting facility-size scaling. The company also holds a single-award $400 thousand Blanket Purchase Agreement with Treasury (noted in multiple award summaries through late 2025), though recent activity suggests saturation or wind-down of that vehicle relative to MAS-driven growth.

Activity has remained relatively flat in recent years—eight awards in 2022, declining to three in 2023, then recovering to five awards each in 2024 and 2025, with four awards as of June 2026—indicating stable but undynamic customer demand. Only six awards (combined potential value $577 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. Datawatch operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no recorded subcontract footprint. The vendor's service delivery is concentrated in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region and Maryland, with performance locations at NIH Bethesda, CPSC headquarters, Treasury, and other downtown federal facilities. The company's reliance on proprietary card reader systems and the fact that agencies' building management and landlords often mandate Datawatch for continuity (as noted in the NCATS award justification) provides some competitive insulation on renewal and extension work.