Ddc-I, Inc.

Ddc-I, Inc., a privately held Phoenix-based software manufacturer, develops real-time operating systems and safety-critical embedded software for aviation and defense applications, selling almost exclusively to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) on firm fixed-price purchase orders with no set-aside designation. The company has carried SAM.gov registration since 2002 and competes full-and-open, not under small-business or other set-aside vehicles, though individual awards may carry small-business designations.

Ddc-I's product portfolio centers on its DEOS (DEOS Operating System) real-time operating system and associated development tools, DACS (Data Acquisition and Control System) software support, and training seats for mission-critical aerospace and defense environments. Recent representative work includes a $39,636 Naval Air Warfare Center purchase order for DACS software renewal (June 2026), a $110,000 purchase order from Non-Franchise Acquisition Services for DDC-A DEOS RTOS software (May 2025), an $84,000 NAVAIR purchase order for DEOS operating system and training under Total Small Business set-aside (March 2025), a $15,000 Shared Services Center one-year subscription for a DEOS development seat supporting ARINC 653 and multicore operation (September 2024), and a $23,148 NAVAIR purchase order for DACS support services (September 2024).

Customer concentration is extreme and deeply concentrated. The Naval Air Warfare Center accounts for 39 awards and $689 thousand of combined potential value, representing 43% of all awards and 46% of the potential-value total across the vendor's active footprint. The top five customer organizations account for 80% of recent awards. Across the broader DoD portfolio, the Department of the Navy dominates with 39 NAVAIR awards plus 10 additional Navy awards; the Department of the Air Force placed 16 awards across multiple logistics complexes; and the Department of the Army Materiel Command placed 8 awards. The vendor works across 15 distinct federal customer agencies, but no civilian agency penetration is evident in recent awards.

Ddc-I operates almost entirely as a prime contractor — 89 of 91 recent awards carry prime status. The subcontractor footprint is minimal: a recent (September 2025) sub award with DCS Corporation for real-time operating system, development tools, and services supporting the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center, and a February 2024 sub award with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for training seats under an OASIS UR (Pool 5A) aviation systems engineering contract.

Recent activity is sparse and declining. The vendor received only one award in 2026, one in 2025, and three in 2024, compared to one per year in 2022–2023. Combined potential value across all 91 recent awards totals $1.5 million, though $3.4 million has been obligated (228% of potential, reflecting contract modifications and overages). Only one award with a combined potential value of $40 thousand reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, yielding minimal recompete exposure in that window. NAICS concentration aligns with the product footprint: Custom Computer Programming Services (31 awards), Software Publishers (23 awards), and Other Computer Related Services (5 awards). PSC concentration mirrors this alignment, with Information Technology Software dominating (45 awards), followed by equipment maintenance and repair categories.

SSD1. Serving the safety critical industry for over 20 years, DDC-I offers software tools and custom software services for real-time embedded applications. Tools include compiler and run-time systems for C, Embedded C++, Ada and JOVIAL applications.