Defense Consulting Services LLC

Defense Consulting Services LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA 8(a) certified firm headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, provides airport security screening, armed and unarmed guard services, force protection consulting, and operational support to federal agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards). The company competes predominantly under 8(a) sole-source and competitive set-asides, with recurring designation across its prime footprint; recent activity shows strong concentration in SDVOSB and 8(a) vehicles after 2024.

Defense Consulting Services LLC's federal footprint is dominated by the Transportation Security Administration. DHS/TSA accounts for eight awards carrying $8.66 billion in combined potential value—a 99.3% concentration of the vendor's total pipeline. This reflects the company's dominant position under the TSA Screening Partnership Program, a $5.3 billion single-award IDIQ issued June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2036. Within that vehicle, the vendor holds five task orders with $62.2 million combined potential value, including a $33.7 million delivery order for security screening services at Atlantic City International Airport (awarded August 2022, ultimate completion June 2027, with FY2023–FY2024 SCI-reported invoicing of $5.6 million and $7.1 million respectively across 55–57 FTEs and blended hourly rates of $48.44/hr and $59.80/hr); a $11.1 million task order for Portsmouth International Airport at Pease (awarded August 2021, ultimate completion July 2026); and a $6.1 million delivery order for Great Falls International Airport (awarded July 2022, completed September 2024). A sixth TSA delivery order for Portsmouth (awarded June 1, 2026, ultimate completion April 30, 2031) carries an $11.28 million ceiling under Total Small Business set-aside.

Beyond TSA, the vendor's secondary customer base centers on Air Force components and the Defense Information Systems Agency. The Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Security Forces Center (AFMSC/IAMS SFC) placed 12 awards totaling $13.3 million in potential value, including an $3.34 million force protection business processes consultant services contract (awarded October 2024, 8(a) sole source, ultimate completion September 2029) and a $2.54 million deployment management support order (awarded September 2024, 8(a) sole source, ultimate completion August 2029) placed by Air Education and Training Command. DISA awarded three contracts totaling $16.4 million in potential value: a $5.99 million Competitive 8(a) purchase order for 24/7/365 armed security operations at the DISA Computing Data Center in San Antonio (awarded March 2026, ultimate completion February 2031, structured with base period plus four options and requiring 15 full-time armed personnel with minimum three years' armed security experience, state certification, use-of-force training, and Secret-level clearance eligibility); a $3.96 million guard services order in Montgomery, Alabama (awarded February 2023, no set-aside used, ultimate completion February 2026); and a $1.68 million 8(a) sole-source definitive contract for warehouse worker support at Fort Bliss (awarded January 2026, ultimate completion January 2031). The Defense Health Agency awarded a $4.18 million 8(a) sole-source purchase order for Healthcare Automated Resource Protection System at Lackland Air Force Base (awarded October 2022, ultimate completion September 2027).

The vendor holds active positions on three GSA governmentwide vehicles. OASIS+ 8(a) (awarded April 16, 2025, ultimate completion April 2030) is a competitive multiple-award IDIQ with no specified ceiling. OASIS+ Total Small Business (awarded December 19, 2024, ultimate completion December 2029) carries no specified ceiling and applies a 0.15% Contract Access Fee on task orders. OASIS+ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (awarded September 30, 2024, ultimate completion September 2029) is a multiple-award vehicle with no specified ceiling. The vendor also holds a $475 thousand Federal Supply Schedule (Multiple Award Schedule) contract issued June 4, 2026, through June 3, 2031, offering eight labor categories spanning guard, instructor, management, and supervisory roles at hourly rates from $35.26 (Guard I, High School Equivalent) through $90.57 (Program Manager, seven years' experience), with no security-cleared positions. Additionally, the Air Force Security Forces Center awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act credentialing (awarded December 1, 2024, $245 thousand ceiling, ultimate completion November 2028) and an earlier IDV for LEOSA implementation ($250 thousand, awarded to Navy Installations Command).

Award trajectory shows volatility: six awards in 2022, two in 2023, seven in 2024, one in 2025, and six in 2026 (through June). However, dollar concentration masks this pattern—the 2026 pipeline is anchored by the new TSA $5.3 billion IDIQ and represents a recompete-ladder refresh rather than broad expansion. Five awards with combined potential value of $49 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, primarily the Portsmouth PSM task order (July 2026) and Atlantic City delivery order (June 2027). Across SCI-reportable prime service contracts from FY2022–FY2024, the vendor invoiced $24.4 million total: $1.5 million (FY2022, 7.4 FTEs), $10.4 million (FY2023, 44.4 FTEs), and $12.6 million (FY2024, 57.3 FTEs), with median government-paid hourly rates of $58.41/hr and a 10th-to-90th percentile range of $47.91–$88.09/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed 43% of total contractor hours, with eight named subcontractors supporting the delivery base.

The vendor operates as a prime on 98% of its awards and subcontracts on a single identified engagement: a multi-functional area support services task supporting the Weapons and Tactics Program under STS Systems Support LLC (awarded August 2022). The company's capability stack centers on security screening operations, armed and unarmed guard services, force protection consulting, operational support, and credentialing program administration, with minimal exposure to engineering, IT, or technical services work outside the security mission space.

Defense Consulting Services, LLC (DCS) is a certified SBA 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that provides multi-domain security and professional services to the U.S. government and private sector. Since 2011, DCS has provided protection services, logistics and management support, engineering and IT services, strategic planning and administrative support, specialized training support, and credentialing services to key customers that include the US Transportation Agency, US Air Force, Army, Navy, Cost Guard, and Defense Information Security Agency.