Defense Contracting Activity, LLC

Defense Contracting Activity, LLC (doing business as DCA), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Chantilly, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering armed and unarmed security guard services to federal agencies, with 100% of recent awards held as prime contracts on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. DCA is structured as a limited liability company and holds both Veteran Owned Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) designations; the company competes predominantly under full-and-open solicitations rather than set-aside categories, though several recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations.

DCA's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of Agriculture's mission-aligned agencies. The top five customer entities account for 88% of recent awards: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services (18 awards, $7 million combined potential value), USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (13 awards, $8.8 million), USDA APHIS (8 awards, $1.9 million), USDA APHIS Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services (4 awards, $1 million), and the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New England (3 awards, $321 thousand). Dollar concentration diverges from award-count concentration — the Environmental Protection Agency anchors 90% of the combined potential value through a single $27 million armed security officer services delivery order at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (ultimate completion February 2029), while the USDA Agricultural Research Service Plains Area represents another $25.2 million single award for facility security implementation. USDA APHIS Veterinary Services holds two awards worth $14.7 million combined, including a $7.59 million delivery order for security services at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa (extending through August 2027). Representative USDA work includes a $886.8 thousand BPA call for armed security at Moore Air Base in Chantilly, Virginia (APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine, extending through July 2026) and multiple recurring BPA calls for guard services at Pocatello Supply Depot in Idaho, valued at $232 thousand (February 2026 award, extending through January 2027).

All 52 prime awards are task orders issued under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (52 task orders, $87.2 million combined potential value). DCA also holds two standalone blanket purchase agreements outside the MAS: a $1.6 million BPA with USDA Wildlife Services for Pocatello, Idaho security services (extending through January 2027) and a $1 million BPA with USDA APHIS for Millville, Utah armed guard services (extending through June 2028). These BPAs serve as parent vehicles for firm-fixed-price call orders. The Law Enforcement & Security Services vehicle accounts for 17 task orders valued at $3.5 million combined.

Award activity has contracted over the past two years — five awards in 2022, six in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one year-to-date in 2026. Four awards carrying combined potential value of $33.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. DCA operates as a fully prime, fully organic delivery organization: across SCI-reportable prime contracts (FY2022–FY2024), the vendor deployed 76.8 FTEs in FY2022, 73.3 FTEs in FY2023, and 79.6 FTEs in FY2024, with zero subcontract hour engagement. SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled $6.2 million in FY2022, $6.2 million in FY2023, and $9.4 million in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on federal security services averaged $40.93/hr at the median, with senior roles pricing through $107.65/hr at the 90th percentile and entry-level security at $37.88/hr.

DCA's scope is narrowly specialized: the source records 52 awards under NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services) and PSC Housekeeping—Guard, with one additional support-professional physical-security-and-badging task order. The vendor's strategic presence anchors with USDA agricultural and wildlife facilities across the continental U.S., with expanded civilian-agency penetration signaled by the large EPA contract. Performance locations span Chantilly and Martinsburg, Virginia; Pocatello and other Idaho facilities; Millville, Utah; Ames, Iowa; Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and subordinate Corps of Engineers locations.

Defense Contracting Activity (DCA) is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. DCa provides Armed Protective Services, Police Officer's and Guards, Law Enforcement Services, Intelligence, Special Operations, and Training services.