Avantus Federal LLC

Avantus Federal LLC, operating as E3 Federal Solutions LLC, is a foreign-owned federal contractor delivering program management, technical assistance, data science, and mission support services across defense and civilian agencies as both a prime contractor (88% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company is a self-certified HUBZone joint venture and competes predominantly on unrestricted, full-and-open basis rather than under formal SBA set-asides, though one Small Business set-aside award appears in the recent portfolio.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed by dollar value rather than award count. The top five funding agencies by potential-value share account for 91% of the combined $43.1 billion portfolio: the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard ($22.01 billion across 17 awards, heavily weighted toward lifecycle support and major system contracts), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($15.28 billion across 4 awards), the Office of the Secretary of Defense ($1.1 billion across 20 awards), the Department of the Air Force ($485.2 million across 7 awards), and the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection ($357.9 million across 12 awards). By award count, however, the Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary dominates with 56 awards ($70.1 million combined value), reflecting a high-volume, lower-ticket-value relationship built on the company's position on the DOT's Multiple Award Schedule and IPSS2 program vehicles. The company serves 56 distinct customer agencies in total.

Avantus Federal's IDIQ and vehicle position anchors its federal business. The company holds a $900 million Space System Command Data Services IDIQ (Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, through March 2028) for data software services including data science, data engineering, data architecture, synthetic data generation, and enterprise information management. It also holds a $249 million Basic Ordering Agreement with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for data readiness and AI development support (through March 2027). On government-wide vehicles, Avantus Federal sits on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 109 task orders ($1.7 billion combined value) and appears on the OASIS indefinite delivery vehicle for technical and professional services. At the agency level, the company holds a significant position on the DOT's Indefinite Delivery Contract DJM15A32V0056 with 65 task orders ($20 million combined value), the GSA Information Technology Schedule 70 with 55 task orders ($79.6 million), the Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services vehicle with 38 task orders ($182.2 million), and the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services IDIQ with 24 task orders ($81.8 million).

Recent representative prime work spans defense and civilian IT modernization. The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $152.6 million fixed-price level-of-effort definitive contract (June 1, 2025, completing April 2028) for OSD Strategic Capabilities Office support services, reflecting the company's role in enterprise-level defense program management. The Air Force Space Development Agency placed a $444.4 million delivery order (September 2023, completing September 2028) under OASIS for SDA enterprise systems engineering and technical assistance, where in fiscal year 2024 alone Avantus deployed 203 FTEs across 423,217 contractor hours at a blended rate of $103.05 per hour and invoiced $43.6 million. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a $223.5 million definitive contract (July 2023, completing October 2028) for operations and maintenance of the Tethered Aerostat Radar System program, with 180 FTEs and $24.3 million invoiced in FY2024. At the Department of Transportation, Avantus Federal holds multiple MAS delivery orders for IT governance, application rationalization, cybersecurity, and program management support, including a $10.1 million IPSS2 task order (September 2021, completing April 2026) for IT governance support to the Office of the Chief Information Officer. The company also delivers data analytics and process visualization services to civilian agencies such as the Federal Highway Administration, Maritime Administration, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Activity shows volatility across the five-year window with 15 awards in 2022, 25 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 10 in 2025, followed by 5 awards year-to-date in 2026. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying a combined potential value of $426.3 million—representing near-term recompete exposure for the vendor. Work is performed primarily at the company's McLean and West McLean, Virginia headquarters, with operational delivery spanning Washington, D.C., Chantilly, Virginia, and distributed field locations on larger programs such as the aerostat maintenance contract.

Avantus Federal's subcontractor footprint is substantial. The vendor subcontracts primarily to Halvik, LLC (numerous DOT Secure Data Commons and software engineering support orders), BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (Department of Homeland Security Resource Management Transformation program management and technical support), American Systems Corporation (OSD Research and Engineering technical services and rapid defense experimentation support), and Guidehouse Inc. (Customs finance and cost model consulting). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 23% of contractor hours, with 136 named subcontractors reported across the prime footprint, indicating a hybrid delivery model that blends internal capacity with strategic subcontracting partnerships.

Service Contract Inventory data (FY2022–FY2024) captures a subset of the vendor's federal services work above the $150,000 reporting threshold. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $317.4 million across the three-year window: $111.3 million in FY2022, $97.9 million in FY2023, and $108.3 million in FY2024. FTE deployment grew from 308 in FY2022 to 426 in FY2024, with the FY2023 dip reflecting timing of contract start-stops in the SCI dataset. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $65.24 per hour to a median of $137.46 per hour and a 90th percentile of $180.87 per hour, consistent with a portfolio spanning entry-level business analysts through senior technical and program-management roles. The company's GSA Schedule labor portfolio includes 50 active categories priced from $73.99 per hour (Business Analyst I, high school education) through $148.10 per hour (Associate IV, bachelor's degree with 10 years of experience), with no security-cleared roles offered.

The company's work spans Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (139 awards by NAICS), Other Computer Related Services (60 awards), Other Accounting Services (35 awards), Engineering Services (21 awards), and Custom Computer Programming Services (18 awards). Across PSC codes, the portfolio is concentrated in Support–Professional categories: Program Management/Support (76 awards), Other (42 awards), and Engineering/Technical (28 awards), with IT Strategy and Architecture work (21 awards) reflecting the vendor's strength in federal IT modernization and governance.

Named subsidiaries include Missiontech Solutions LLC and Far Ridgeline Engagements LLC, both foreign-owned, for-profit organizations. The source does not specify parent-company ownership structure beyond the "foreign owned" designation that appears on Avantus Federal LLC itself, suggesting the vendor is likely a subsidiary or operating unit of a larger foreign enterprise, though the corporate hierarchy is not explicitly detailed in the award data.