Five Stones Research Corporation

Five Stones Research Corporation, a certified women-owned small business (WOSB) headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, functions as a prime contractor (87% of recent awards) specializing in IT and cybersecurity management, engineering support, and research and development services across the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The company holds self-certification as a small disadvantaged business and Native American owned status, and competes across full-and-open solicitations and small-business set-asides.

Five Stones' award portfolio centers on defense technology and aerospace missions. The two largest opportunities sit with the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (4 awards, $5.28 billion combined potential value, anchored by a placeholder-ceiling multiple-award IDIQ) and the Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency (5 awards, $337.8 million combined potential value). The Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command accounts for 14 awards valued at $313.1 million and represents the vendor's most active recurring customer by award count. The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives round out the top five, with 12 and 11 awards respectively. Across these top five customers, Five Stones commands 59% of recent awards by count but 99% of combined potential value — a steep concentration driven by the Navy IDIQ. The Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville, while placing 27 awards, contributes only $10.6 million potential value, signaling a high-volume, lower-dollar customer mix.

Recent marquee prime work includes a $267.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee Missile Defense Agency definitive contract for IT and cybersecurity management advisory and assistance to the Missile Defense System (awarded September 26, 2024, through March 25, 2030, under total small business set-aside), a $24.9 million Army RDECOM delivery order for labor services (August 27, 2022), and a $24.1 million Army RDECOM delivery order for engineering and research support in Brownsboro, Alabama (August 26, 2021). Five Stones also holds a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with the Missile Defense Agency on the SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) program, awarded December 29, 2025, with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling through December 28, 2035, supporting research and development, systems engineering, weapon design, test and evaluation, and cybersecurity modernization across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains.

Five Stones' vehicle position includes two GSA OASIS+ multiple-award IDIQs: a women-owned small business MAC awarded June 12, 2025, running through June 11, 2030, with no dollar ceiling specified in the source, and a Total Small Business set-aside MAC awarded December 19, 2024, running through December 18, 2029, also with no dollar ceiling specified in the source. Both vehicles enable task-order competition across civilian and defense agencies nationwide. The vendor also places work under Army-specific IDCs, including W912DY16D0019 (15 task orders, $3.5 million combined potential value) and a Department of Justice FBI single-award IDC (6 task orders, $4 million combined potential value). The top NAICS codes across the portfolio center on computer-related services and research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences, with secondary depth in engineering services and professional IT and telecommunications support.

Activity has grown modestly year over year—two awards in 2022 to nine in 2024—though the first five months of 2026 show only one award to date. Subcontractor work is minimal by comparison: Five Stones subcontracts on test and evaluation labor under Agile Defense (multiple task orders since August 2024), systems software lifecycle engineering under Science Applications International Corporation (August 4, 2025), strike systems engineering under Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (February 12, 2025), missile defense systems engineering under Parsons Government Services Inc. (December 19, 2024), and technical support for cruise missile defense under West Utility Locating (December 5, 2024).

On SCI-reportable federal service contracts, Five Stones invoiced $30.4 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $10.6 million across 51.9 FTEs; FY2023: $9.5 million across 44.4 FTEs; FY2024: $10.3 million across 45.1 FTEs), representing a relatively flat profile with modest volatility in FTE counts. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the average sub-hours share stands at 11% of total contractor hours, with four named subcontractors reported. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI prime contracts median around $100.90 per hour, with rates ranging from the 10th percentile at $94.54 per hour to the 90th percentile at $106.95 per hour. The GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 85 categories from administrative roles at $35.54 per hour to senior technical writing at $298.57 per hour, with no security-cleared positions offered and education requirements from high school through bachelor's degree. The rate spectrum supports staff augmentation and engineering services across program management, network operations, business analysis, and logistics functions.

Five Stones operates primarily from Huntsville, Alabama, with work performed at Redstone Arsenal (ATF ERDD support), Brownsboro, Alabama (Army RDECOM), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and the National Capital Region (Missile Defense Agency operations), alongside nationwide performance under OASIS+ vehicles. The vendor's core competencies span IT and cybersecurity management, systems engineering, test and evaluation, engineering support, and program management—capabilities built around defense and federal agency technology modernization and research infrastructure.

Five Stones Research Corporation (5SRC) is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) founded in 2006 and headquartered in Huntsville, AL. 5SRC has supported Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Department of Justice, and Joint projects (e.g. Missile Defense Agency) with Engineering, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Logistics, Training and Program Management and is small in North American Industry Classification System Code 541715. 5SRC is operated by a proven executive management team using established, audited management processes. 5SRC has a standout reputation for providing high quality services and cost-effective results while achieving complete customer satisfaction. We have been awarded 21 National and Local Best/Great Places to Work over the last 11 years including Best for Vets employer. 5SRC has an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015-certified Quality Management System and an ISO 27001:2013-certified Information Security Management System.