Forge Group, LLC

Forge Group, LLC, an 8(a)-certified, economically disadvantaged women-owned small business headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, delivers program management, security cooperation support, IT consulting, research and development, and technical engineering services to defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor (80% of recent awards) and selective subcontractor on larger prime work. The company holds multiple SBA certifications—8(a) Program Participant (expires February 2030), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)—and competes across set-aside vehicles (8(a) sole source and competitive 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB) and full-and-open competition.

Forge Group's customer concentration reflects heavy defense exposure. The top five funding agencies account for 48% of recent awards by count and 92% by combined potential value. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center leads by dollars ($241.6 million across 5 awards, primarily SBIR Phase III research and planning work), followed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense ($71.7 million across 6 awards for security cooperation assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and policy support), the Department of the Army's PEO Enterprise Information Systems ($61.1 million across 2 awards for the FMS-ACES OTA prototype development), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($47.4 million across 8 awards for AEGIS support in Japan and Korea, foreign military sales courier services, and Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems 4.0 support), and the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration ($20.3 million across 6 awards for government property management and STIP analysis and reporting tool support services). NAICS concentration runs through research and development (13 awards), administrative and management consulting (12 awards), engineering services (10 awards), and computer systems design (8 awards); PSC coding reflects professional support work (18 awards), R&D services (5 awards), business application development support (5 awards), and program management support (5 awards).

Recent activity shows growth from six awards in 2021 to fourteen in 2024 and thirteen in 2025, with combined potential value across all 66 prime and sub awards totaling $482.4 million. Five awards carrying combined potential value of $37.4 million complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete. Forge Group seats on four General Services Administration OASIS+ vehicles—the OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (awarded December 2024, no ceiling specified), the OASIS+ 8(a) SBA-Certified IDIQ (awarded November 2024, Competitive 8(a), no ceiling specified), the OASIS+ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business IDIQ (awarded September 2024, no ceiling specified), and the OASIS+ Women-Owned Small Business IDIQ (awarded September 2024, no ceiling specified)—all extending through 2029. The company also holds a $208.4 million single-award IDIQ with the Engineer Research and Development Center for SBIR Phase III research and planning services (through April 2028), a $151 billion Multiple Award IDIQ with the Missile Defense Agency for the SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) program (through December 2035, full and open competition, initial delivery order of $500 executed December 2025), and a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract (ceiling $500,000, awarded August 2021, 45 labor categories, hourly rates $56.21–$336.40, bachelor's-degree-required roles across security analysts, business analysts, program specialists, and program managers, no cleared positions).

Representative prime work includes a $35.8 million Competitive 8(a) definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for security cooperation assessment, monitoring, and evaluation support services (awarded July 2025, through June 2030, labor-hour pricing, Alexandria, Virginia); a $23.8 million definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command for Japan AEGIS support services (awarded August 2023, through August 2028, South Korea performance); a $21.1 million delivery order from the Engineer Research and Development Center under the $208.4 million IDIQ for SBIR Phase III DIME Task Order 2 Planner Enhancement and Rollout (awarded July 2023, through July 2028, Vicksburg, Mississippi, with Avantus Federal LLC as subcontractor); a $15.8 million definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command for Korean AEGIS program support including security guards, security analysts, transition assistance, and program management (awarded February 2025, through January 2030, South Korea); and a $4.25 million 8(a) sole-source definitive contract from the Transportation Security Administration for government property management support services (awarded June 2025, through June 2029, Herndon, Virginia). Forge Group also holds a $4.99 million delivery order from the Engineer Research and Development Center for DIME Task Order 4 Planner Capability Enhancement (awarded September 2025, through June 2027, Vicksburg, Mississippi, with Skyline Software Systems, Inc. and Holistic Decision Analytics LLC as subcontractors) and a $3.54 million 8(a) sole-source definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs program management (awarded July 2024, through July 2026, Herndon, Virginia). Recent SBIR Phase II and Phase III awards from the Naval Air Warfare Center ($1.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee Phase II, awarded February 2025) and the Air Force Research Laboratory ($179,757 Phase I, awarded December 2024) round out research and development work.

Forge Group delivers work across multiple service locations, with performance sites including Vicksburg, Mississippi (Engineer Research and Development Center work), South Korea (AEGIS and international affairs support), Japan (AEGIS support), Fort Belvoir, Virginia (Army enterprise information systems), Alexandria, Virginia (OSD security cooperation work), Fort Meade, Maryland (DISA international relations support), Fort Worth, Texas (OCIO ICS technical support), Huntsville, Alabama (Missile Defense Agency SHIELD work), and Washington, Virginia and Herndon, Virginia (multiple advisory, assistance, and program management tasks). The company places six task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule totaling $16.4 million, with notable orders for Taiwan country director support ($1.58 million, SDVOSB set-aside, through March 2030), advisory and assistance services to the Air Force Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs ($8.0 million, WOSB set-aside, through April 2029), and international relations support with foreign military sales emphasis to DISA ($4.25 million, 8(a) sole source, through April 2026, with Deloitte Consulting LLP as subcontractor).

Across SCI-reportable prime service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, Forge Group invoiced $26.9 million over FY2022–FY2024, growing from $7.2 million (29 FTEs) in FY2022 to $10.9 million (48.6 FTEs) in FY2024, with SCI-captured FTE strength reaching nearly 49 federal employees in FY2024. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $143.47 per hour, with the 10th percentile at $103.26 per hour and the 90th percentile at $209.29 per hour. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for roughly 9% of total contractor hours, with three named subcontractors reported. GSA Schedule labor categories span program managers, business analysts, project managers, and program specialists at bachelor's-degree minimum across the $56–$336 hourly-rate band, with no security-cleared labor offerings.

Forge Group subcontracts selectively to larger defense primes. Recent sub awards include work for Deloitte Consulting LLP on professional services (September 2025), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools, and Enhancements (INSITE) engineering services (August 2025), Synchron LLC on Program Executive Office Submarines support services spanning program management, financial management, and engineering (December 2024 and earlier December 2023), Dexis Interactive LLC on Global Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (GAME) ongoing support (October 2024, November 2023, and April 2023), and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. on international affairs mission management and technology support (May 2024, July 2023). The company's sub engagement with D7 LLC (April 2023, foreign affairs research and analysis) and Nakupuna Solutions LLC (February 2023, interagency coordination planning) reflect deeper engagement in security cooperation and international affairs advisory roles under larger federal programs.

Security Cooperation, International Affairs, Assessment Monitoring and Evaluation, Civilian Harm Mitigation, Women Peace and Security, Global Partnerships, Foreign Military Sales, Security Assistance, Conventional Arms Transfer, Cooperative Programs, Humanitarian Affairs, Building Partner Capacity, Foreign Disclosure, Special Ops / Intel / Law Enforcement, Data Science Modeling Visualization and Analytics, Legacy System Modernization, Technology Strategy, Custom Applications, Business Intelligence Dashboarding, Agile, Low-Code Platforms, Geographic Information Systems, Mission Risk Readiness and Resilience, Climate, IoT, Biometrics