Govplace, LLC

Govplace, LLC, doing business as Digital Compass, is a certified small business IT hardware and software reseller and systems integrator headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, that operates as a prime contractor (99% of awards) delivering commercial off-the-shelf IT commodities, software licensing, and infrastructure solutions to federal civilian and defense agencies through transactional delivery orders under governmentwide acquisition contracts, primarily SEWP V and related vehicles, with no minority-, women-, or veteran-ownership designations.

Govplace competes predominantly under full-and-open vehicles without set-aside restrictions, though it qualifies for and frequently receives small business set-asides (Total Small Business, HUBZone, and 2GIT BPA set-asides appear across the recent footprint). The company holds positions on two active NASA-administered GWACs: SEWP VI (a $20 billion multiple-award vehicle effective November 1, 2026, through October 31, 2036, designated as both Total Small Business and Partial Small Business set-aside) and SEWP V (the predecessor governmentwide IT procurement vehicle carrying 543 task orders worth $169.4 million in combined potential value). Govplace also maintains seats on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, the 2nd Generation Information Technology BPA under the MAS, and the ITES-2 DoD indefinite-delivery software vehicle.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily tilted toward Department of Homeland Security components. The top five customers by award count—DHS Chief Procurement Officer (563 awards, $156.7 million), Customs and Border Protection (490 awards, $204.9 million), Coast Guard (478 awards, $71.2 million), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (307 awards, $51.1 million), and U.S. Secret Service (264 awards, $173.8 million)—account for approximately 32% of all awards and collectively represent roughly $657.7 million in combined potential value. When ranked by potential value, DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services emerges as the single largest customer at $1.08 billion (146 awards), driven primarily by a $64.1 million commercial cloud hosting BPA call for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS (November 2025) and an $18.2 million electronic lab notebook software order for NIH-wide use (September 2025). The two customer rankings diverge markedly: CBP, Coast Guard, and FLETC place numerous small orders, while USCIS anchors dollar volume with fewer, larger contracts. Govplace serves 396 distinct federal agencies with no single customer exceeding 3% of recent award volume on a per-order basis, reflecting a highly fragmented, transactional customer base.

Govplace's capability portfolio centers on IT commodities and commercial software licensing delivered through rapid-turnaround delivery orders and BPA calls. Representative recent work includes a $5.4 million Netscout software, hardware, training, and support delivery to DISA under SEWP V (July 2025); a $1.94 million Department of Transportation Palo Alto Networks AI software support contract (September 2025); a $1.78 million Secret Service order for computer hardware to support the National Computer Forensics Institute (August 2025); a $1.29 million Palo Alto next-generation firewall equipment and support delivery to FLETC (September 2025); a $3 million CBP Dejero software and infrastructure data equipment contract (July 2025, Total Small Business set-aside); and a $2.2 million Secret Service software licensing order (July 2026). The median award size sits well under $100,000, typical of vendor commodity procurement. Hardware procurement spans Dell servers, Cisco networking equipment, Apple computing devices, HPE enterprise infrastructure, NVIDIA graphics cards, APC uninterruptible power supplies, and Palo Alto firewall appliances. Software licensing covers Splunk, VMware, Nutanix, Oracle, Veeam, CrowdStrike, Broadcom Carbon Black and Checkmarx, Twilio, Kiteworks, Moodle, Varonis, TOAD, Anaconda, Everbridge, and Aruba network access control platforms. Cloud and infrastructure services include AWS, Azure, GCP, and Nutanix virtualization. Govplace also carries a seat on two Secret Service indefinite-delivery contracts valued at $50 million (software licenses) and $31.5 million (National Computer Forensics Institute class kits for law enforcement training), under which it has executed delivery orders totaling several million dollars for forensic workstations, SANS subject-matter expert support, and specialized training equipment.

Activity has remained flat to declining over the past five years: 194 awards in 2022, 183 in 2023, 192 in 2024, 175 in 2025, and 65 in the partial-year 2026 snapshot (representing two weeks of November through October). Eighty-seven awards (combined potential value $130.3 million) carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. FirstSource (1,641 task orders, $437.3 million combined potential value) and FirstSource II (1,471 task orders, $338.2 million) represent the vendor's largest historical IDIQ vehicles; however, recent sourcing signals a strategic shift toward SEWP V transactional ordering and SEWP VI positioning.

Service Contract Inventory captures a narrow slice of Govplace's federal activity. SCI-reportable invoiced revenue totaled $107.3 million across all fiscal years in the source (FY2022–FY2025), with FY2024 dominating at $99.5 million across 1.5 FTEs. FY2025 through early 2026 shows a steep decline to $683 thousand across 0.4 FTEs, reflecting the shift from services-heavy engagements to commodity resale. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, median government-paid hourly rates run approximately $9,430.98 per hour, with the 10th percentile at $154.56/hr and the 90th percentile at $221,907.17/hr—a wide band reflecting variance in contract type and scope rather than labor specialization; the high outliers represent fixed-price training or consulting deliverables. On SCI prime contracts, subcontractors perform an average of 7% of contractor hours, with seven named subcontractors recorded across the dataset. Govplace's GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 415 active categories, with hourly rates ranging from $39.73 (Computer User Support Specialist, high school education) through $398.39 (Chief Information Security Officer, bachelor's degree, 10 years' experience), and no security-clearance-required positions offered.

Govplace operates as a prime on the vast majority of its work; 6,501 of 6,539 total awards (99%) are prime contracts or IDVs, with only 38 sub-awards documented. When Govplace subcontracts, named primes include Guidehouse Inc. (for Grant Solutions AppDynamics renewal), Colsa Corp (development, integration, and logistics support for Bounty Hunter systems and subsystems, including VMware Cloud Foundation, Jira software, and cabling), CACI Inc. Federal (CDM Defend Group A bridge task order software), Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure LLC (integrated tank disposition contract continuation), and Pantexas Deterrence LLC (Pantex Plant ADPE software). The sub-award footprint is sparse, indicating that Govplace primarily builds its own delivery operation rather than functioning as a feeder for larger primes. The vendor holds one named subsidiary, Govwave LLC (for-profit LLC).

Top NAICS categories reflect the commodity resale model: Other Computer Related Services (4,478 awards), Computer and Software Stores (1,085 awards), Electronic Computer Manufacturing (251 awards), and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (208 awards). Top PSC codes include Information Technology Software (984 awards), Information Technology Components (950 awards), Information Technology Input/Output and Storage Devices (743 awards), Information Technology Support Equipment (676 awards), and Information Technology Supplies (593 awards). The concentration in commodity PSC codes and the NAICS emphasis on systems integration and resale underscores Govplace's positioning as a transactional IT procurement intermediary rather than a custom development or specialized services vendor.

Network Hardware, Computer Hardware, Software, Software Licensing. Maintenance Contracts. Voice / Data Integration Products and Installation. Online ordering VISA/MC Government Purchase cards accepted.