Gradkell Systems Inc.

Gradkell Systems Inc., doing business as GSI, is a woman-owned small business based in Huntsville, Alabama that delivers financial management systems maintenance and modernization, Oracle database administration, digital signature software licensing, and IT infrastructure services to the Department of Defense and civilian agencies, operating almost exclusively as a prime contractor (99% of awards).

GSI's customer base is heavily concentrated in Army financial operations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Finance and the broader Army Corps of Engineers account for 42 of 81 named awards (covering 41% of all recent awards) and $375.4 million of the $517.2 million combined potential value across GSI's 198-award portfolio — a dominance that extends across the top potential-value ranking as well, where the same customer cluster anchors 89% of dollars. The Army Corps of Engineers National Capitol Region Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity represents a third major pocket at $75.8 million across four awards. Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Navy, the Census Bureau, Air Education and Training Command, and the Air Force Materiel Command round out the active set, but their combined share is modest. This concentration is not a recent phenomenon; GSI has worked with these same agencies across multiple fiscal years and vehicle types.

GSI's financial footprint is anchored by a $150 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for CEFMS II (Corps of Engineers Financial Management System II) maintenance and modernization, awarded September 20, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of March 19, 2029, set aside for total small businesses. Under this vehicle, USACE Finance has issued ten named delivery orders totaling approximately $85.3 million, including a $65.3 million base-period operations-and-maintenance order (total small business set-aside), a $6.56 million module modernization order (base year), and a $6.46 million production-support order. Representative additional work includes a $1.67 million database modernization feasibility study and proof-of-concept order (September 2025 award, March 2027 completion), a $2.96 million FY25 modernization order for iterative software management and Oracle database administration, and a $1.09 million CEFMS II repository order. GSI also holds a secondary IDC with Army Corps of Engineers under contract W912HQ18D0007 (15 task orders, $90.2 million combined potential value) and another under W912HQ23D0001 (10 task orders, $85.3 million combined potential value), though these vehicles' specific scope is less detailed in the award narrative. On the Defense Finance and Accounting Service side, GSI received a $4.575 million labor-hours delivery order under GSA Multiple Award Schedule in September 2023 for Oracle Forms Reports conversion work (completion July 2026), set aside for woman-owned small business.

GSI maintains active presence on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) and Federal Supply Schedule GS35F5391H. Against the MAS, GSI has placed 17 task orders worth $6 million combined potential value, including small orders for IT and telecommunications services (servers, hardware, application software) to the Air Force Materiel Command and digital signature (DBSIGN) software licensing to the Navy and Air Force. Against Federal Supply Schedule GS35F5391H, GSI has issued 96 task orders worth $25.6 million combined potential value, though the source does not detail the scope of those orders. GSI's GSA labor portfolio spans eight non-cleared roles priced at $101.41 to $159.89 per hour, ranging from Computer Systems Analyst and Integration Analyst (high school education, mid-level rates) through Senior Database Administrator ($159.89/hr). All GSA labor rates require no security clearance.

Activity levels have remained steady, with seven to nine awards per year from 2022 through 2025, declining to one award in 2026 year-to-date (source date 2026-01-09). Six awards (combined potential value $16.3 million) reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and represent recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory records show SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $50 million in FY2022 across 216 FTEs at a government-paid median rate of $111.58 per hour; no SCI-reportable invoicing appears in FY2023 or FY2024 in the source. This snapshot likely reflects FY2022 capture of larger contracts not carried forward in subsequent SCI reports, given the scale of GSI's ongoing CEFMS II and Defense Finance and Accounting Service awards. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for roughly 7% of total contractor hours, with one named subcontractor reported; GSI operates predominantly as a prime building its own delivery teams rather than leaning on sub-heavy models.

GSI subcontracts to Peraton Inc. on Defense Travel System sustainment and maintenance work under two recent sub-awards (September 2024 and September 2025). The company competes in both set-aside (total small business, woman-owned small business) and full-and-open categories across its prime footprint, though the majority of dollar value flows through the set-aside IDC with Army Corps of Engineers Finance. CEFMS II and associated financial management system work define GSI's core capability; the digital signature (DBSIGN) software licensing and Oracle database administration roles are secondary revenue streams to the same customer set.

Gradkell Systems Inc. is a business solutions provider specializing in best-practice products and services. We began operations in 1990 and have provided services to government agencies, such as the Army, Army Corps, Census, Commerce, DFAS, AF, St. Dept.