Information Discovery Services, LLC

Information Discovery Services, LLC, a Fort Worth, Texas-based small business, provides background investigation, polygraph examination, personnel security adjudication, and credit monitoring services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 91% of recent awards, with strong concentration in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and civilian investigative and security agencies.

Information Discovery Services operates across the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule as its primary vehicle, holding four active blanket purchase agreements and Indefinite Delivery Contracts valued at more than $159 million combined ceiling. The company competes predominantly under small business set-asides (notably Total Small Business designations on its Social Security Administration ALJ background investigation IDC and SEC credit reporting BPA), though individual task orders frequently issue without set-aside language when called from those vehicles. The vendor's NAICS profile centers on Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (36 of 44 awards), with secondary activity in Administrative Management Consulting and Financial Support services.

Customer concentration diverges markedly between volume and dollars. By award count, Social Security Administration (11 awards, $2.7 million), Transportation Security Administration (10 awards, $4.6 million), and Securities and Exchange Commission (9 awards, $345 thousand) lead; by potential value, the June 2026 Immigration and Customs Enforcement BPA for background investigations ($120 million ceiling through 2029) dominates the portfolio at roughly 75% of combined potential value, followed by the January 2026 Secret Service Polygraph Examiner Services BPA ($20 million ceiling through 2031). The DEA polygraph contract ($6.58 million, awarded November 2024 under Total Small Business set-aside, extending through October 2027) represents the company's largest single definitive contract.

On the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Information Discovery Services holds 41 task orders worth $148.3 million in combined potential value. Named work includes a $35.8 thousand SSA delivery order for 150 ALJ candidate background investigations (March 2023), a $1.9 million HHS Office of Inspector General personnel security adjudication delivery order (September 2021 through August 2026), and recurring SEC credit reporting BPA calls ranging from $13 thousand to $52 thousand per task order across multiple option years. The April 2026 Secret Service polygraph BPA call ($324.96 thousand, extended through May 2026) and the February 2026 modification for February ACE Event support ($272.79 thousand, ultimate completion March 8, 2026) exemplify high-velocity task-order issuance against the new Secret Service BPA.

Activity has remained steady at three to five awards per year from 2022 through 2026, with four awards (combined potential value $8.5 million) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. The vendor operates primarily as a self-deliver prime; across SCI-reportable service contracts in FY2022–FY2024, Information Discovery Services reported $1.1 million in invoiced revenue as prime (averaging roughly $369 thousand annually across a workforce averaging 3.1 FTEs on prime contracts), while serving as a named subcontractor to Peraton Risk Decision Inc. on background investigative services for DHS (three sub awards in 2025–2026) and to Asrc Federal Professional Services LLC on CPOC support (August 2024). On its prime SCI contracts, the vendor subcontracts approximately 50% of hours to three named subs. Government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI contracts cluster tightly around a median of $49.05/hr; on its GSA Schedule, the vendor lists a single labor category — Field Investigator at $84.36/hr with high school education and no security-clearance requirement.

Information Discovery Services has been SAM-registered since March 2012 and operates out of Fort Worth with place of performance primarily in Washington, DC and subordinate federal agency offices nationwide for background investigation and polygraph work. The company's federal footprint spans twelve distinct agencies, concentrated within DHS (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, Secret Service, and Department of Homeland Security components), civilian investigative bodies (Drug Enforcement Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission), and social-insurance operations (Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General).

IDS is a quality oriented, full-service, end to end investigations firm focused on customer satisfaction and maintaining the utmost level of integrity of service. Our nationwide network of primarily federally cleared investigators offers clients in person coverage across the U.S. and its territories. Background Investigations, Screening Solutions/Integrated Screening Management Platform, Social Media, Adjudicative & Administrative Support, Site Visits, Litigation Support.