Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc.

Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. (doing business as IC Security Systems) is a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned security services prime contractor headquartered in Pasadena, California, that delivers armed and unarmed guard services, prisoner transportation, detention officer staffing, and security program management across domestic federal facilities, international diplomatic missions, and federal agency headquarters. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes full-and-open — no set-aside designations appear across the footprint.

The customer concentration is sharp and international-heavy. The top five funding agencies account for 63% of award count but the dollar distribution differs markedly: the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security dominates on potential value with $3.05 billion across 72 awards, anchored by a $655.1 million definitive contract for guard services at DOS physical facilities CONUS and OCONUS (awarded November 1, 2021, through April 30, 2027) and a $102.6 million single-award indefinite delivery contract for local guard services at the U.S. Mission in Mexico through October 31, 2026. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts holds 178 awards worth $1.12 billion combined potential value — primarily small blanket purchase agreement calls — while the Department of Justice U.S. Marshals Service contributes $363.3 million across eight awards, concentrated in prisoner transportation and detention officer services. The Department of Homeland Security (109 awards, $221.9 million) and the Department of the Interior National Park Service (105 awards, $22.6 million) round out the active set. Recent representative work includes a $9.5 million definitive contract with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security for overseas armed guard services at the U.S. American Mission in Lome, Togo (awarded December 1, 2026, through November 30, 2031), a $9.1 million definitive contract for guard services in Freetown, Sierra Leone (awarded October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031), a $10.7 million prisoner transportation BPA call with the U.S. Marshals Service for Regions 3 and 10 (awarded May 16, 2025, through May 15, 2030), and a $40.1 million labor-hours delivery order with the General Accountability Office for armed guard services at GAO headquarters in Pasadena through February 28, 2030 (awarded March 1, 2025).

Inter-Con holds three major parent vehicles. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract ($219.8 million ceiling, awarded December 13, 2023, through December 12, 2028) carries 11 active labor categories ranging from unarmed security officers at $83.52 per hour to project managers at $250.33 per hour, with no security clearances required and education levels spanning high school through bachelor's degree. The company staffs roughly 30,000 security personnel across this vehicle. A $60 million single-award blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service for prisoner transportation and qualified contract detention officers in Regions 3 and 10 (awarded May 5, 2025, through October 31, 2030) channels work performance through Pasadena. The $102.6 million Department of State indefinite delivery contract for local guard services in Mexico (awarded November 1, 2023) has issued nine delivery orders totaling approximately $165 million, all structured as time-and-materials extensions through October 31, 2028, with individual task orders ranging from $7.1 million to $69.7 million at locations including Xalapa, Veracruz. Additional significant IDVs include a $41.3 million definitive contract for local guard uniformed and armed services at the U.S. Mission in Monrovia, Liberia (awarded June 1, 2023, through August 31, 2028), a $36.2 million definitive contract for local guard services at the U.S. Mission in Guyana (awarded January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027), and an $9 million definitive contract for local guard services at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia (awarded November 1, 2022, through January 31, 2028).

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-invoiced revenue of $718 million across FY2022–FY2025, with annual invoicing of $168.3 million (FY2022), $172.8 million (FY2023), $207.4 million (FY2024), and $169.5 million (FY2025). The FTE trajectory on SCI-reportable contracts declined from 4,052 FTEs in FY2022 to 3,783 FTEs in FY2024, reflecting consolidation or shift of delivery to non-SCI-reportable vehicles. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid hourly rates span a 10th percentile of $2.43 per hour (reflecting low-wage international guard labor, particularly at posts in Liberia, Guyana, and Mexico), a median around $7.79 per hour, and a 90th percentile reaching $56.57 per hour (supervisory and management roles). Inter-Con self-performs all labor on its SCI-reportable contracts with zero subcontractor hours recorded across the dataset — the vendor builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on subs. The company maintains roughly 950 total prime awards across 36 federal agencies, with combined potential value of $10.66 billion and combined obligated dollars of $3.82 billion (36% of potential value). Awards per year have fluctuated — three in 2022, 17 in 2023, six in 2024, 12 in 2025, and two in 2026 — with eight awards valued at $785.6 million combined potential value completing in the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure. The vendor's footprint is dominated by NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), accounting for 744 awards, with Housekeeping-Guard (PSC code, 806 awards) as the primary federal procurement category. Across its federal portfolio, Inter-Con does not subcontract; it is a direct prime only, with no named subcontractor role.