Karthik Consulting LLC

Karthik Consulting LLC, a minority-owned small business based in Falls Church, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor on federal IT, cybersecurity, and professional services work under multiple set-aside and unrestricted vehicles, with a subsidiary role in Corestack Federal Holdings, LLC and a track record of 73 total awards (84% prime) across 26 customer agencies valued at $139.07 billion in combined potential. The firm holds positions on major government-wide vehicles including the NASA SEWP VI GWAC ($20 billion ceiling, multiple-award, total small business set-aside, awarded November 2026), GSA POLARIS GWAC (multiple-award, total small business set-aside, December 2024), GSA OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (multiple-award, $999.999 billion ceiling, December 2024), GSA OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ (multiple-award, no set-aside, December 2024), and the DoD A2-6 Intelligence, Cyber & Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Advisory Services IDIQ ($300 million ceiling, total small business set-aside, August 2023).

Customer concentration is driven by federal IT and defense procurement vehicles rather than agency concentration. The top five funding entities by potential value account for 99% of combined potential value: the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health NITAAC Office of Information Technology Acquisition ($40 billion across 2 awards, largely placeholder-ceiling vehicles), NASA ($40 billion across 2 awards, SEWP VI), the Department of the Army Materiel Command ($37.4 billion across 2 awards), GSA Federal Acquisition Service ($10.05 billion across 9 awards), and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($10 billion across 4 awards). By award count, the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research leads with 15 awards ($21.7 million combined potential value), GSA places 9 awards ($10.05 billion), the Air Force District Washington places 6 awards ($363.5 million), and the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration and Naval Sea Systems Command each hold 4 awards. The apparent tension between count and dollars reflects Karthik's position on multiple large-ceiling government-wide vehicles.

Recent representative prime task orders span defense intelligence and cybersecurity work: a $35.49 million delivery order from the Air Force District Washington for intelligence, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum superiority advisory services through May 2030 (A2-6 IDIQ, firm fixed-price, total small business set-aside, awarded May 2025, performance at Annapolis Junction, Maryland); a $7.09 million DoD District Washington delivery order for the same scope through April 2030 (A2-6 IDIQ, firm fixed-price, no set-aside, October 2024, performance in Washington and Virginia); a $4.99 million Nuclear Regulatory Commission delivery order for FEDPASS operations and maintenance support through September 2031 (GSA Multiple Award Schedule, firm fixed-price, no set-aside, September 2026, performance at North Bethesda, Maryland); and a $11.14 million U.S. Coast Guard delivery order for software factory implementation and sustainment through September 2027 (CIO-SP3 SB GWAC, firm fixed-price, competitive 8(a), September 2022). Historical FEMA work under CIO-SP3 SB included a $6.69 million helpdesk services delivery order (September 2022, competitive 8(a), performance at Falls Church) and a $1.22 million Department of Homeland Security ISSO support services delivery order (CIO-SP3 SB GWAC, May 2024, total small business set-aside, September 2025 completion).

Activity shows moderate growth from 2022 through 2025, with four awards in 2022, seven in 2023, nine in 2024, and six in 2025; 2026 shows four awards to date, with the most recent SEWP VI awards in November 2026. Only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $24.6 million, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Karthik's primary NAICS footprint spans Other Computer Related Services (17 awards), Computer Systems Design Services (16 awards), Engineering Services (12 awards), and Custom Computer Programming Services (8 awards). PSC distribution emphasizes IT and Telecom–Other IT and Telecommunications (16 awards), Support Professional services (15 awards), and Business Application/Application Development Support Services labor (7 awards).

SCI-reported invoicing across federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold shows $23.7 million invoiced as prime between FY2022 and FY2025: $1.5 million in FY2022 across 6.9 FTEs, $6.9 million in FY2023 across 32.3 FTEs, $8.3 million in FY2024 across 37.0 FTEs, and $7.1 million in FY2025 across 27.9 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $75.43/hr to a median of $98.93/hr and a 90th percentile of $297.53/hr, reflecting a broad labor-category mix from helpdesk to senior engineering and program management. GSA Schedule labor categories span 80 roles with rates from $71.50/hr (Help Desk Specialist, bachelor's, three years' experience, no clearance) through $184.58/hr (Program Manager, bachelor's, eight years' experience, no clearance). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 32% of total contractor hours; Karthik engaged 13 named subcontractors in those records, indicating moderate sub reliance on prime delivery.

In its subcontractor role, Karthik subcontracts to large integrators and defense prime contractors including Deloitte Consulting LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP (computer network defense incident response and engineering, cybersecurity RMF support, application development), CDO Technologies Inc. (cybersecurity and IA risk guidance for Department of Defense Information Networks and Air Force Information Network systems), Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (DevSecOps infrastructure and platform support for space command and control software), and Spinsys-Dine, LLC (health care data master data management). The Federal Emergency Management Agency helpdesk work subcontracted to one firm for approximately 40% of hours in FY2025. A grant sub-award records Karthik as a sub-recipient to the University of Illinois under a National Critical Infrastructure Resilience Center of Excellence award (October 2024). The firm's teaming pattern shows a strong prime posture (84% of awards), with subcontracting serving as a secondary delivery channel — in SCI prime contracts, where visibility is greatest, Karthik subcontracted roughly one-third of hours to partner firms but maintained primary delivery responsibility across the portfolio.

KC's mission is to be a trusted advisor to our customers, providing recommendations and solutions that mitigate risks and help solve their IT problems; Bring the innovation and agility of the commercial IT industry to meet the unique challenges of the government.