Kerberos International, Inc.

Kerberos International, Inc., a women-owned small business headquartered in Temple, Texas, delivers armed and unarmed protective security officer services to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor across multiple indefinite delivery contracts and regional delivery orders. The company holds SBA certifications as a women-owned small business (WOSB) and self-certified small disadvantaged business (SDB), and competes predominantly under set-asides—primarily total small business and woman-owned small business designations—though recent awards also reflect full-and-open competition on larger vehicles.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Procurement Operations, which accounts for 87 awards (88% of the prime contract portfolio) with a combined potential value of $2.35 billion. DHS remains the dominant customer by both award count and dollars, though a recent Navy contract introduces significant exposure elsewhere: a single Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command award carries $5.28 billion in combined potential value, suggesting a shipboard or vessel-based security services contract of substantial scope. Secondary customer agencies include the Department of the Interior (Bureau of Reclamation), the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command, and the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, each with small awards in the low millions. Fifteen agencies appear across the award footprint; DHS orders dominate the active pipeline.

Kerberos International's regional security services are organized around nine single-award indefinite delivery contracts issued by DHS between December 2022 and September 2025. The largest IDIQs are the Western Washington State contract ($99.8 million ceiling, 11 task orders to date), the Tennessee contract ($124.4 million ceiling, 4 orders), the Pennsylvania contract ($81.6 million ceiling, multiple orders), and a new Armed Protective Security Officer Services IDIQ awarded September 1, 2025 ($1.095 billion ceiling, total small business set-aside) anchoring future growth. Under these regional vehicles, Kerberos issues delivery orders for armed and unarmed PSO services at federal facilities, with firm fixed-price structures incorporating Service Contract Labor Standards wage adjustments. Representative work includes a $68.2 million delivery order (July 1, 2026) for armed PSO services throughout Utah and Wyoming under the new Armed Guard II IDIQ, a $16.9 million order for Tennessee PSO services (October 1, 2025), a $12.2 million order for Pennsylvania services (October 1, 2025), and an $8.37 million Nevada extension (October 1, 2025). Beyond DHS regional contracts, Kerberos also holds a Bureau of Reclamation competitive 8(a) contract ($10.9 million, July 1, 2023) for armed and unarmed security at the Hoover Dam traffic checkpoint and visitor center in Boulder City, Nevada, running through June 30, 2028.

SCI-reportable federal service contracts show rapid workforce expansion: FY2022 invoiced $16.1 million across 137 FTEs; FY2023 grew to $47 million across 251 FTEs; FY2024 reached $89.1 million across 590 FTEs, representing a three-year compounded growth trajectory in the protective services market. Government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI contracts cluster at a median of $53.64/hr, with 10th percentile rates of $34.45/hr and 90th percentile at $60.05/hr, reflecting both unarmed and armed PSO service delivery. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 36% of contractor hours, with 38 named subcontractors engaged across the portfolio, signaling a blended delivery model where Kerberos relies on significant sub-labor for field operations.

On the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Kerberos holds labor categories spanning unarmed security officer ($48.55/hr), security officer supervisor ($65.65/hr), armed security officer ($65.65/hr), and alarm monitor ($92.33/hr) roles, with no cleared positions offered. The Federal Supply Schedule vehicle (award date August 10, 2023, $500,000 ceiling through August 9, 2028) enables streamlined ordering for protective security services across civilian agencies.

Activity has accelerated year over year, rising from 6 awards in 2022 to 25 in both 2024 and 2025, though 2026 shows only 5 awards to date as of July 1, 2026. Awards approaching completion in the next twenty-four months total 16 with combined potential value of $115.6 million, creating a moderate recompete opportunity window aligned with annual ordering cycles and option year renewals on the regional IDIQs. The vendor's corporate structure includes three named subsidiaries—Kerberos Cyber LLC, Kermax LLC, and Acadia Protective Services II LLC—all designated as joint venture women-owned small businesses and self-certified SDBs, suggesting capability expansion or teaming pathways, though the source does not describe their distinct operational roles. Three minor sub-awards appear in the dataset (to Atlantic Diving Supply) for portable power and communications equipment, indicating limited subcontractor exposure as a performer and consistent positioning as a direct PSO service provider rather than a equipment supplier.

Kerberos is an extremely responsive provider of services and solutions including specialized communications, and armed/unarmed security guards. Our unique RF communications platforms support DOD and intelligence missions worldwide. We offer specialists in electronic warfare, RF communications, electrical engineering, RF engineering, network management and other disciplines. Kerberos takes pride in providing outstanding support to the warfighter and intelligence communities. We also provide solar powered generators that thrive in the worlds most harsh and remote environments.