LS3 Inc.

LS3 Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Crofton, Maryland, provides identity and access management, physical security systems, and IT professional services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) exclusively under GSA schedules and governmentwide vehicles. The firm is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and Hispanic American-owned, with a footprint concentrated in federal civilian IT, security systems, and HSPD-12 compliance work.

LS3's customer base spans 40 distinct federal agencies, but concentration is uneven across volume and dollars. By award count, the top five agencies account for 31% of recent awards, led by the Department of Agriculture Office of Operations (8 awards, $516 thousand combined potential value), the GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer (6 awards, $19.7 million), and the Small Business Administration (6 awards, $643 thousand). The potential-value ranking diverges significantly: the Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management anchors $22.5 million across just 4 awards, the GSA CIO holds $19.7 million across 6 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination carries $17.2 million across 4 awards. This spread signals that LS3 holds several large, multi-year identity and access management delivery orders alongside a broader base of smaller orders across civilian agencies.

LS3 operates exclusively on GSA contract vehicles. The Multiple Award Schedule carries 36 task orders worth $94.5 million in combined potential value, spanning IT Professional Services, HSPD-12 Products/Services, and Identity, Credentialing and Access Management special item numbers. A May 2024 Federal Supply Schedule award to LS3 offers 44 labor categories at hourly rates from $120.16 (Technical Writer) through $414.53 (Corestreet Product Consultant), with no security-clearance positions offered; all roles require a bachelor's degree minimum except operations and database engineering roles requiring high school education. LS3 also holds positions on the 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (STARS) vehicle (9 task orders, $40.2 million combined potential value) and the Information Technology Schedule 70 (15 task orders, $10.8 million). A large $19.49 million WOSB delivery order from the Farm Service Agency (awarded February 2024, running through February 2029) covers HSPD-12 and Enterprise Physical Access Control System services for PIV card administration across the Office of Safety, Security and Protection. Recent smaller orders include a $331 thousand total-small-business delivery order from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (September 2026) for physical security system installation at the Parkersburg facility and a $196,900 total-small-business order from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (September 2026) for PIV card reader upgrades.

LS3's capability portfolio centers on identity verification, credentialing, and access management (ICAM) systems; physical security system design, installation, and maintenance; and IT professional services spanning portal engineering, database engineering, and program management. The NAICS footprint reflects this split: Computer Facilities Management Services (37 awards), Security Systems Services (17 awards), and Computer Systems Design Services (16 awards) account for the plurality of work. SCI-reported activity is episodic — the vendor invoiced $3.9 million in FY2023 across 16.6 FTEs on one prime contract, with zero SCI-reportable invoicing in FY2022, FY2024, and FY2025. On the service contracts captured in SCI, government-paid rates ran uniformly at $91.22 per hour, indicating a standardized labor-rate posture across those specific contracts. LS3 does not operate as a subcontractor and does not use subcontractors meaningfully across prime work (3% average sub-hours share on SCI-reportable contracts). Three awards worth combined potential value of $833 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore enter recompete windows in that window. The vendor has operated on the federal books since 2006, but recent award activity is sparse — one award in each of 2021, 2022, and 2023, then two in 2024 and two in 2026 — suggesting either selective pursuit of high-value vehicles or limited pipeline visibility in the source data.

LS3 is a full service, minority woman-owned, small disadvantaged business that provides customers the skilled and experienced resources required to achieve success. We have effectively transformed business processes and implemented solutions for our customers since 2001, and developed a reputation as trusted advisors and high-quality performers. Our ability to preserve our customers interests as vendor-agnostic technology and business consultants, combined with our proven hands-on capability to work with any technologies selected by our customers contribute to our overall success. LS3 proudly serves customers using integrated skilled management, deep subject matter expertise, and cost effective solutions that enhance quality in our services. LS3 fully supports specialized support capabilities such as our cost analysis and cost estimation capabilities that are unique in industry. Our customers have rated our performance at 99% on OpenRatings.com.