Mainspring, Inc.

Mainspring, Inc. (doing business as Mainspring Inc.), a Frederick, Maryland-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation, delivers FileMaker database development, software licensing, and IT consulting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards), with capacity spanning federal compliance systems, regulatory data management, and custom application development across civilian health, agriculture, and interior agencies.

Mainspring operates across 134 total federal awards with a $6.02 billion combined potential value, though the portfolio exhibits a stark divergence between award count and dollar concentration. Across the top five customer agencies by award volume (41% coverage), Mainspring places 55 awards with only $667 thousand in combined potential value — primarily small purchase orders and low-value delivery orders for FileMaker software renewals and maintenance. The State Department's Bureau of Administration leads by count with 19 awards ($205 thousand), followed by the Food and Drug Administration with 10 awards ($232 thousand), USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services with 9 awards ($113 thousand), and the Army and NIH Office of the Director each with 8–9 awards. However, the dollar ranking inverts sharply: the Army Medical Command anchors $3.3 million across 7 awards, GSA Federal Acquisition Service carries $2.3 million across 3 awards, and Treasury Departmental Offices accounts for $1 million across 2 awards. This pattern indicates Mainspring's core business is recurring software licensing at sub-$50 thousand per order, with occasional larger systems-integration or application-development contracts.

Mainspring sits on the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS35F4911H with 49 task orders ($4.6 million combined potential value) and the Multiple Award Schedule with 11 task orders ($484 thousand), representing its primary vehicle footprint for federal procurement. Recent concrete work includes a $92,080 Total Small Business set-aside contract with the National Park Service (October 2024) for FileMaker database development and maintenance at Harpers Ferry Center; a $47,987 Total Small Business delivery order with FDA (May 2022) to expand FileMaker licenses from 150 to 209 units for the Science and Research Investment Tracking Archive (SARITA); and recurring annual FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server renewals with USDA Veterinary Services valued between $17 thousand and $18.5 thousand per cycle. GSA labor categories span three roles — Certified LAN Administrator ($96.77/hr), Certified FileMaker Database Developer ($212.55/hr), and Mainspring Priority Support FileMaker ($214.28/hr) — all requiring a bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience, with no security clearance offerings.

Activity has remained modest, with two awards in 2022, two in 2023, five in 2024, one in 2025, and two through August 2026. The portfolio is heavily weighted toward Other Computer Related Services (63 awards, primarily NAICS 541512), Software Publishers (26 awards), and Custom Computer Programming Services (17 awards). Total small business set-asides recur across 9 of the 11 most recent awards named in the source, indicating Mainspring qualifies and competes predominantly under small business carve-outs rather than full-and-open. Mainspring subcontracts minimally — one named sub with CACI Inc. Federal for Department of Army Operational Medicine Information System engineering support (December 2024) — and carries negligible recompete cliff exposure, with only $37 thousand in awards completing within the next twenty-four months, suggesting stable renewal-based revenue rather than competitive win-or-lose dynamics.