Mainstream IP Solutions, Inc.

Mainstream IP Solutions, Inc., a minority-owned, SBA 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business based in Keystone, Florida, delivers telecommunications infrastructure, fiber optic installation, and base communications system maintenance to the U.S. Air Force and Navy as a prime contractor, operating exclusively without subcontractors. The company competes predominantly under 8(a) sole-source set-asides and total small business designations across its delivery-order work, though it also holds seats on government-wide vehicles and GSA Schedule contracts available to full-and-open competition.

Mainstream IP Solutions' federal footprint is heavily concentrated in defense telecommunications infrastructure. Air Force major commands dominate the customer base: Air Mobility Command (27 awards, $12.8 million combined potential value), Air Combat Command (18 awards, $7.5 million), Air Force Special Operations Command (13 awards, $4.7 million), Air Force Materiel Command (11 awards, $5.6 million), and Air Force Education and Training Command (10 awards, $6.6 million) together account for 79 awards representing roughly 53 percent of recent award volume. Navy Naval Computer and Telecommunications ranks fourth by dollar value ($9.2 million across 6 awards) and includes three substantial maintenance contracts—$1.8 million for NCTS Naples telephone switch operations through 2030, $844,940 for Camp Lejeune unified power supply and telephone network support through 2030, and $3.8 million for mobile device services at Pearl Harbor through 2028. The portfolio also includes niche wins with the Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (13 awards, $1 million), US Agency for Global Media, and the Small Business Administration. The single outlier is a $50 billion GSA Federal Supply Schedule position under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) with a $2 million ceiling, which anchors the combined potential-value metric but has generated minimal ordering activity.

Mainstream IP Solutions' concrete capability set—fiber optic cabling installation, inside and outside plant telecommunications infrastructure, Voice over IP system upgrades, telephone switch maintenance and operations (Avaya, Unify, 5ESS platforms), communications equipment installation, and base telecommunications system operations—is grounded in a steady stream of delivery orders and definitive contracts. Representative work includes a $1.74 million Air Force Materiel Command contract (Feb 2025) for outside-plant fiber optic installation at Lompoc, California; a $1.37 million definitive contract with Air Force Materiel Command (Apr 2024) for telecommunications infrastructure covering two project numbers; a $596,525 Air Combat Command delivery order (Jul 2025) for hand-hole repair and expansion at Seymour Johnson AFB; and a $454,000 Air Force Materiel Command order (Jan 2026) for fiber optic cable installation at Cannon AFB. The company also sustained a $23.8 million COVID-19 EIDL Service Center telecom licenses contract through an extension modification (Dec 2022, completion Mar 2026) and a $3.6 million AVAYA-Genesys maintenance agreement with the SBA's Office of Disaster Assistance through Mar 2025. Smaller orders—often under $100,000—reflect discrete tasks such as SIPR network upgrades, wiring installations, and command-post system maintenance across multiple Air Force bases.

Mainstream IP Solutions holds four primary indefinite delivery contracts: a $5.26 million single-award IDC with Air Combat Command (Aug 2023, completion Jan 2029) for base telecommunications systems at Seymour Johnson AFB, from which 11 delivery orders totaling $1.24 million have been placed; a $2.9 million single-award IDC with Air Force Special Operations Command (Apr 2023, completion Dec 2026) for Cannon AFB telecommunications infrastructure, supporting 18 task orders through Mar 2025; a $777,775 single-award IDC with Air Mobility Command (Dec 2022, completion Jan 2024, now expired) that generated two delivery orders covering base telecommunications services; and the GSA MAS contract (Aug 2022, completion Aug 2027, $2 million ceiling) under SIN 54151S for IT professional services, which has drawn a $1.8 million Navy delivery order for Naples telephone switch maintenance and a $217,415 Air Force order for communications infrastructure. Beyond these, the award history references at least five other Air Force IDCs (FA462117D0009, FA485523D0001, FA480923D0006, FA303018D0001, and others) from which Mainstream IP Solutions has issued task orders; the source identifies only the four vehicles listed above as held by Mainstream, suggesting the remainder may be parent contracts held by other agencies or vehicles where Mainstream holds a position on a multiple-award schedule. The Air Force Materiel Command vehicle FA485523D0001 alone has generated 20 task orders totaling $2.9 million for fiber optic and telecommunications work at Clovis AFB and Lompoc, California.

Activity has remained moderate and relatively flat over recent years: 17 awards in 2022, 17 in 2023, 24 in 2024, 16 in 2025, and 4 through Mar 2026. Seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $2.2 million, representing a manageable recompete exposure for this vendor. SCI reporting shows $5.7 million in invoiced revenue across FY2023 and FY2024 (FY2023: $3.1 million; FY2024: $2.6 million), a strict subset capturing only service contracts above $150,000 threshold and excluding goods and classified work; government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI contracts range from a 10th percentile of $3,561/hr to a 90th percentile of $211,877/hr, reflecting high-variance labor mix (lump-sum and hourly blends), with median rates around $13,031/hr. GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans seven non-cleared categories priced from $57.25/hr (IT Infrastructure Technician, junior) through $187.38/hr (Subject Matter Expert), all education-based without security clearance pathways. Mainstream IP Solutions operates 100 percent as a prime contractor with zero subcontract footprint in the source data, indicating the company builds its own delivery teams and does not serve as a feeder to larger primes. The vendor's 8(a) certification status is material to its competitive posture; multiple awards note expiration through June 2, 2025, suggesting recertification or graduation from the program may affect future set-aside access post-mid-2025.

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