Malik Consulting, Inc.

Malik Consulting, Inc., doing business as Metric5, is a small business federal contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia, that delivers Oracle PeopleSoft implementations, enterprise application technical support, and IT systems modernization services to civilian federal agencies as both a prime contractor (39% of recent awards) and a subcontractor (61%) to larger system integrators. The vendor holds a position on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC, with most recent work concentrated in Total Small Business set-asides under the Treasury's Departmental Offices.

Malik's customer base is heavily concentrated in the Department of the Treasury, which accounts for 26 awards (82% of award count by number) carrying $264.8 million in combined potential value. The top five agencies represent 82% of awards by count, but the rankings diverge sharply by dollars: the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health NITAAC Office of Information Technology Acquisition anchors the portfolio with two GWAC vehicle awards carrying $40 billion in combined potential value — the CIO-SP3 vehicles — while Treasury's 26 awards, though numerous, carry $264.8 million and are predominantly task orders under single-award and small-business BPAs. Additional customers include the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, GSA Federal Acquisition Service, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Recent prime capability work includes a $37.6 million Total Small Business BPA call from Treasury's Departmental Offices (issued February 5, 2026, completion October 29, 2030) for enterprise applications technical support and HRConnect technical services and transition support under the IRS Enterprise Application Technical Services (EATS) BPA; a $4.9 million call order (issued January 30, 2026) for enterprise data management technical services; a $1.53 million call (issued March 30, 2026) for API platform services; and a $621 thousand call for integrated talent management configuration support services. An earlier $4.2 million 8(a) Sole Source delivery order (awarded September 28, 2021) under CIO-SP3 SB funded enterprise business solutions development, testing, and functional support for Treasury's HRConnect solution, with Malik subcontracting application maintenance and quality assurance to Fisher Associates Inc. and Codiak Consulting, Inc.

Malik's parent vehicle footprint centers on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, which hosts 46 task orders carrying $249.7 million in combined potential value, and the EATS BPA, which carries four calls totaling $44.7 million. The vendor also holds seats on the CIO-SP3 GWAC vehicles, including the CIO-SP3 Small Business vehicle ($4.2 million across three task orders) and the 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (8(a) STARS III) vehicle ($7.5 million across two task orders). Activity has grown modestly year over year — five awards in 2022 to nine in 2025 — with only two awards (combined potential value $2.2 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating low near-term recompete pressure. Malik's corporate structure includes four named subsidiaries: Octo Metric LLC, Metric 8 LLC, Octo Metric Secured LLC, and Idea Solutions LLC, each structured as a small business joint venture.

Malik operates as a subcontractor to larger integration primes on Treasury and federal civilian modernization work. Named subcontract relationships include ongoing work under Octo Metric LLC (a named subsidiary acting as a prime on multiple Treasury application development and operations-and-maintenance programs, including HRConnect development support, eDiscovery and FOIAXpress administration, enterprise content management application support, and Microsoft Power BI business intelligence support), International Business Machines Corporation (CDS bridge contracts and system-administration retirement-product support), and Accenture Federal Services LLC (management control objective plan and real estate management systems operations and maintenance). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts only, government-paid hourly rates run a median of $148.74 per hour with a range from $128.66 per hour (10th percentile) to $169.09 per hour (90th percentile); GSA Schedule labor rates span from $84.18 per hour (entry-level computer programmer) through $275.77 per hour (enterprise product specialist), with all posted roles requiring bachelor's education or associate-level credential and no security clearance requirement. SCI-captured invoiced revenue on federal services contracts above the $150,000 threshold declined from $3.5 million across 10.6 FTEs in FY2022 to $853 thousand across 2.8 FTEs in FY2024, reflecting the shift in Malik's award profile toward larger-ceiling BPA vehicles and GWAC seats where only initial task orders enter SCI reporting.