Mano Lani LLC

Mano Lani LLC, a San Diego-based Native Hawaiian Organization-owned and minority-owned SBA 8(a) small disadvantaged business, operates as a prime contractor (92% of recent awards) delivering IT infrastructure, telecommunications cabling, audiovisual systems installation, and facilities support services to Department of Defense agencies, primarily across Pacific military installations. The firm competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides (Sole Source and Competitive), with recent activity driven by two multi-billion-dollar vehicle awards that have inflated the combined potential-value footprint while actual invoiced work remains substantially smaller.

Mano Lani's customer concentration reflects deep Pacific region focus. By award count, the Defense Information Systems Agency leads with nine awards ($8.7 million combined potential value), followed by Pacific Air Forces with six awards ($25.7 million), and GSA Federal Acquisition Service with two awards anchoring the full portfolio at $50 billion in potential value. The two mega-vehicles—the $50 billion 8(a) STARS III GWAC (awarded February 23, 2022, expiring July 1, 2026) and the $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense IDIQ from Missile Defense Agency (awarded December 29, 2025)—dominate the potential-value ranking but carry minimal task-order activity to date. Across the operative award base, actual work centers on DISA, Pacific Air Forces, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Army customers. Representative recent work includes a $4.6 million Competitive 8(a) purchase order with the Army for G1 administrative support services in Marietta, Georgia (completion May 27, 2030), a $11.7 million 8(a) Sole Source contract with Pacific Air Forces for A4 Agile Combat Employment services at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (completion September 25, 2025), a $1.2 million 8(a) Sole Source definitive contract with DISA for office furniture and IT/electrical cabling renovation in Pearl Harbor (completed March 28, 2025), and fiber optic cable installation work at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam ($107 thousand, 8(a) Sole Source, completed October 31, 2025). Most recent activity is the June 26, 2026 $37.9 thousand delivery order from DISA for fiber cable repair at Pearl Harbor under STARS III, and a September 3, 2026 GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract with a $500 thousand ceiling spanning 115 active labor categories at hourly rates from $59.31 to $253.79, covering administrative specialists through senior engineering and program-management roles with education requirements from high school through bachelor's degree and no security-cleared positions.

Award velocity has been uneven: three awards in 2021, seven in 2022, three in 2023, and six in 2025, with only two awards to date in 2026. The portfolio shows a small recompete exposure cliff: only one award (combined potential value $38 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, leaving most of the operative base stable through late 2025 and beyond. Mano Lani operates across 11 distinct federal agencies with concentration in IT services (NAICS 541512, Computer Systems Design Services), administrative support (NAICS 541611, Management Consulting), and other computer-related services. Top PSC codes track to IT support labor, professional program evaluation, and network support. On its GSA Schedule, Mano Lani staffs administrative, logistics, program management, virtualization engineering, and senior operations and engineering subject-matter expert roles; no cleared positions are offered.

In subcontractor capacity, Mano Lani delivers advisory and assistance services and facilities sustainment support under Rivet Operations Company LLC as prime, with work supporting US Army Space and Missile Defense Command requirements (awarded September 30, 2025) and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard facility operations (awarded November 1, 2023). The firm's competitive posture is anchored to 8(a) vehicles and single-award BPAs with DISA; the STARS III GWAC and SHIELD IDIQ positions provide expansion pathways beyond the Pacific region, though task-order traction on both remains minimal.

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