Merlin International, Inc.

Merlin International, Inc., doing business as Merlin Technical Solutions, is a veteran-owned small business headquartered in McLean, Virginia, that delivers cybersecurity software licensing, maintenance, and implementation services to the federal government primarily as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) across defense and civilian agencies. The company operates as a value-added reseller of enterprise security platforms including CyberArk, Veeam, Zimperium, Palo Alto Networks, Forescout, Alation, and related products, competing full-and-open across government-wide acquisition contracts and agency-specific vehicles without relying on set-aside designations.

Merlin International's capability portfolio centers on privileged account management, identity and access management, data backup and recovery, endpoint security, and IT infrastructure modernization. Representative prime work includes a $14.3 billion CyberArk software subscription delivery order from Department of Defense Headquarters under a Naval Information Warfare Systems Command BPA (awarded September 1, 2025), a $54.9 million Bull NovaScale mainframe hardware and software maintenance support delivery order from the VA Technology Acquisition Center under SEWP V (awarded November 1, 2024), a $15.6 million Microsoft Premier Support Services delivery order from the Internal Revenue Service under SEWP V (awarded April 30, 2023 with total small business set-aside), and a $7.2 million Okta for Government High customer identity services delivery order from the Office of the Chief Information Officer under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded June 15, 2026). The company also delivers complementary services including Monster hiring platform services, 1E Nightwatchman asset management, and Alation data governance licensing to civilian agencies including the Federal Communications Commission, Department of State, and Department of Justice.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Department of the Navy. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 18% of total awards: Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (143 awards, $1.66 billion combined potential value), Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center Austin (128 awards, $531.7 million), Defense Information Systems Agency (119 awards, $31 million), Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (105 awards), and Naval Sea Systems Command (70 awards, $76.51 billion). The two customer rankings diverge sharply: Naval Sea Systems Command anchors 68% of the combined potential value across the top five agencies despite placing only 70 awards, reflecting large-dollar delivery orders for specialized hardware and software support, while DISA places 119 awards with relatively modest individual order values. Merlin holds two dominant indefinite delivery vehicles with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command supporting the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative—one single-award BPA valued at $979.38 billion through September 2032 and a second single-award BPA valued at $669 million through July 2029—which collectively dominate the company's potential-value footprint and enable task-order execution across military branches and defense agencies.

Merlin International places most work under government-wide acquisition contracts. The company holds positions on Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement IV (931 task orders, $794.3 million combined potential value), Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0783M (865 task orders, $230.6 million), Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (115 task orders, $468.9 million), Alliant II (93 task orders), and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (72 task orders, $686.5 million), positioning it to bid against prime contractors and subcontractors across civilian IT modernization and defense cybersecurity procurements. The company competes full-and-open rather than under set-aside categories; the award portfolio shows no pattern of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other set-aside designations, with rare exceptions such as a total small business set-aside on the IRS Microsoft Premier Support Services award.

Activity has accelerated recently—15 awards in 2023, 52 in 2024, and 91 in 2025—then dropped to 51 in 2026 and 1 in 2027 (source data as of June 30, 2027). Twenty awards with combined potential value of $67.5 million are reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. SCI-reportable invoiced revenue (federal service contracts above $150,000 threshold) totaled $91.8 million across fiscal years 2022–2025, declining from $37.2 million in FY2022 to $23.7 million in FY2024, though SCI captures only a subset of the company's federal services work and excludes goods, products, and classified contracts.

Merlin International operates predominantly as a prime contractor delivering its own cybersecurity software resale and implementation. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the company reported zero average sub-hours share, meaning subcontracting plays a minimal role in delivery. However, Merlin itself functions as a critical subcontractor to large defense integrators under Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) contracts and other vehicles. Named prime contractors include Booz Allen Hamilton (frequent partner across CDM Defend Group BD Bridge task orders for software licensing and resale services), CACI Federal (CDM Defend Group A Bridge task orders for commercial-off-the-shelf and SaaS deliverables), ManTech Advanced Systems International (CDM Defend Group E Bridge task orders for CyberArk and Forescout deployments), CGI Federal (Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense task orders), General Dynamics Information Technology (cloud and portfolio integration vehicles), Leidos (Homeland Enterprise IT Secure Services), and KBR Wyle Services. This sub-footprint reflects Merlin's role as a software licensing and security products distributor feeding large systems integrators pursuing federal cybersecurity and IT modernization work, particularly under CDM programs and defense infrastructure modernization initiatives.

The corporate structure includes two named subsidiaries—ISG Federal, LLC (limited liability company) and Constellation Govcloud, Inc. (manufacturer of goods)—though awards in the source data flow through the parent Merlin International, Inc. entity. The top NAICS concentrations are Other Computer Related Services (1,187 awards), Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (812 awards), and Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (413 awards), confirming the company's IT software resale and services posture. Top PSC categories are Information Technology Software (1,091 awards), Information Technology Support Equipment (263 awards), and IT and Telecom Other IT and Telecommunications (262 awards).

Merlin Technical Solutions capabilities; Data Engineering, J2EE Application development, SOA, Networking, Collaboration, Content Management, Storage and Security. Merlin will help deploy the best solution quickly, securely and at scale.