Michael Stapleton Associates, LTD.

Michael Stapleton Associates, LTD., doing business as MSA Security, is a for-profit security services contractor headquartered in New York City that operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (99% of awards) on full-and-open federal contracts—no set-asides—providing explosive detection canine teams, protective services, security screening systems, and threat analysis to federal agencies through direct awards, GSA Multiple Award Schedule delivery orders, and indefinite-delivery contracts.

MSA Security's federal footprint is anchored by a single dominant customer and vehicle relationship. The Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security accounts for 18 awards and $1.15 billion in combined potential value (94% of the vendor's total federal portfolio), driven almost entirely by a $450 million single-award IDIQ for global canine services awarded March 30, 2023, through March 29, 2027. Under that IDIQ, MSA Security has received two delivery orders: a $207.9 million firm fixed-price award issued March 30, 2023, for Diplomatic Security Global Canine Services Center Worldwide Protective Services (place of performance Winchester, Virginia, supporting overseas protective operations), and a $3.39 million firm fixed-price order issued June 30, 2024, exercising Option Year 2 through December 29, 2029. The second-largest customer by award count is the Department of Homeland Security Office of Procurement Operations, which has issued 31 awards worth $16.5 million combined potential value, predominantly for explosive detection canine team services at Federal Protective Service facilities in Manhattan, Bethesda, and the National Capital Region. Recent DHS awards include a $39.4 thousand delivery order for FPS Region 2 EDCT services (October 1, 2026, ultimate completion September 30, 2027), a $353.9 thousand delivery order for FPS Region 11 EDCT services under a $6.74 million single-award State Department IDIQ (February 1, 2026, ultimate completion January 31, 2031), and a $2.17 million Transportation Security Administration delivery order for canine services at two TSA National Capital Region facilities (September 20, 2024, exercising Option Year 2 through September 19, 2029). GSA Federal Acquisition Service, the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Justice U.S. Marshals Service Southern New York round out the active agency base.

MSA Security holds positions on five named parent vehicles. The Law Enforcement & Security Services vehicle carries 79 task orders totaling $22.4 million in combined potential value. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule hosts 15 delivery orders worth $16.3 million combined potential value, spanning explosive detection canine services, mail screening facility security equipment and services, remote X-ray image analysis systems, truck screening services, and SMARTTECH X-ray screener support. A Department of State Indefinite Delivery Contract (SAQMMA16D0106) carries 10 task orders and $180.6 million combined potential value, while two smaller IDCs (70RFP119DE2000003 and HSHQE214A00001) contribute $1.7 million and $604 thousand combined potential value respectively. Recent GSA MAS work includes a $55.5 thousand delivery order with the Department of Health and Human Services for off-site mail screening facility security equipment and services (May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031, place of performance North Bethesda, Maryland), a $342.9 thousand delivery order with the Department of Defense for a Remote X-Ray Image Analysis System (September 18, 2025, through September 17, 2030, place of performance Washington, Virginia), and a $3.11 million delivery order with the National Capital Region for truck screening services for the Railroad Retirement Board (September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, base year plus four option years, place of performance New York City).

Activity has grown modestly year over year—two awards in 2022, five in 2024, eight in 2025, and six in 2026 through October—with five awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and carrying combined potential value of $198.4 million, creating material recompete exposure for the vendor. The largest expiring awards are the State Department's $197.8 million Diplomatic Security Global Canine Services delivery order (ultimate completion September 29, 2028, though nominally within the twenty-four-month window due to date uncertainty in the source) and a $39.4 thousand DHS FPS Region 2 EDCT delivery order (completion September 30, 2026).

Service Contract Inventory data show SCI-reportable invoicing of $64.4 million across FY2022–FY2025 (prime contracts only), with modest growth trajectory: $1.3 million in FY2022, $22.9 million in FY2023, $20.4 million in FY2024, and $19.9 million in FY2025. Reported federal workforce ranged from 12.2 FTEs in FY2022 to a peak of 150 FTEs in FY2024, before contracting to 117 FTEs in FY2025. The vendor maintains very low subcontractor engagement on prime contracts—averaging 2% of total contractor hours across SCI-reportable work—and has reported only five named subcontractors in the SCI dataset. Government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts run a median of $87.93 per hour, with rates ranging from $77.78 per hour at the tenth percentile to $138.45 per hour at the ninetieth percentile, typical for security operations and protective services work. MSA Security's GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 13 active categories ranging from CCTV Operative ($47.48 per hour, no clearance required) through Technical Security Countermeasures Technician III ($345.59 per hour, associates degree required), with no security-cleared roles offered on the public schedule.

MSA Security also holds two named subcontractor positions outside its prime footprint: a May 27, 2025, sub award under Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC for Management and Operation of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Support, and an October 1, 2024, sub award under Leidos, Inc. for Cargo Mission Contract 4 (CMC4) procured goods and services. The sub portfolio is negligible relative to the prime operation and does not characterize the vendor's business model, which is anchored on direct government contracting. MSA Security's category concentration is heavily weighted toward Housekeeping-Guard (72 awards) and Security Guards and Patrol Services (22 awards) by PSC and NAICS framing, with secondary depth in professional security consulting work. The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov since at least 2003 and has maintained continuous federal procurement activity over that span, though the source data capture begins in 1999.