Nakupuna Solutions, LLC

Nakupuna Solutions, LLC, a Native Hawaiian Organization-owned small disadvantaged business based in Arlington, Virginia, delivers professional services to the federal government as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) across staffing, program management, IT support, inventory management, and facilities support. The vendor competes predominantly under 8(a) sole-source set-asides, with secondary presence on full-and-open and other set-aside vehicles. Nakupuna is a child entity of Nakupuna Foundation, a Native Hawaiian Organization.

Nakupuna's capability portfolio spans administrative and facilities support, program management, and IT services. Representative prime work includes a $20.4 million 8(a) sole-source delivery order from the Bureau of Counterterrorism (awarded August 2026, through August 2031) for project management advising support services on a time-and-materials basis; a $42.0 million 8(a) sole-source delivery order from the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (awarded September 2025, through September 2028) for procurement support, vendor selection analysis, and management analyst services across U.S. Embassies and Consulates with named subcontractors Smart Ops USA LLC and Mcor Communications, LLC; and a $47.6 million 8(a) sole-source definitive contract from the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (awarded November 2022, through November 2026) for command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance center headquarters support on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis at Aberdeen, Maryland.

Customer concentration is broad by agency count but heavily Navy-weighted by dollar value. The top five funding agencies account for 49% of awards by count: Naval Supply Systems Command (16 awards, $204 million combined potential value), Naval Air Systems Command (15 awards, $94 million), Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (8 awards, $257.9 million), Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (8 awards, $70.3 million), and Department of State Bureau of Administration (6 awards, $425.6 million). However, by potential value, two GWACs and an agency vehicle dominate: GSA Federal Acquisition Service seats on OASIS+ Unrestricted (4 awards, $50 billion ceiling) and the 8(a) STARS III GWAC anchor the portfolio, alongside Navy enterprise platforms including Naval Sea Systems Command (4 awards, $10.02 billion), driving the combined potential value to $61.77 billion across all awards. The discrepancy reflects Nakupuna's presence on multiple high-ceiling indefinite-delivery vehicles alongside smaller transactional delivery orders against those vehicles.

Nakupuna holds or participates in multiple vehicle positions. The vendor was awarded a seat on the OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ (General Services Administration, awarded December 2024, $999 billion ceiling, through December 2029) and the 8(a) STARS III GWAC (Federal Acquisition Service, awarded February 2022, $50 billion ceiling, through July 2026). Agency-specific IDIQs include a single-award $84.1 million 8(a) sole-source indefinite-delivery contract with Naval Supply Systems Command (awarded March 2022, through March 2027) for inventory management and accountability support, which has issued 20 delivery orders totaling $337.9 million in combined potential value; a single-award $48 million 8(a) sole-source contract with the Office of Naval Research (awarded July 2022, through July 2029) for Contract/Grant Award Management Information System (CAMIS) IT support; a single-award $48 million contract with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (awarded July 2022, through May 2027) for Risk Management Information system development and configuration; and a single-award $47.0 million 8(a) sole-source vehicle with Naval Air Systems Command (awarded September 2021, through September 2026) for Chief Program Officer audit support with 13 delivery orders issued totaling approximately $47 million.

Activity was volatile in prior years but shows stabilization. Award count declined sharply from 28 in 2022 to 13 in 2023 and 7 in 2024, before rising to 10 in 2025 and 5 in 2026 year-to-date. Over the next twenty-four months, 30 awards carrying combined potential value of $373.9 million face ultimate completion, representing a significant recompete exposure window. Combined obligated dollars across all awards stand at $729.8 million (1% of combined potential value), indicating most awards remain unfunded or partially funded.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts, Nakupuna invoiced $234.5 million from FY2022 through FY2024, with growth trajectory: $49.6 million (217 FTEs) in FY2022, $79.6 million (262 FTEs) in FY2023, and $105.3 million (459 FTEs) in FY2024. The FTE count more than doubled year-over-year in FY2024, signaling expansion of delivered labor at the federal contract level. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $121.21/hr, with senior labor pricing through $460.88/hr and entry-level work at $73.15/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 10% of total contractor hours, indicating Nakupuna self-performs the majority of delivery. The vendor has engaged 44 named subcontractors including Prolan Solutions LLC (veteran-owned, inventory support), DLT Solutions LLC (Appian software platform), Osum Solutions Inc. (OGConline systems), Blue Arc LLC (women-owned, NKR module support), and a network of minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned small businesses for specialized technical and support functions. Nakupuna structures teaming strategically to supplement internal capabilities while maintaining compliance with small business utilization requirements under set-aside vehicles.

Nakupuna Solutions LLC is a Native Hawaiian Organization-owned 8(a) disadvantaged small business serving the DOD and Federal agencies in: Information Technology (IT): Agile Development; Data Engineering & Information Design; AI/ML; Cloud Computing Services; Support Services & Application Sustainment. Management Consulting: Strategic Planning & Communications; Financial & Acquisition Support; Program & Project Management; Human Capital; Business Intelligence & Data Analytics; Change Management & Process Improvement. Environmental: Investigation & Remediation; Munitions Response; Compliance; Restoration Construction. Facilities: Network/Telecommunications Engineering; Facilities Management; Corporate Operations & Logistics; Building Systems Management; Inside/Outside Cable Plant Management; CBRN Screening. Logistics: Property Accountability & Audit Readiness; Inventory & Supply Chain Management; Logistics IT; ILS/IPS; Program Office Support.