Noblis, Inc.

Noblis, Inc., a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization headquartered in Reston, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor on a multi-billion-dollar federal portfolio spanning transportation, aviation, defense, national security, environmental research, and forensic science missions across 159 agencies. The organization competes full-and-open with no small-business set-asides; its 99% prime-contract posture and substantial SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $743.7 million (FY2022–FY2024) position it as a large-scale delivery vehicle for civilian and defense federal work.

Noblis's capability portfolio centers on systems engineering, technical program management, data analytics, and specialized research. Signature work includes intelligent transportation systems modernization and deployment evaluation (over $1.9 billion in prior FHWA delivery orders), FAA air traffic modernization and surveillance systems engineering ($2.27 billion single-award IDIQ for Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions through June 2028), FBI IT services and technical support ($8.6 billion single-award ITSSS 2 BPA through June 2032), IRS enterprise program management and cybersecurity analytics ($1.9 billion EPPIS BPA through August 2031), and forensic science research on bloodstain pattern analysis, gunshot residue determination, and ballistic projectile comparison. Recent prime awards showcase breadth: a $15.1 million Navy delivery order for Surveillance Acquisition and Sustainment Programs coordination (May 2026); a $22.3 million FAA delivery order for Surveillance and Broadcast Services systems engineering (May 2026); a $19.4 million Air Force Civil Engineer Center environmental management order under OASIS (September 2024); a $20.3 million IRS planning and transitions support order (August 2021); and a $4.4 million FHWA office management and advisory committee support delivery order (November 2022). The nonprofit also receives federal research grants: a $249,878 NIST cooperative agreement on bloodstain pattern analysis reproducibility (January 2026–December 2027), a $746,866 NIJ project grant on hand image comparison forensics (January 2025–December 2027), and an $872,282 NIJ project grant on gunshot residue distance determination standardization (January 2024–December 2026).

Customer concentration is pronounced but spread across mission types. The top five agencies by potential value account for 64% of combined potential value: the FBI Headquarters Division (90 awards, $9.33 billion), the FAA (77 awards, $8.45 billion), NOAA (135 awards, $3.2 billion), the IRS (40 awards, $2.69 billion), and GSA Federal Acquisition Service (88 awards, $1.19 billion). By award count, the FHWA leads (165 awards, $872.1 million), followed by NOAA (135 awards), the Army (126 awards), and the Air Force (98 awards). The portfolio concentration in FBI and FAA dollars reflects the scale of the ITSSS 2 and SETIS IDIQs respectively; FHWA's high award count reflects heavy delivery-order activity against a $200 million ITS JPO technical support IDIQ.

Noblis holds a substantial IDV estate: the Alliant 3 GWAC (no specified ceiling, February 2026–March 2036, unrestricted IT services), the $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ with the Missile Defense Agency (December 2025–December 2035, multi-domain defense R&D and production), the OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ with GSA (no specified ceiling, April 2025–April 2030, professional and technical services government-wide), the $4 billion Defense Threat Reduction Agency Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction IDIQ (May 2024–May 2029, WMD research and development), and a $500 million NIH Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support (STATS) IDIQ (January 2024–January 2029). Additional vehicles include the $2.268 billion FAA Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions single-award IDIQ, the $8.6 billion FBI ITSSS 2 single-award BPA, the $1.9 billion IRS EPPIS BPA, the $249 million JAIC Data Readiness AI Development BOA with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and a $249 million JAIC Test and Evaluation BPA. On the transportation side, the $200 million FHWA Technical Support Services for the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office IDIQ anchors sustained heavy task-order placement (254 task orders recorded on the MOBIS parent vehicle, one of Noblis's top placement channels). Recent task orders under the ITS JPO IDIQ include a $4.2 million DataHub/CodeHub Technical Services Support order (October 2026–September 2029, time-and-materials), a $3.96 million ITS Deployment Accelerator Program order (August 2026–July 2029), and a $5.87 million ITS Strategic Support order (June 2026–June 2029, firm fixed-price).

SCI-reported invoicing shows stable labor delivery: $237.3 million in FY2022 (873 FTEs), $241.5 million in FY2023 (831 FTEs), and $264.9 million in FY2024 (883 FTEs), suggesting 650–880 federal service-delivery FTEs. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid median hourly rates run $150.04/hr (10th percentile $100.48/hr, 90th percentile $210.84/hr), with subcontractors performing an average 12% of contractor hours across the prime portfolio and 313 named subcontractors engaged. On the GSA Schedule, Noblis prices labor across 64 categories spanning $49.63/hr (IT Junior Specialist) through $390.28/hr (Senior Fellow/Director), with education posture from associate through master's degree and no security-clearance roles offered.

Noblis operates with subsidiaries including Noblis Esi, LLC, Noblis Msd, LLC, and related entities; the corporate structure reflects organizational segmentation for program management and liability purposes. Teaming relationships show the organization predominantly self-performs delivery against its substantial IDV portfolio while maintaining named subcontractor relationships with firms including Transcore ITS and Neaera Consulting Group on ITS architecture work, Kimley-Horn and Associates on transportation planning, Global-5 Inc. on communications and outreach, The ACI Group and Agilextended on CMS project management support, and Jensen Hughes on environmental engineering. In its subcontractor role, Noblis appears under primes such as Evans Incorporated (ATEPS II task orders for systems integration support), ECS Federal (Technical Engineering Support Services), and Peraton Inc. (Information Advantage Enterprise engineering services). The nonprofit also operates as a sub-recipient on research grants—notably a National Academy of Sciences cooperative agreement (April 2026) for advancing transportation systems management and operations knowledge management with generative AI, and a Florida International University sub-award (July 2024) for forensic canine olfaction black box study consultation.

Activity has remained flat year-over-year (25 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 33 in 2024, 29 in 2025, 29 in 2026), with 65 awards completing in the next twenty-four months against a combined potential value of $1.45 billion—representing material recompete exposure across FHWA, FAA, Army, and Defense agency vehicle task orders. Noblis's tax-exempt nonprofit status, established federal contracting footprint of $38.79 billion in combined potential value across 2,149 awards, and domination of large transportation and aviation IT modernization initiatives position it as a cornerstone vendor for federal transportation and defense IT transformation.