Nw3C, Inc.

Nw3C, Inc. (doing business as Nw3C) is a Richmond, Virginia-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that delivers digital forensics training, law enforcement education, and technical assistance to federal criminal justice agencies as a prime contractor on federal grants and a single-award blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Air Force. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime on federal awards (91% of recent activity) and does not compete under set-aside designations; recent work spans grant-funded curriculum development, training delivery, and tool enhancement for Internet Crimes Against Children task forces, prosecutors, and Department of Defense law enforcement personnel.

Nw3C's customer concentration is anchored by Department of Justice grant programs. The top five funding agencies account for 82% of awards, led by DOJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance (14 awards), DOJ's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (10 awards), the Department of the Air Force District Washington (9 awards, $13.6 million combined potential value), DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Program (4 awards), and other DOJ offices (10 awards). The Air Force District Washington represents the only substantial contract vehicle: a $6.989 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (AFDW-PKAA S.Hunter/J. La'Pierre Digital Forensics BPA) with an ultimate completion date of September 27, 2027 and eight firm fixed-price call orders ranging from $107,316 to $1.625 million, all supporting digital forensics and expert witness testimony training for DOD law enforcement and counterintelligence personnel. The agreement carries a five-year ordering period and serves the Defense Cyberspace Operations and Cyber Workforce program.

Nw3C's grant portfolio emphasizes child exploitation prevention and law enforcement training infrastructure. Representative recent prime grant awards include a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.543, Missing Children's Assistance) for the Internet Crimes Against Children Data System Enhancement and Transition Project (October 2025–September 2026, performance in Richmond), a $500,000 cooperative agreement from the Community Oriented Policing Program (CFDA 16.710, Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) for TAKE IT DOWN Act law enforcement and community training toolkit development (October 2025–September 2027), a $999,956 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) for the CyberSafeSchools youth online-violence prevention curriculum piloted in Mississippi and West Virginia schools (October 2023–September 2026), and a $625,000 cooperative agreement from OJJDP for development of EZTriage, a graphical-based digital forensics tool for child sexual exploitation case investigation (October 2023–September 2025, completed work with Zimtech LLC subcontract). Additional active grants support digital forensics quality management standards development, Internet Crimes Against Children prosecutor and investigator training (including ICAC Nucleus, a cross-platform mobile and web application developed in partnership with Apex Mobile, the Child Rescue Coalition, and ThinkThru), advanced forensic-tools training, and community awareness toolkits on gender-based violence, trafficking, AI-enabled scams, and cybercrime. Nw3C also serves as a sub-recipient on grants from Aequitas and Purdue University, delivering technical assistance on digital evidence collection, cybercrime investigation strategy, and Internet of Things forensics training.

Award activity has declined from eight awards in 2023 and nine in 2024 to only one award in 2026 year-to-date, though the combined potential value across all 57 awards (prime and sub) sits at $13.6 million. Importantly, the source reports combined dollars obligated of $170.9 million against the potential value, indicating substantial prior-year funding and execution across the grant portfolio. Seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $1.6 million in combined potential value and face recompete exposure. Nw3C subcontracts minimally; five sub-awards represent 9% of recent activity, with named sub-recipient roles supporting grant leadership from Aequitas and Purdue University on violence-against-women technical assistance and Internet of Things forensics programs. Service Contract Inventory data captured only 0.1 FTEs in FY2025 under a named subcontractor role, reflecting SCI's reporting threshold and scope limitations; the full federal and enterprise revenue footprint is substantially larger than SCI figures indicate. Nw3C's organizational profile reflects over forty years of high-tech crime investigation and criminal justice training delivery, with a membership base exceeding 120,000 criminal justice practitioners and established partnerships with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research Forum, Fox Valley Technical College, John Jay College, and digital forensics specialists.