OCT Consulting LLC

OCT Consulting LLC, an SBA 8(a) certified, minority-owned (Subcontinent Asian American) small disadvantaged business headquartered in McLean, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering acquisition support, program management, contract administration, and IT modernization services across civilian and defense federal agencies. The firm competes predominantly on set-aside vehicles—8(a) Competitive, 8(a) Sole Source, and Total Small Business—though a portion of recent awards carry full-and-open or no-set-aside designations.

OCT Consulting's customer base spans 40 federal agencies, with concentration among civilian buyers. By award count, the Food and Drug Administration leads with 14 awards ($6.4 million combined potential value), followed by GSA Federal Acquisition Service (10 awards, $2 million) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (8 awards, $17.1 million). By potential value, however, the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command dominates the portfolio with 4 awards worth $3.96 billion in combined potential—a multi-billion-dollar divergence driven by OCT Consulting's award on the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD multiple-award IDIQ (December 2025, $151 billion ceiling, one initial task order of $500 issued). Coast Guard awards rank second by value ($43 million across 5 awards), and NOAA ranks third ($17.1 million). This stark split between award volume and dollars reflects OCT Consulting's position on high-ceiling government-wide vehicles anchored by defense and civilian agency seats.

OCT Consulting holds prime positions on five significant indefinite-delivery vehicles. The Multiple Award Schedule generates the highest task-order volume (39 task orders, $68.5 million combined potential value) across acquisition support, recruitment, and administrative services. One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services - Small Business (OASIS SB) carries 14 task orders valued at $119.1 million and serves as the primary vehicle for larger delivery orders in contract closeout, program management, and technical assistance across DHS, State Department, USAID, DEA, and other agencies. OCT Consulting also holds seats on OASIS+ Total Small Business (2 task orders, $4.5 million, awarded December 2024), OASIS+ Unrestricted (awarded December 2024, no task orders reported in source), and OASIS+ 8(a) (awarded November 2024, with a $733,484 Coast Guard contracting-support delivery order issued March 2026). The SHIELD IDIQ (awarded December 2025) is a full-and-open multiple-award vehicle with a $151 billion ceiling—OCT Consulting's largest potential-value seat, though ordering activity remains minimal.

Representative prime work spans contract administration, closeout support, and program management. OCT Consulting earned an $11.7 million Competitive 8(a) definitive contract from an unspecified Headquarters Division (August 2025) for program management support services through January 2030. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency awarded a $11.9 million Competitive 8(a) systems engineering and technical assistance delivery order (August 2024, OASIS SB) with performance at Fort Meade, Maryland, completing July 2027. A $13.2 million USDA Farm Production and Conservation delivery order (September 2021, OASIS SB, no set-aside) provided cradle-to-grave contract management and micro-purchase program support through March 2026. More recent awards include a $3.03 million USDA Agricultural Research Service delivery order (March 2026, MAS, no set-aside) for AI infrastructure optimization using lakehouse architecture and a $7.3 million DHS Science and Technology Directorate delivery order (September 2024, OASIS SB, no set-aside) for verification and validation closeout support on the OES-CAPS program, exercising option year one.

Activity has grown steadily: 9 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 16 in 2024, then declining to 4 in 2025 and 5 in 2026 (year-to-date). This apparent slowdown reflects the source's current snapshot (2026-07-15); the sharp drop in 2025 awards likely reflects reporting lag. Eleven awards (combined potential value $45.5 million) face ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure.

OCT Consulting operates as a 100% prime contractor—no subcontract awards appear in the source. Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts (82 prime records, FY2022–FY2024), the firm self-performed all work with zero subcontractor engagement. SCI-invoiced revenue grew from $19.3 million in FY2022 to $27.6 million in FY2024 across 96.3 to 125 full-time equivalents. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $70.15/hr to a median of $111.64/hr and 90th percentile of $179.06/hr, reflecting a labor mix spanning junior contract specialists through senior cyber and program management roles. The GSA Schedule portfolio carries 74 active labor categories spanning Records Technician ($44.74/hr, associates degree) through Cyber Subject Matter Expert II ($283.48/hr, bachelor's degree, 10 years' experience), with no clearances explicitly required across the listed categories.

NAICS concentration runs heavily to Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (42 awards), Engineering Services (22 awards), and Computer Systems Design Services (6 awards). PSC codes cluster around contract and procurement acquisition support (19 awards), program management and professional support (17 awards), and other professional support categories (16 awards). This profile reflects OCT Consulting's core posture as a federal administrative and program-management services vendor, with selective technical and IT modernization work layered onto acquisition-support platforms.

ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT:

Acquisition Planning

Requirements Analysis

1102 Support

Market Research

Proposal Evaluations

Cost and Price Analysis

Contract Administration

Quality Assurance and Control

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:

Program and Project Management

Requirements Gathering

Project Coordination

Risk Management

Project Scheduling

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING:

Strategic Planning

Strategic Communication

Organizational Design

Change Management

Lean Six Sigma

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:

Enterprise Architecture Design

Application Development

System Integration

Infrastructure Support

Independent Verification and Validation

Cloud Computing Strategy and Services

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:

PPBE and Budget Process

CPIC

Earned Value Management

Auditing Support