Ohio Department Of Administrative Services

The Ohio Department Of Administrative Services, doing business as Office Of Information Technology, operates Ohio's Multi-Agency Radio Communication System (MARCS) and sells statewide trunked land mobile radio access, subscriber identification services, and radio equipment provisioning to federal agencies as a prime contractor on sole-source and full-and-open purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements. As a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the vendor competes exclusively full-and-open (no set-asides) and has received 75 prime awards totaling $3.9 million in combined potential value across eighteen federal agencies since 2009, with $17.1 million obligated against those awards.

The vendor's capability footprint centers on operating MARCS, a mission-critical statewide wireless communications infrastructure serving federal law enforcement, tax, and emergency-response agencies across Ohio. Representative prime work includes a $131 thousand purchase order with U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio (awarded October 2023, completion December 2026) for MARCS radio services supporting fugitive apprehension operations; a $128 thousand annual recurring purchase order with Drug Enforcement Administration (awarded July 2025, completion June 2026) for 426 subscriber identification fees on voice radios; a $168 thousand purchase order with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (awarded July 2023, completion August 2027) for law enforcement radio frequency access; and a $27 thousand purchase order with Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 (awarded July 2025, completion March 2027) for police radio access to Dayton VAMC. The vendor also holds two single-award blanket purchase agreements: a $200 thousand BPA with Air Force Materiel Command (awarded September 2022, completion August 2027) and a $75 thousand BPA with Air Force Reserve Command (awarded September 2023, completion August 2028), both for MARCS radio system access.

Customer concentration sits heavily with federal law enforcement and tax agencies operating in Ohio. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 71% of recent awards: Department of Justice U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio (12 awards, $395 thousand), Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (11 awards, $1.3 million), Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 (11 awards, $129 thousand), Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (10 awards, $352 thousand), and Department of Justice U.S. Marshals Service Southern Ohio (9 awards, $304 thousand). When ranked by potential value, Drug Enforcement Administration leads at $1.3 million across 11 awards, followed by Air Force Materiel Command at $613 thousand across 4 awards, reflecting the vendor's role as the sole operator of Ohio's statewide radio infrastructure. Award volume has declined from six awards in 2022 to three in 2026 year-to-date, with six awards (combined potential value $541 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and thus subject to recompete exposure. Work is performed in Columbus, Ohio and at subordinate VA and federal law enforcement facilities throughout the state including Dayton, Cleveland, and Youngstown.