Paragon Micro Inc.

Paragon Micro Inc., a small business IT solutions provider headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, supplies IT hardware, software, licensing, and infrastructure services to federal agencies predominantly as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) through government-wide acquisition contracts and agency-specific vehicles. The company operates across both full-and-open and small-business-set-aside competitions, with approximately 40% of recent awards carrying Total Small Business or Competitive 8(a) designations when reported.

Paragon Micro's capability portfolio centers on IT commodities and solutions procurement — Dell and HPE servers, networking equipment (Ruckus, Aruba, Cisco), storage systems (Pure Storage, NetApp, DDN), cybersecurity software (Palo Alto Networks, Trellix, Rubrik, Zimperium), and enterprise applications (VMware, Citrix, Qlik, SolarWinds). Recent representative prime work includes a $6.31 million dark fiber maintenance delivery order with the Food and Drug Administration under SEWP V (Jan 2026), a $1.76 million Zimperium mobile security license award from the Defense Information Systems Agency (Sep 2025), a $1.59 million enterprise laptop procurement for Naval Strategic Systems Programs (Dec 2025), a $1.27 million CHESS hardware buy from the Army Training and Doctrine Command (Mar 2026), and a $1.02 million Dell PC hardware delivery order for Naval Strategic Systems Programs (Jan 2026). The company holds a $10 billion indefinite delivery contract under the Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware (ITES-4H) program through September 2035 and a $5 million single-award BPA with the Naval Air Warfare Center through December 2029.

Paragon Micro's customer concentration skews heavily toward the Department of the Navy. The top five funding agencies account for approximately 31% of awards by count: Naval Sea Systems Command (323 awards, $36.3 million), Naval Network Warfare Command (155 awards, $27.5 million), Naval Strategic Systems Programs (129 awards, $39.2 million), Naval Air Warfare Center (97 awards, $14.6 million), and the Department of the Air Force (94 awards, $21.7 million). By potential value, the Food and Drug Administration ranks first ($73.6 million across 80 awards), followed by the FBI Headquarters Division ($69.2 million across 76 awards), but Navy entities still dominate the contract volume. The vendor has worked with 261 distinct federal agencies across its award footprint.

Paragon Micro places work under two dominant government-wide vehicles: the Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) GWAC with 1,368 task orders ($493.9 million combined potential value) and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 582 task orders ($331.7 million). The vendor also holds positions on the Chief Information Officer Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS) GWAC (141 task orders, $46.7 million), Alliant II (57 task orders), and the Special Operations Equipment program. On September 19, 2025, the company received a $500 minimum-guarantee delivery order under the newly awarded Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ (Missile Defense Agency), a $151 billion multi-award contract extending through December 2035 covering advanced defense systems across multiple domains.

Activity has remained steady across recent years — 287 awards in 2022 rising to 477 in 2024, then moderating to 420 in 2025 and 88 year-to-date in 2026 (measured as of mid-September). One hundred five awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $46.8 million, representing moderate recompete exposure across SEWP V and CIO-CS vehicles. The company's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Other Computer Related Services (1,568 awards) and Computer and Software Stores (393 awards), reflecting its commodity-focused reseller posture.

Paragon Micro operates primarily as a prime contractor and builds most delivery capability in-house. Across SCI-reportable service contracts (FY2022–FY2024), the company invoiced $33.4 million as a prime ($5.6M in FY2022, $12.9M in FY2023, $14.8M in FY2024), with only 4% of contractor hours performed by named subcontractors. In its subcontractor role, Paragon Micro supplies Dell hardware, storage systems, and IT equipment to large integrators including Caci Inc. Federal (across ELITE, Tech Refresh, GOSIIT, and other programs), Mantech Advanced Systems International (USSOUTHCOM SCITES 2), General Dynamics Information Technology (EMITS programs), Leidos (NASA NEST and AFNCR-ITS), and Kratos Technology. The company's sub work centers on hardware procurement and logistics rather than professional services. GSA Schedule labor is minimal — a single Engineer Level 1 category at $166.24/hr (bachelor's degree, no clearance required), reflecting Paragon Micro's product-focused business model rather than labor-heavy service delivery.

Paragon Micro's recent awards reflect strong Navy and SEWP V concentration, steady activity with no signs of decline, and a straightforward supply-chain posture built on direct relationships with major IT vendors and federal agencies. The vendor qualifies as a small business and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted vehicles, positioning it as a feeder for larger integrators needing hardware and software commodity procurement while maintaining its own prime relationships across lower-complexity IT equipment orders.

Paragon serves clients in over 100 countries and has the process knowledge, technical expertise and management tools necessary to ease the burden of selecting and purchasing IT assets while streamlining IT management and costs.