Parker Tide LLC

Parker Tide LLC, doing business as Parker Tide Corp, is an SBA-certified veteran-owned small business headquartered in Washington, D.C., that operates primarily as a prime contractor delivering human capital and administrative services to federal civilian agencies under GSA Schedule contracts, agency-specific blanket purchase agreements, and government-wide indefinite-delivery vehicles. The vendor competes predominantly on full-and-open and total-small-business-set-aside vehicles rather than restricted set-asides; its VOSB certification (expiring January 22, 2027) anchors its positioning in small-business procurement streams and qualifies it for OASIS+ Small Business and related small-business-reserved vehicles.

Parker Tide's capability portfolio centers on temporary staffing and administrative human capital — scientific program managers, personnel security support, HR staffing, administrative assistants, program analysts, and operational support roles — delivered through labor-hour and firm-fixed-price mechanisms to civilian agencies. Concrete recent work spans a $36.6 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Patent Publication Program Support Services through September 2029 (under GSA Multiple Award Schedule), a $96.5 million delivery order from the Internal Revenue Service for personnel security support services through March 2029 (under the Human Capital and Training Solutions IDIQ), and a $5.4 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from the Chief of Naval Operations for front office support services through August 2030 (total-small-business set-aside under MAS). The vendor also holds a $7 million single-award BPA with the Patent and Trademark Office for personnel security and overlapping office-of-security-programs support through October 2026, a $4.5 million single-award BPA with the National Transportation Safety Board for human capital and training services through September 2026, and a $7.5 million multiple-award BPA with the Export-Import Bank for HR support services through June 2028.

Parker Tide operates on two primary GSA Schedule vehicles: a $50 million total-small-business-set-aside Federal Supply Schedule for temporary staffing services (191 labor categories, rates $26.67–$291.59/hr, education high school through bachelor's, no cleared positions), and a $50 million unrestricted Federal Supply Schedule for professional and administrative services (66 labor categories, rates $29.61–$222.70/hr, spanning staffing, compensation, HR consulting, and talent acquisition). The labor portfolio is weighted toward mid-career administrative and professional roles; the 90th-percentile hourly rate across both schedules runs around $106–$291/hr for senior subject matter experts and specialized management positions. The vendor does not offer cleared labor categories on either schedule.

Customer concentration is highly granular, reflecting the temporary-staffing and small-order-value nature of the business. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases accounts for 87 awards (10% of total by count) but only $6.4 million in combined potential value, indicating a high-volume, low-dollar-per-order relationship. By potential value, the GSA Federal Acquisition Service (9 awards, $344.6 million) and the Internal Revenue Service (8 awards, $127.9 million) dominate; however, these concentrations are driven by a small number of high-value delivery orders rather than broad customer adoption. The vendor has worked with 106 distinct customer agencies across recent awards, a signature of GSA-Schedule-driven dispersion. Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of the Interior, and Department of State round out the frequent-buyer tier.

Parker Tide's vehicle position is anchored in GSA Schedule and agency-specific BPAs layered beneath it. The Multiple Award Schedule vehicle accounts for 665 task orders and $305.4 million in combined potential value—by far the largest ordering pipeline. The Temporary Administrative and Professional Staffing vehicle (144 task orders, $10.6 million) and three agency-specific IDIQs (Blanket Purchase Agreement SAQMMA09A0786 with 30 task orders worth $5.1 million, plus two others with lower volumes) provide secondary ordering channels. In December 2024, Parker Tide was awarded positions on two multi-billion-dollar OASIS+ government-wide vehicles: the OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (ceiling $999,999,999,999, performance through December 2029) and the OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ (ceiling $999,999,999,999, performance through December 2029), positioning the vendor to compete for professional services delivery orders across seven functional domains (Management and Advisory, Technical and Engineering, Research and Development, Intelligence Services, Environmental Services, Facilities, Logistics). Most recently, in December 2025, Parker Tide was awarded as one of the initial awardees on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ (Missile Defense Agency, $151 billion ceiling, performance through December 2035), a new vehicle for research, development, prototyping, and modernization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid defense systems. A $500 initial task order under SHIELD was issued on the same date, with performance at Huntsville, Alabama.

Activity has remained steady, averaging 11–15 awards per year from 2022 through 2025; only two awards have been recorded in 2026 (through April 27). Service Contract Inventory data (FY2022–FY2024, covering federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold) shows SCI-reported invoicing of $12 million in FY2022, $17 million in FY2023, and $21.6 million in FY2024 across prime contracts, with FTE scale growing from 64.5 to 161 FTEs over the same period. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $71.40/hr, with the 90th percentile at $96/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractor labor accounted for approximately 3% of total contractor hours; Parker Tide named four subcontractors in SCI records but operates primarily as a direct-delivery prime. Six awards are slated for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $4.8 million and representing a moderate recompete exposure concentrated in NIAMS, NTSB, and USPTO relationships. The vendor's contract category profile is dominated by NAICS 561320 (Temporary Help Services) with 603 awards, followed by Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (71 awards) and Administrative Management consulting (56 awards).

Parker Tide is a subsidiary of Fon Advisors, LLC, which carries self-certified small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned business, and service-disabled veteran-owned business designations. No recent subcontract activity is present in the award data; Parker Tide appears as a named subcontractor to Deloitte Consulting LLP on Human Capital Operation Support services (sub-awards in September 2023 and August 2025), but the vendor's business model and award footprint reflect a strong prime-contractor posture concentrated on GSA Schedule and agency BPA delivery.

Parker Tide is a veteran-owned, small-business located in the heart of downtown Washington, DC. We provide recruitment, staff augmentation, and strategic solutions to both the Federal Government and the private sector, nationwide.