Phaeton Solutions LLC

Phaeton Solutions LLC, an 8(a)-certified minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Reston, Virginia, delivers IT hardware, software licensing, and professional services to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively; the company holds no subcontract work in its recent portfolio. Incorporated as a Subchapter S corporation and certified by the SBA as a 8(a) Business Development Program participant (expiring August 30, 2030), Phaeton Solutions also carries DOT Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) status and competes across both set-aside and full-and-open procurements, with roughly equal split between total small business set-asides and unrestricted competitions in its recent awards.

The company's capability portfolio centers on enterprise software licensing renewals, IT hardware procurement, and technical support services. Representative work includes a $640,278 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (awarded September 2022) for Tririga license renewal; a $602,635 purchase order from the same bureau (September 2021) for software renewal services; and a $575,466 definitive contract with the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (August 2022) for B-2 UPS replacement under total small business set-aside. Recent awards span IBM Cognos software licensing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement ($330,711, September 2024), Mirantis EE Advanced subscription renewal for the Social Security Administration ($48,984, September 2024), and Veritas NetBackup subscription support for the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security ($191,370, August 2022). The company also delivers hardware procurement — tablets, monitors, headsets, computer room air conditioning units, and uninterruptible power supply systems — across naval aviation, Army, and civilian agency customer bases.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense, particularly the Navy. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center accounts for 10 awards and $14.4 million of the combined potential value (42% of the award count, 75% of total dollars), reflecting Phaeton's deep entrenchment in Naval Air Warfare Center operations. The Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations follows with 2 awards totaling $1.2 million; the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex with 2 awards worth $732 thousand; and the GSA Federal Acquisition Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Marine Corps, and Army each contributing smaller volumes. Thirty-two distinct customer agencies appear across the 50-award portfolio, but concentration metrics show the top five agencies account for 42% of awards while representing 90% of combined potential value — the extreme gap signals a portfolio dominated by one customer (NAVAIR) placing numerous task orders of varying size, with a second tier of much smaller one-off procurements across civilian agencies.

Phaeton Solutions holds three prime indefinite delivery vehicles. A GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (47QTCA24D003S) issued January 10, 2024, carries a $500,000 ceiling with performance through January 9, 2029, and establishes hourly labor rates across IT professional services roles including Program Manager, Senior Engineer, and Network Infrastructure Engineer. Two single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Naval Air Warfare Center anchor NAVAIR exposure: one awarded April 17, 2023, valued at $9.0 million with completion date April 16, 2028, and a second awarded August 31, 2022, valued at approximately $5.0 million with completion through August 30, 2027. These BPAs facilitate both equipment procurement (monitors, projectors, headsets) and IT professional services supporting naval aviation research, development, and test programs. Only one task order under the primary NAVAIR BPA appears in the recompete cliff (the Air Force SAN maintenance support purchase order, $80,361, completing January 31, 2027), limiting near-term recompete exposure.

Award activity declined sharply from 2022 (17 awards) through 2024 (8 awards), suggesting either market contraction in this vendor's niche or prior-year backlog exhaustion; only one award is reflected in 2026 year-to-date. The category concentration shows the portfolio distributed across IT software licensing (business application, application development, and SaaS), enterprise compute hardware (servers, storage, monitors), electrical components, and ancillary equipment — reflecting a transactional, product-focused business model rather than managed services or staffing augmentation. Combined potential value across all 50 prime awards stands at $19.2 million, with $4.6 million obligated (24% draw-down rate), indicating significant unexercised vehicle capacity, particularly on the Naval Air Warfare Center BPAs.

Phaeton Solutions is a leading application Engineering Consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. metro region specializing in Management Services, Technology Solutions and Facilities Services. We partner with and assist Federal, State and local government agencies; private sector Energy Services Companies (ESCOs); and Commercial entities in the design and implementation of their various Engineering and Technology related projects. We are a channel partners and systems integration service providers for several of the leading technology companies working with our clients.