R.s. Means Company LLC

R.S. Means Company LLC, a subsidiary of The Gordian Group, Inc., provides construction cost estimating software, online databases, subscription licenses, and reference materials to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing on full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, the company operates across NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers) and related codes, delivering proprietary RSMeans Online, CostWorks, and associated cost data platforms that serve facilities management, capital planning, and infrastructure project budgeting for 221 distinct federal customer agencies.

R.S. Means' federal footprint spans 1,480 prime awards since 1981, with combined potential value of $126.8 million and $91.8 million obligated (72% execution rate). The award portfolio is concentrated in software licensing and subscriptions: 473 awards fall under Software Publishers NAICS; 384 awards carry Information Technology Software PSC codes; and 256 awards involve book and pamphlet products. Recent activity shows steady decline—from 53 awards in 2022 to 6 through September 2026—reflecting mature, renewal-driven business model. Twenty-eight awards (combined potential value $21.7 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure.

Customer concentration is spread across civilian and defense agencies. The top five customers by combined potential value—Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville ($21.5 million, 51 awards), Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command ($7.9 million, 42 awards), Bureau of Labor Statistics ($4.7 million, 52 awards), Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District ($2 million, 13 awards), and NASA Shared Services Center ($1.5 million, 26 awards)—account for approximately 30% of total potential value. The top five by award count (14% of all awards) include the same agencies, with BLS and Huntsville USACE leading volume, indicating sustained, broad-based demand for R.S. Means' platforms.

R.S. Means holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command valued at $249,500 through November 2026, which has generated task orders carrying roughly $204,000 in combined value. The vendor also participates in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (60 task orders, $1.2 million combined potential value) and sits on several Army Corps IDIQs including W912DY06D0012 (16 task orders, $3.9 million combined potential value) and W912DY12D0003 (8 task orders, $4.7 million combined potential value). Task order activity on these vehicles reflects institutional demand for R.S. Means' cost data platforms across installation base and project planning workflows.

Representative prime work spans subscription renewals, software licenses, and specialized cost modeling. The VA Technology Acquisition Center awarded a $4.7 million definitive contract for RSMeans Data Online Complete Plus covering approximately 800 users across 154 healthcare facilities, with SCI-reported invoicing of $1.5 million in FY2024 and $1.6 million in FY2025, self-performed without subcontractor engagement. The Department of Energy awarded a $1.22 million definitive contract for RSMeans data, tools, and applications supporting Facilities Information Management System and Condition Assessment Information System, with SCI invoicing of $216 thousand in FY2023 and self-performance. The Fish and Wildlife Service procured a $515 thousand online cost estimating software license and data through April 2024. The Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville holds a $4.25 million definitive contract through September 2027 for RS Means Cost Estimating Software subscriptions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has awarded multiple contracts for regional building and industrial cost modeling, including a $351,766 base contract through May 2030 for four regional industrial building cost models, a $326,151 contract for four regional office building cost models through May 2029, and a $287,487 contract for four regional school building cost models through May 2028.

SCI reporting shows $6 million in invoiced federal service-contract revenue across FY2022–FY2025, concentrated in FY2024 ($2.3 million) and FY2025 ($3.5 million). The vendor self-performed all reported hours with zero subcontractor engagement, indicating a capital-light, software-licensing delivery model with negligible labor content on covered contracts. Zero FTE trajectory across all four fiscal years reflects the absence of W-2 federal service personnel; R.S. Means delivers through proprietary platform subscriptions and data access rather than on-site labor deployment. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, R.S. Means engaged no named subcontractors, operating as a pure software vendor and data provider without team-based delivery.

R.S. Means operates as a subsidiary of The Gordian Group, Inc., a broader software and cost data enterprise. The parent company relationship anchors R.S. Means' proprietary technology and market position, enabling the subsidiary to maintain sole-source justifications on multiple federal procurements citing the exclusivity of RSMeans and CostWorks platforms. The vendor competes on full-and-open basis across all awards in the source data, holding no SBA set-aside certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or similar). Federal pricing strategy emphasizes perpetual and annual subscription licensing, with contract vehicles ranging from $8,000 micro-purchases to $4.7 million multiyear definitives, all structured as firm fixed-price commercial purchases of proprietary cost data and software access.