R.s. Means Company LLC

R.S. Means Company LLC, a subsidiary of The Gordian Group, Inc., sells construction cost estimating software, databases, and online subscription platforms to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, the vendor operates across multiple NAICS codes dominated by Software Publishers (473 awards), Book Publishers (194 awards), and Professional and Management Development Training (107 awards), with primary PSC classification in Information Technology Software and Books and Pamphlets.

R.S. Means' core federal capability centers on its proprietary RSMeans Online and CostWorks platforms—comprehensive construction cost data and estimation tools that deliver labor, material, and equipment pricing information across construction disciplines to support government facilities management, capital planning, and infrastructure project budgeting. Representative work includes a $6.4 million contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District to develop and maintain the HQ Cost Book 2025 with quarterly commercial pricing updates through 2029; a $4.7 million Department of Veterans Affairs award for RSMeans Data Online Complete Plus Full Library and quarterly software updates serving approximately 800 VA users across 154 healthcare facilities nationwide; a $4.25 million USACE Engineering Support Center Huntsville definitive contract for RS Means Cost Estimating Software subscriptions through 2027; and ongoing $351 thousand and $326 thousand contracts with the Bureau of Labor Statistics for data services supporting regional industrial and office building cost models. The vendor also delivers training services—a $200 thousand Naval Facilities Engineering Command sole-source award for 16 RSMeans Online training classes and a $63 thousand NAVFAC training contract exemplify this capability segment.

Customer concentration is significant and heavily anchored to Army Corps of Engineers work. The top five customer agencies by combined potential value account for approximately 35 percent of all awards: the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville leads with 51 awards and $21.5 million in combined potential value, followed by the Army Corps of Engineers at $11.6 million across 13 awards, Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command with $7.7 million across 42 awards, Bureau of Labor Statistics at $4.7 million across 52 awards, and NASA Shared Services Center at $1.5 million. The top five by award count (serving 14 percent of all awards) show a similar pattern, with BLS placing 52 orders, USACE Engineering Support Center Huntsville issuing 51, and Navy NAVFAC 42. Tension between the two rankings is minimal—both rankings reflect sustained, high-value demand from the same core customer base, particularly USACE.

The vendor holds a single-award $249.5 thousand Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command through November 2026, originally solicited for RSMeans Full Online Library Complete twelve-month subscriptions and serving as a vehicle for online subscriptions, technical publications, and software licenses. R.S. Means places task orders against multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts: W912DY06D0012 (13 task orders, $3.9 million), W912DY12D0003 (8 task orders, $4.7 million), and VA255P1295 (9 task orders, $335 thousand). The vendor also holds a position on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 59 task orders and $1.2 million in combined potential value. These vehicles are the primary mechanisms through which federal agencies issue routine subscription renewals, software license updates, and training calls.

Activity has declined modestly year over year—53 awards in 2022 down to 39 in 2025 and only 3 in 2026 (reflecting source cutoff in September 2026). Within the next twenty-four months, 39 awards with combined potential value of $24.1 million face ultimate completion dates, presenting significant recompete exposure, particularly on USACE and NAVFAC contracts.

Service Contract Inventory data is limited: R.S. Means reported $2.5 million in SCI-invoiced federal service revenue across FY2023–FY2024 (FY2023: $216 thousand; FY2024: $2.3 million), with zero FTEs recorded, reflecting that nearly all R.S. Means work is software licensing and subscription delivery rather than labor-intensive services. The vendor self-performed across all reported SCI prime contracts with no subcontractor engagement on federal service agreements.

R.S. Means operates as a pure prime contractor—1,473 prime awards against 6 sub-awards (0.4 percent subcontractor activity) and zero sub-hours share across SCI records. The six named sub-awards are distribution channels: Amentum Spaceport LLC (CD 2025 and online subscription orders in 2024–2025), Parsons Government Services Inc. (Job Corps facilities services support in 2025), Netcentric Technology LLC (base civil engineer services in 2024), and Tuvli LLC (RSMeans data catalog license de-obligation in 2022). These relationships represent R.S. Means as a sub-tier data and software supplier to larger integrators rather than R.S. Means leading teaming arrangements. The vendor builds no delivery teams; it supplies proprietary products directly to government buyers and manages no subcontractor workforce on federal contracts.