Rack-Wildner & Reese, Inc.

Rack-Wildner & Reese, Inc., operating as Akoya, is a Pittsburgh-based SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that provides strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, multimedia content production, and public outreach services to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards). The vendor competes predominantly under women-owned small business set-asides and holds two substantial single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) — a $100 million Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy vehicle awarded August 2023 and running through August 2028, and an $85 million Health Resources and Services Administration marketing services vehicle awarded September 2023 and running through March 2029 — collectively anchoring the bulk of its federal footprint.

Akoya's customer base is concentrated with energy and health agencies. The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy dominates the award portfolio at 29 awards carrying $251.5 million in combined potential value (42% of award count), while the Health Resources and Services Administration accounts for 7 awards valued at $91.6 million. The two rankings track closely on dollars — these two customers represent 91% of combined potential value across the entire portfolio. Recent representative work includes a $6.215 million time-and-materials BPA call from DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation for strategic engagement and outreach to the Office of Electricity (awarded January 2026), a $5.316 million ceiling increase to a similar call supporting the CMEI Front Office (awarded November 2025), and a $924,402 BPA call for Integrated Energy Systems Office outreach support (awarded June 2026). Akoya also delivers work across DOE EERE's Solar Energy Technologies Office, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office, Geothermal Technologies Office, Building Technologies Office, Water Power Technologies Office, and Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. Non-energy work includes an $85 million HRSA marketing campaign services vehicle and occasional task orders from GSA Federal Acquisition Service and Defense Health Agency.

Akoya operates under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with a labor portfolio spanning 46 active categories priced from $42.14/hr for administrative clerical roles to $243.04/hr for executive director-level positions, encompassing multimedia specialists, trainers, information design consultants, and senior executive consultants. No security-cleared labor categories are offered. The vendor's SCI-reported invoicing grew substantially in FY2024 to $8.4 million across 26.0 FTEs, compared to $1.5 million across 5.1 FTEs in FY2022, reflecting expansion tied to the two large BPA vehicles. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid rates median around $138.28/hr, with senior labor pricing through $184.99/hr at the 90th percentile.

Akoya operates predominantly as a prime (98% of awards) and self-performs the bulk of its work. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for approximately 5% of contractor hours on average, with three named subcontractors reported — Deloitte Consulting LLP and ICF Consulting Group, Inc. provide digital, web, and marketing support on the core DOE EERE BPA; one additional sub appears on a March 2022 Guidehouse prime contract for appliance standards analysis support. The vendor's subcontracting footprint is minimal; it is positioned as a direct executor rather than a feeder to larger primes.

Activity has been uneven in recent years — one award in 2022, eleven in 2023, ten in 2024, five in 2025, and four awarded year-to-date in 2026 — reflecting the discrete task-order-driven nature of BPA work rather than steady award volume. Ten awards with combined potential value of $26.8 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The vendor's footprint spans 24 distinct customer agencies overall, but concentration with DOE EERE and HRSA is structural: these two customers account for over 91% of combined potential value and represent the core of the federal revenue base anchored to the two large master BPAs running through 2028 and 2029 respectively.

Extensive Federal experience VA, HHS, NASA, DOE, DHS, DOT, EPA, NIST, DoD/DHA -Management Consulting & full service communications, strategic visioning. Communication capabilities include strategic communications and marketing, graphic design, video production, event-meeting planning and support, public relations, publics relations training, outreach and engagement and advertising.