Richard S Carson & Associates Inc.

Richard S Carson & Associates Inc., doing business as Carson Associates, is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) based in Rockville, Maryland that operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) across federal IT services, consulting, and program support, with no recorded subcontractor activity. The vendor's footprint spans 189 awards with a combined potential value of $4.16 billion, though only $112.4 million has been obligated to date, reflecting a portfolio heavy with IDCs (Indefinite Delivery Contracts) and task-order vehicles with long performance windows and modest annual drawdown rates.

Carson Associates operates predominantly under GSA vehicles — the Federal Supply Schedule GS00F0001N anchors 56 task orders worth $99.4 million combined potential value — supplemented by two IDCs (MDA90391D0077 with 11 task orders and DASW0195D0027 with 10 task orders) and several agency-specific BPAs. The top category concentration reflects this vehicle posture: the portfolio tilts 65 awards toward NAICS Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with secondary depth in Other Computer Related Services (16 awards). PSC codes confirm a hybrid profile — IT and Telecom Services dominates at 38 awards, but Professional Support (23 awards) and Technical Representative–Weapons (18 awards) signal non-IT consulting and defense technical labor.

Customer concentration is heavily defense-weighted. The Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) alone anchors $3.96 billion of combined potential value across just 2 awards, representing 97% of the top-five customers' combined value and vastly outweighing the Office of Personnel Management ($32.2 million across 5 awards) and the Department of State Bureau of Information Resource Management ($28.6 million across 4 awards). By award count, the Army leads with 31 awards, followed by the Navy with 19, but the NAVSEA awards are order-of-magnitude larger. GSA Federal Acquisition Service represents the largest civilian customer (10 awards, $6.8 million).

Recent activity is sparse. After 31 awards placed in 2016 and trailing off through 2018, the vendor recorded only 4 awards in the past five years (3 in 2021 and 1 in April 2026), suggesting a portfolio in maintenance mode rather than active growth. The lone 2026 award is a $1.1 million IT security support delivery order issued by the National Human Genome Research Institute under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule on April 13, 2026, with a one-year performance window closing April 12, 2027. The recompete cliff shows minimal pressure — only one award ($1.1 million) expires in the next twenty-four months.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts (FY2022–FY2025), Carson Associates invoiced $4.6 million as a prime, with annual revenue stable in the $1.1–$1.2 million range and workforce consistent at roughly 4–4.5 FTEs per fiscal year. Median government-paid hourly rates on these contracts ran $133.02/hr, with the 10th percentile at $126.34/hr and 90th percentile at $137.41/hr — a tight range reflecting labor-intensive, mid-level technical and management work. The GSA Schedule portfolio spans 21 labor categories priced from $29.79/hr (clerical) through $228.74/hr (Information Security Expert roles), with no security clearances offered, and education requirements ranging from high school to master's degrees. The 5% average subcontractor-hours share and two named subs across prime contracts indicate Carson Associates builds most delivery internally rather than relying on subcontractors.

Our specialties: - Information Security - SETA Services: project oversight, logistics, acquisition - Enterprise Architecture: strategic/operational/capital planning, metrics, process improvement - E-Business: portals, data mining, business analytics