Rust Consulting, Inc.

Rust Consulting, Inc., a for-profit consulting firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a prime contractor providing claims administration, victim identification, redress distribution, and litigation support services to federal civilian agencies on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime across 87 recent federal awards with combined potential value of $80.8 million and combined obligated dollars of $18 million, serving 15 distinct customer agencies without subcontract work.

Customer concentration is extreme and decision-defining. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accounts for 52 of 87 awards (60% by count) and $68.5 million of $80.8 million combined potential value (85% by dollars)—a level of customer concentration that anchors Rust's entire business model to CFPB redress administration. The next four customers by award count (Department of Justice Criminal Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Homeland Security U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Attorney's Offices) collectively represent only six awards and less than $5 million, underscoring the vendor's functional dependency on CFPB work. The top-customers-by-potential-value ranking surface-shifts this concentration further: GSA Federal Acquisition Service, DHS U.S. Secret Service, USDA National Resources Conservation Service, and DOJ Criminal Division together carry $10.5 million, but the CFPB's $68.5 million still dominates the economics.

Rust Consulting operates under four principal parent vehicles. The CFPB 3rd Party Redress Services IDIQ ($50 million ceiling, awarded September 2022, extending through September 2027) anchors the footprint with 22 task orders carrying $5.8 million combined potential value. The CFPB Fund and Redress Administration vehicle (14 task orders, $3.1 million) and the Federal Supply Schedule GS23F0067W (14 task orders, $4.6 million) provide secondary ordering mechanisms. A $100 thousand Department of Justice Criminal Division indefinite-delivery contract for Federal Forfeiture Claims Administration (awarded March 2023, extending through January 2028) and a single-award Federal Trade Commission Blanket Purchase Agreement (one-dollar ceiling, awarded November 2023, extending through October 2028) round out the vehicle set. Across the CFPB vehicles alone, Rust holds task order authority for redress administration across consumer financial protection enforcement actions—victim identification, claims processing, payment distribution, breach notification, and regulatory compliance reporting for named matters including Navient, Sutherland, Performant, All American Check Cashing, EMT Logical, SMART Plan, RUST USEA, Western Benefits Group, and BounceBack.

Capability framing follows directly from the award portfolio. Rust Consulting specializes in third-party administrative services for federal enforcement actions and redress programs, particularly in consumer financial protection. Representative recent work includes a $665.8 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order from CFPB for Navient redress services (awarded July 2025, completing July 2027), a $1.04 million CFPB delivery order for the Sutherland Matter (awarded October 2024, completing February 2027), a $598.4 thousand CFPB delivery order for FIP Redress (awarded May 2024, completing May 2028), a $481.6 thousand CFPB delivery order for CLIMB credit matter services (awarded September 2025, completing September 2029), and a $300.2 thousand Department of Justice delivery order for claims administration support on the We Build the Wall case (awarded June 2025, completing June 2026). Across CFPB work, the vendor also provides litigation consulting (exemplified by a $24.7 thousand Department of Justice Civil Rights Division purchase order for Cobb County Fire Department legal services, awarded May 2024). All recent awards carry firm fixed-price pricing and no set-aside designation.

Activity shows volatility year over year rather than sustained growth. The vendor recorded 5 awards in 2022, 12 in 2023, 5 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 1 award in 2026 (source date June 2026). Eighteen awards with combined potential value of $5.2 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure concentrated in CFPB matters. The award portfolio's NAICS concentration aligns with capability: Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities represents 54 awards; Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds represents 15; and All Other Legal Services represents 11. Primary PSC coding centers on Support–Management: Banking (52 awards) and Support–Professional: Legal (12 awards).

Rust Consulting competes in full and open competition without pursuing or holding set-aside positions. The vendor has no subcontractor presence and no reported grant work. Performance is executed entirely at the Minneapolis headquarters location. The combination of extreme customer concentration on CFPB, narrow capability focus on redress administration, and small absolute obligated-dollar base ($18 million across 87 awards) positions Rust as a specialized vendor in a narrow federal market niche rather than a broad federal contractor.