Rustici Software, LLC

Rustici Software, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit limited liability partnership headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, delivers eLearning software platforms and SCORM-compliant content management systems to federal agencies as a prime contractor (85% of recent awards) and serves specialized roles as a subcontractor to defense and intelligence integrators. The company does not pursue set-aside certifications; all awards are full-and-open competitive procurements.

Rustici's capability portfolio centers on proprietary SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) standards–compliant software platforms that enable federal agencies to develop, manage, distribute, and track electronic learning content across multiple learning management systems. Concrete recent work includes a $5.1 million definitive firm fixed-price contract awarded January 30, 2026, by the Army Materiel Command (through PEO Enterprise Information Systems) for renewal and continuation of Rustici Content Controller Software licenses, supporting 500,000 to 2,000,000 licenses covering integration with Moodle Workplace 4.5 and content standards including SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, AICC, xAPI, cmi5, and multimedia formats through December 5, 2030; a $1.579 million firm fixed-price contract awarded May 29, 2025, by the Naval Air Warfare Center for SCORM engine software maintenance and support services (ultimate completion May 31, 2030); and a $201.765 thousand purchase order awarded May 1, 2025, by CDC Pittsburgh for Content Controller platform renewals supporting course syndication and learner progress tracking through April 30, 2030.

Customer concentration is moderate but skewed toward defense and maritime training. The top five funding agencies account for 58% of recent awards by count but 90% of combined potential value. The Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center dominate by both metrics (10 awards, $6 million combined potential value), followed by the Army Acquisition Support Center's PEO Enterprise Information Systems (3 awards, $5.1 million), United States Marine Corps (3 awards, $1.8 million), Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (4 awards, $882 thousand), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh (3 awards, $484 thousand). The Department of State Foreign Service Institute places 7 awards totaling $166 thousand. Rustici also maintains active relationships with the Department of the Air Force Space Command and Naval Education and Training Command.

Rustici places task orders under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS+) vehicle (5 task orders) and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 – Services (IT EOS 3) (2 task orders). A single task order appears on the Air Force's Indefinite Delivery Contract FA870225DB002.

Recent activity has accelerated modestly from a low baseline — two awards annually in 2022 and 2023, five in 2024, and six in 2025 — with only two awards (combined potential value $748 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete pressure. Combined potential value across all 52 awards (prime and sub) is $15.9 million, with $12 million obligated (75% of potential value).

In subcontractor roles, Rustici delivers software licensing and support through Science Applications International Corporation (multiple sub awards for Rustici license and content-controller renewals supporting AFMS3 20 and M&S training capabilities through 2024 and 2025), International Business Machines Corporation (software maintenance and help-desk tech-refresh support), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (software subscription services, August 2025). The SCI dataset reports minimal service-contract activity — only 0.9 FTEs in FY2024 under a single named subcontractor record — reflecting the vendor's product-licensing business model, which falls outside the service-contract reporting threshold or is captured under goods categories rather than reportable services. Rustici maintains a named subsidiary, Watershed Systems, Inc., also foreign-owned.