Semanticbits LLC

Semanticbits LLC, a Reston, Virginia-based IT and management consulting firm, operates as a prime contractor on healthcare IT modernization, data analytics, cloud migration, and DevSecOps services delivered to federal civilian agencies predominantly under small business set-asides. Semanticbits is a child company of ICF Incorporated and competes across the federal market entirely as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), with 67 awards across 13 customer agencies and combined potential value of $22.19 billion. The vendor's set-aside posture is predominantly Total Small Business across nearly all prime work, with no subcontract or sub-recipient awards in the source footprint.

Customer concentration anchors overwhelmingly to the Department of Health and Human Services. The top five funding agencies account for 82% of awards by count. HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services dominates both volume and potential value with 29 awards worth $1.87 billion combined potential value, led by a $500 million single-award Data Analytics Supporting Healthcare (DASH) BPA awarded in February 2022 through February 2027, from which CMS has issued two named task orders: a $36.3 million firm fixed-price delivery order for Enterprise Quality Reporting System (EQRS) Portal II development issued in November 2023, and a $26.9 million time and materials order for Website Open Data Discovery (WODD) issued in September 2022. However, the single largest piece of potential value in the footprint is non-HHS: a $20 billion position on the National Institutes of Health NITAAC Office of Information Technology Acquisition's CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC, awarded to Semanticbits as a single contract with ultimate completion in 2027. GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 10 awards totaling $240.6 million, concentrated under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle, with task orders including a $14.2 million Total Small Business BPA call from the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs for IT and management consulting issued in February 2026, an $11.5 million firm fixed-price delivery order from CMS for BONNIE MAT 2 system design and development issued in August 2024, a $78.7 million firm fixed-price delivery order from CMS for QIES and IQIES re-platforming issued in June 2025, and a $8.9 million Total Small Business BPA call for LOGIN.gov engineering support issued in November 2024. HHS Food and Drug Administration holds 10 awards worth $23.6 million, including a $636 thousand Total Small Business BPA call for NRC AI maturity assessment issued in September 2024 with Isoftech, Inc. as a subcontractor, and a $505 thousand delivery order under an FDA IDIQ for computerized labeling review tool work issued in October 2024.

Semanticbits maintains seats on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule as its primary vehicle for task order delivery, with 68 task orders worth $2.05 billion in combined potential value. The DASH BPA, a $500 million single-award vehicle, has generated 2 named task orders; a second vehicle, Agile Delivery to Execute Legislative Endeavors for Quality Related Initiatives, carries 19 task orders worth $635.8 million. The vendor's capability portfolio is grounded in healthcare IT modernization, federal data analytics infrastructure, cloud platform engineering, and DevSecOps support across civilian health and civilian agencies. On the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Semanticbits offers labor categories spanning quality assurance engineer through principal systems analyst, with hourly rates running $90.60 to $182.34 and education requirements at bachelor's degree level, no cleared roles. SCI-reported invoicing from prime service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $237.2 million across FY2022–FY2024 ($38.7 million in FY2022, $83.2 million in FY2023, $115.4 million in FY2024), reflecting year-over-year growth through FY2024. FTE delivery scaled to 361 FTEs in FY2024 across 24 prime SCI records, down from 426 FTEs in FY2022 (30 prime records) and 262 FTEs in FY2023 (27 prime records); the trajectory reflects mix variation across contract types and performance periods rather than sustained direction. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime work ran a median of $118.00 per hour, with the 10th percentile at $28.37/hr and the 90th percentile at $227.93/hr.

Semanticbits operates as a prime-heavy vendor: 100% of awards are prime contracts or IDVs, with no subcontract sub-awards in the source. However, on SCI-reportable prime contracts the vendor engages subcontractors for roughly 10% of total contractor hours on average, with 53 named subcontractors reported across the FY2022–FY2024 period. Named subs appearing in award detail include Isoftech, Inc. (minority-owned IT services, appearing on LOGIN.gov engineering, NRC AI assessment, and Bureau of Consular Affairs work), Blue Leaf Technologies, Inc. (HUBZone-certified, awarded January 2025 on the COEHHS Digital Architecture Strategy Design contract for JIRA administration), Bellese Technologies LLC and Telligen, Inc. (subcontracted on the BONNIE MAT 2 delivery order for project management and measure development expertise), and Carahsoft Technology Corp (providing Google Looker software licensing on the CMS CMMI Analysis and Management System contract). Healthcare Management Solutions, LLC and Productplan, LLC provide technical support on the PASCID Bridge project under the QIES/IQIES re-platforming task order with CMS.

Seven awards with combined potential value of $210.9 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure. Activity has contracted markedly from 12 awards in calendar 2022 to a single award in 2026 (through the source date of July 2026), driven by the shift to large-value, multi-year single and limited-award IDVs and task orders against existing vehicles rather than new awards. The $20 billion NIH CIO-SP3 GWAC position and the $500 million CMS DASH BPA account for the majority of Semanticbits' potential-value footprint and represent long-duration vehicles through 2027, anchoring the vendor's federal pipeline to healthcare and HHS IT modernization work through the mid-term.