Shano Inc.

Shano Inc., a women-owned small business based in Great Falls, Virginia, provides federal temporary lodging, hotel accommodations, and related hospitality services as a prime contractor exclusively, delivering across 56 distinct federal customer agencies. The company is SBA certified as a Women-Owned Small Business, self-certified as a Small Disadvantaged Business, and structured as a Subchapter S Corporation with over 40 years of operational history in federal hospitality contracting.

Shano Inc. competes across both set-aside and full-and-open vehicles, with roughly 60% of recent awards carrying total small business or women-owned small business set-aside designations, the remainder awarded on competitive basis without set-aside. The vendor's capability portfolio centers narrowly on commercial lodging procurement — hotel room rentals, berthing services, student housing for military training programs, and event-support accommodations — with representative work including a $565 thousand delivery order from the Air Force Research Laboratory for C-STARS Baltimore student lodging (fiscal 2024), a $314 thousand purchase order from Air Force District Washington for Air Force Chaplain Corps Summit accommodations near Reagan National Airport (fiscal 2025), and a $691 thousand blanket purchase agreement from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for off-center lodging at Artesia, New Mexico (awarded November 2025, running through September 2026).

Customer concentration is steep and military-heavy. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 54% of recent awards: the U.S. Coast Guard leads by volume (97 awards, $2.8 million potential value), followed by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (33 awards, $3.1 million), Navy Installations Command (32 awards, $1.2 million), Department of the Army (25 awards, $2.5 million), and Army Reserve Command (23 awards, $750 thousand). Dollar concentration shifts slightly: the Air Force Research Laboratory anchors 18 awards valued at $14.7 million combined potential (41% of Shano's total portfolio), driven by large standing delivery orders for student lodging at multiple C-STARS training locations (Baltimore, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Beavercreek) running through mid-2026. FLETC and Coast Guard together represent another $5.9 million in potential value.

Shano holds three significant IDVs and multiple BPAs. The flagship vehicle is a $8.5 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA239622D0004) with Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, awarded June 2022, running through July 2027, which has generated 14 task orders totaling $5 million in potential value for student lodging services across multiple cities. The company maintains a $1 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with FLETC for off-center housing in Charleston, South Carolina and other locations, through September 2027, from which 33 calls have been issued spanning October 2022 through present. A November 2025 FLETC BPA award adds $691 thousand ceiling for Artesia, New Mexico lodging through September 2026. Shano also holds smaller BPAs with the Air Force, Air National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service totaling roughly $165 thousand to $637 thousand each across 6 to 14 task orders per vehicle.

Activity trajectory shows volatility. Awards per year declined from 38 in 2022 to 14 in 2024, recovered to 20 in 2025, then dropped to 7 in the first five months of 2026 — a pattern consistent with large standing IDVs and BPAs generating fewer but higher-value task orders over time, rather than steady small transactional awards. Within the next twenty-four months, 15 awards (combined potential value $545 thousand) reach ultimate completion date, creating modest recompete exposure. The combined obligated value across all awards stands at $19.6 million against $35.4 million potential value (55% obligation rate), reflecting typical firm-fixed-price purchase order and delivery order execution where many awards carry higher ceiling values than invoiced spend.

Shano competes entirely as a prime; no sub-award activity appears in the source. The vendor's NAICS and PSC footprint is concentrated: 380 of 386 awards fall under NAICS 721110 (Hotels except Casino Hotels and Motels), with 317 awards under PSC code for lodging and hotel/motel services. The remaining six awards span caterers, conference space rental, and housekeeping. This extreme category concentration — 98% of awards in one NAICS — reflects a specialized, narrow service line with limited cross-selling opportunity into adjacent facility or hospitality domains.

SHANO, INC. provides conference planning, lodging short & long term stay, food and beverage catering services. Logistic services.