Standard Communications Inc.

Standard Communications Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Hume, Virginia, operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) delivering nurse call systems, patient elopement tracking, environmental monitoring, communications infrastructure, and healthcare IT solutions to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The company holds dual SBA certifications as both a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, with certifications expiring September 3, 2026, and competes predominately under SDVOSB set-asides and sole-source authority across the VA system. Standard Communications operates a subsidiary, Smtec LLC, structured as an SDVOSB joint venture.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily tilted toward VA operations. The top five customer entities by award count account for 35% of all awards: Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (36 awards, $8.2 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 (31 awards, $7.1 million), VA Technology Acquisition Center Austin (30 awards, $50.3 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (23 awards, $8.4 million), and Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 (21 awards, $11.6 million). By potential value, the rankings shift: VA Technology Acquisition Center Austin leads at $50.3 million across 30 awards, followed by VA Headquarters ($27 million, 7 awards), Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 ($14.6 million, 19 awards), VISN 7 ($11.6 million, 21 awards), and VISN 6 ($8.4 million, 23 awards) — these five customers account for 52% of combined potential value. The vendor has served 32 distinct customer agencies, but the VA system represents the overwhelming majority of business.

Standard Communications' capability footprint centers on Jeron, Rauland, Vocera, SPOK, WanderGuard, and CenTrak nurse call and communications platform integration for VA medical facilities. Representative named contracts include a $7.99 million SDVOSB-set-aside definitive contract with VISN 20 (Seattle VAMC) for nurse call system replacement across five buildings (awarded September 27, 2025, completion July 31, 2027); a $5.77 million Total Small Business set-aside definitive contract with VISN 6 (Asheville VAMC) for nurse call system expansion and replacement (awarded October 16, 2024, completion August 17, 2026); a $4.88 million SDVOSB-set-aside purchase order with VISN 12 (Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital) for Rauland Responder 5 nurse call hardware, software, and installation (awarded September 24, 2021, completion December 31, 2025); and a $2.65 million SDVOSB delivery order under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with VISN 12 (Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Chicago) for patient elopement and environmental monitoring system installation (awarded August 1, 2023, completion May 31, 2029). Smaller orders include $1.25 million for Jeron Provider 790 support at Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VAMC (April 1, 2026–March 31, 2031), $1.12 million for nurse call system upgrades at Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Charleston (January 17, 2025), and $965 thousand for Jeron Provider 700 installation at Lee County Healthcare Center Cape Coral (April 23, 2026). Across the award footprint, NAICS concentration splits between Other Computer Related Services (140 awards), Computer Systems Design Services (38 awards), and Telecommunications Resellers (34 awards), with PSC concentration in Telephone and Telegraph Equipment (58 awards) and IT and Telecom—Other IT and Telecommunications (37 awards).

Standard Communications holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (47QTCA23D005H) issued March 2, 2023, with a $475 thousand ceiling through March 1, 2028. The schedule carries 13 active labor categories spanning telecommunications technician entry-level roles ($67.39/hr with high school education) through systems and security executive positions ($270.44/hr with bachelor's degree and 15 years' experience); no security-cleared labor is offered. The GSA schedule has generated 105 task orders carrying $20 million in combined potential value. Two significant delivery orders anchor the schedule: a $18.37 million Nutanix hardware support order from VISN 17 (April 25, 2025, completion July 31, 2025) and the Jesse Brown environmental monitoring system order noted above.

The vendor's activity has accelerated: six awards in 2022, nine in 2023, eighteen in 2024, fourteen in 2025, and five so far in 2026 (as of July 1, 2026). Thirteen awards with combined potential value of $20.8 million carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, triggering recompete exposure. The VA Technology Acquisition Center's Veterans Technology Services vehicle (formerly RTLS Expansion) anchors the largest parent vehicle with 25 task orders and $31.8 million combined potential value; the Multiple Award Schedule contributes 105 task orders at $20 million.

Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $2.7 million in FY2024 across 3.2 FTEs and four prime contracts; FY2022 and FY2023 carried zero SCI-reportable invoicing (though the vendor's actual invoiced federal revenue substantially exceeds SCI-reportable amounts, as SCI captures only service contracts above $150 thousand and excludes goods, products, micro-purchases, and classified work). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $136.86/hr to a median of $317.76/hr and 90th percentile of $476.03/hr. Across SCI prime contracts, Standard Communications performed 100% of contractor hours in-house with zero subcontractor engagement, indicating the vendor builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on subs for SCI-reportable work. The broader award portfolio shows the same pattern: Standard Communications operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no recorded sub-award activity, suggesting a vertical-integration model focused on direct service delivery to the VA.

SCI is a professional services firm specializing in telecom, clinical collaboration solutions, unified communication, medical health care collaboration systems, computer systems infrastructure & support services. Specialties include PBX installation/maint, Inside & Outside cable plants.