Defense Budgett LLC

Defense Budgett LLC, a veteran-owned limited liability partnership based in Lake Bluff, Illinois, delivers IT system engineering, tradespace analysis, and defense research support services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor, with no subcontractor activity across its recent award footprint. The company operates on GSA Schedules and federal supply vehicles with a 100% prime posture (51 awards), competing in full-and-open categories rather than set-asides.

The vendor's customer base spans fifteen distinct federal agencies, but concentration is sharp and tilted toward the Department of Defense. By award count, the Air Force dominates with 16 awards (31% of total), followed by Navy and Army with 4 awards each, and the Interior Department with 3 awards. However, the dollar ranking diverges meaningfully: the Coast Guard anchors the top-value position with 3 awards worth $7.3 million combined potential value, followed by the Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service with 4 awards at $5.3 million, the Air Force Headquarters District Washington with 1 award at $4.6 million, and the GSA Federal Acquisition Service with 3 awards at $4.1 million. This ninety-eight-percent coverage concentration across five customer pockets signals a vendor built around a handful of long-standing relationships rather than broad market presence.

Defense Budgett's capability portfolio centers on IT system design, defense research support, and training delivery. Named recent work includes a $3.1 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Coast Guard (exercising option period 2) for Enhanced Tradespace Tool Support Services under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, running through September 2029. The vendor's work taxonomy from the award history reflects this blend: twelve awards classified under Computer Systems Design Services (NAICS 541512), nine under Defense Research and Development support, five under IT software, and supporting work in engineering services and management consulting. The most common PSC lever across the footprint is education and training (11 awards, primarily IT and telecommunications training), followed by defense research and development support (9 awards).

The vendor places work on the Information Technology Schedule 70 with 16 task orders worth $6.5 million combined potential value, the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 2 task orders at $5.4 million, and the Federal Supply Schedule GS23F0183P with 2 task orders at $5.8 million. Activity across the vendor's history shows severe sparsity in recent years — one award per year in 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2024, with no recorded activity in the years between — suggesting either selective pursuit, contract maturity with few new starts, or a portfolio dominated by multi-year delivery orders. The most recent award landed in September 2024, placing the vendor's active engagement in the current market. Combined potential value across all 51 awards stands at $22.9 million, with $19.8 million (87%) already obligated.

Service Contract Inventory data, which covers federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, shows minimal recent capacity deployment: Defense Budgett reported only $1.1 million in SCI-invoiced federal service revenue across FY2022 and FY2023 combined (roughly 1.6 to 1.9 FTEs per year), with zero FTEs recorded in FY2024 and FY2025. This gap between the award portfolio and SCI invoicing suggests the vendor's active awards (particularly the Coast Guard order) may involve goods, products, or lower-frequency billing patterns rather than continuous service delivery. On the GSA labor side, the vendor maintains two active IT labor categories at rates spanning $162.42 to $178.59 per hour for roles ranging from Computer Systems Analyst (bachelor's, 10 years experience) to Management Analyst (master's, 20 years experience), with no security-cleared positions offered. The median government-paid hourly rate across SCI records runs around $156/hr, positioning the vendor in the mid-tier for technical labor on federal service contracts.