Strategic Security Corp

Strategic Security Corp, a woman-owned small business headquartered in Smithtown, New York, provides Level II armed and unarmed guard services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, with particular depth in disaster response and facility security operations under FEMA contracts and detention facility security through the Department of Justice.

The vendor operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and is designated woman-owned small business (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business (EDWOSB). The corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Strategic Security Alabama Corp, also designated WOSB and EDWOSB. Work spans NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), with nearly all recent activity concentrated in armed and unarmed guard services under PSC code Housekeeping-Guard, supported by a secondary stream of physical-security and badging support work.

Strategic Security Corp's customer concentration is extreme and presents recompete risk. The Federal Emergency Management Agency funds 66 awards (combined potential value $122 million) and accounts for 87 percent of the vendor's recent award count, covering Level II armed guard services across multiple disaster declarations in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Connecticut, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and other states. The second significant customer is the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration, which holds two awards with combined potential value of $3.3 billion — the largest single line item in the vendor's portfolio. This $3.3 billion figure represents a multi-award indefinite delivery contract for the TSA Screening Partnership Program; the source does not specify how much has been exercised or obligated against this vehicle. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix funds six awards (combined potential value $5.3 million) for unarmed guard services at hospitals supporting inmate medical appointments. FEMA dominates dollars and volume simultaneously, making this vendor almost exclusively a disaster-response security services provider.

Strategic Security Corp places work against the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (40 task orders, $24.4 million combined potential value) and holds single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements with FEMA for Level II armed guard services in Florida ($12.5 million ceiling), Kentucky (multiple BPAs totaling over $9 million), Alabama ($9 million), Mississippi ($900 thousand), and Georgia ($9 million). The vendor also maintains a BPA with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons ($5.3 million) for unarmed guard services at Fort Dix. These BPAs enable rapid task-order issuance during disaster declarations and routine detention-facility operations.

Representative FEMA work includes a $8.97 million definitive contract awarded January 13, 2025, for up to 75 armed guards across seven facilities in North Carolina supporting Hurricane Helena disaster declaration DR-4827-NC, extending through June 5, 2026; a $3.87 million definitive contract awarded April 25, 2025, for Level II armed security in Kentucky disaster counties under a small-business set-aside; and a $1.79 million contract awarded October 10, 2024, for armed guard services in Vermont supporting disaster declaration DR-4810-VT. A $272 thousand definitive contract awarded April 8, 2026, for armed security in South Carolina disaster-related sites under total small-business set-aside represents the most recent award. The vendor also holds a delivery order from FEMA (ultimate completion August 31, 2027) valued at $1.99 million for one additional armed guard at the Texas Integration Recovery Office supporting Hurricane Harvey recovery, with SCI reporting of 13.3 FTEs in FY2024 at a government-paid rate of $32.85/hr, declining from $35.16/hr in FY2023.

Activity has been flat year over year — 21 awards in 2022, 21 in 2023, 22 in 2024, dropping to 6 in 2025 and 1 in 2026. Three awards (combined potential value $6.1 million) reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in FEMA's established disaster-response security contracting.

The vendor competes predominantly full-and-open but draws strength from woman-owned small-business set-asides, which appear on roughly 40 percent of recent prime awards across the FEMA and DOJ portfolios. The remaining work flows from unrestricted competitive solicitations, many run through the Unison Marketplace disaster-response procurement platform.

Strategic Security Corp operates as a self-performing contractor with no subcontractor engagement. SCI-reportable invoicing totaled $27.4 million across FY2022–FY2024: $7.8 million in FY2022 (40.6 FTEs), $5.9 million in FY2023 (37.0 FTEs), and $13.7 million in FY2024 (104 FTEs), reflecting significant growth in reported federal service-contract activity in the most recent fiscal year. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts run a median of $62.55/hr, with the 10th percentile at $34.24/hr and the 90th percentile at $97.59/hr. GSA Schedule labor categories span security clearance-required roles from Badging Clerk ($55.92/hr) through Detection Dog Handler ($281.10/hr), supporting a broader portfolio of security processing, training, and detention-officer services beyond core armed-guard delivery.

Strategic Security Corp. (SSC) is one of the largest and most trusted manned security guarding companies that provides a full range of uniformed security guard services and emergency response armed guards for disasters or civil unrest, canine explosives detection teams and turn key wrap around temporary services such as shelter/lodging, power generation, potable drinking water, food services, communications networks, security services, laundry services, and ablution (washing, toilet, shower) services in affected areas and debris removal services.