Syntek Technologies, Inc.

Syntek Technologies, Inc., a woman-owned small business subsidiary of Fulcrum Corporation (a minority-owned small disadvantaged business), delivers transportation research and engineering services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 96% of recent awards, competing without set-aside designation in open federal markets. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, Syntek specializes in highway driving simulation technical support, transportation modeling and simulation, space plasma physics research, and connected and automated vehicle systems integration across the Department of the Navy, Department of Transportation, and defense research agencies.

Customer concentration in Syntek's recent footprint is heavily skewed toward naval customers. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the portfolio with 22 awards carrying $10.03 billion in combined potential value—a single-customer dominance that dwarfs all other funding sources. The Office of Naval Research adds 23 awards valued at $69.2 million. Together, these two Navy offices account for the vast majority of recent potential value despite representing only 45 of 109 total awards (41%). The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration places 12 awards ($23.5 million combined potential value), and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard contributes 6 awards ($4.1 million). The spread across 14 distinct customer agencies masks extreme concentration: Naval Sea Systems Command alone represents approximately 99% of all potential value across the portfolio.

Syntek's FHWA work centers on the Highway Driving Simulator platform in McLean and Fairfax, Virginia. Representative task orders include a $349,904 time-and-materials delivery order (awarded January 20, 2026) for improved traffic models of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Level 3 Automated Driving Systems based on driving simulator study, a $549,603 time-and-materials order (September 11, 2025) for Phase 1 human factors research related to infrastructure-based safety systems, a $286,955 firm-fixed-price order (September 9, 2026) for simulator car cab and host computer replacement supporting virtual reality drive upgrades, and a $1.017 million time-and-materials order for operator console and control area upgrade (extended through April 1, 2026). These orders operate under Syntek's $16.275 million single-award IDIQ with FHWA (awarded September 22, 2023; completion September 21, 2028), which has fielded eight task orders totaling approximately $6.3 million on time-and-materials basis. In the Navy, Syntek holds a $19.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with the Office of Naval Research for plasma science research in support of the Plasma Physics Division (awarded September 18, 2024; completion September 24, 2029) and received a $248,984.80 delivery order for the same work under GSA Multiple Award Schedule on September 25, 2023. Syntek also holds or has held defense-research contracts with the Air Force Research Laboratory, including a $262,754 definitive contract for modeling plasmasphere structure (awarded February 1, 2022; completed January 31, 2025).

Syntek operates across the GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 18 active labor categories spanning administrative through principal and subject-matter-expert roles, priced from $55.14/hr for high-school-level administrative support to $324.12/hr for master's-degree subject-matter experts, with no security-cleared positions offered. The top parent vehicles by task-order frequency are the Professional Services Schedule (29 task orders, $3.3 million combined potential value), an unnamed indefinite-delivery contract (IDC 693JJ323D000034; 11 task orders, $7.2 million), and Federal Supply Schedule GS10F0163J (6 task orders). The Navy IDC N0001404D0566 carries the highest per-vehicle value at $19.7 million across 3 task orders.

Activity has remained modest and flat in recent years—three to five awards annually from 2022 through 2026—with seven awards (combined potential value $4.9 million) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and facing recompete risk. Across SCI-reportable service contracts captured between FY2022 and FY2025, Syntek shows minimal invoicing (zero reported in FY2024–FY2025) and operated approximately 2.0–2.3 FTEs delivering federal services, with subcontractors supplying 0% of hours on its prime contracts. Syntek maintains a 96% prime-to-sub ratio in recent awards, indicating the vendor builds its own delivery teams rather than subcontracting; sub engagement appears limited to grant work, where Syntek acts as a named subrecipient under Catholic University of America, Johns Hopkins University, and Northwest Research Associates.

The portfolio's NAICS concentration reflects engineering and research specialization: Engineering Services accounts for 46 awards, Research and Development in Physical and Engineering Sciences for 22 awards, and Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services for 13 awards. Transportation R&D services dominate the PSC profile (12 awards), with defense R&D basic and advanced research contributing an additional 10 awards.