Tecolote Research, Inc.

Tecolote Research, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Goleta, California, provides cost estimating software, cost analysis services, program management, financial management advisory, and earned value management to the federal government as a prime contractor on the vast majority of its awards (93% prime, 7% subcontractor). The company is the sole developer and vendor of the Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools (ACEIT) software platform, a widely-deployed cost modeling and financial decision-support system across defense and civilian agencies. Tecolote competes predominantly under full-and-open vehicles (GSA Schedule, OASIS+, agency-specific IDIQs, and BPAs) with no SBA set-aside designations; recent awards show Total Small Business set-asides on OASIS+ Small Business and selective GSA Schedule vehicles, reflecting the company's small-business eligibility rather than any characteristic posture toward set-asides.

Tecolote's customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense acquisition. The top five funding agencies by combined potential value account for 55% of the portfolio: the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the list at $5.25 billion across 53 awards, followed by Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center at $2.41 billion across 141 awards, GSA Federal Acquisition Service at $1.55 billion across 27 awards, United States Marine Corps at $539.6 million across 96 awards, and Office of the Secretary of Defense at $381.1 million across 32 awards. By volume, the Air Force dominates with 954 awards ($217.9 million potential value), but dollar concentration diverges sharply—Navy NAVSEA's comparatively smaller award count delivers substantially larger per-award ceilings on major acquisition programs and sustainment efforts.

Tecolote sits on multiple vehicle platforms. The top five parent vehicles by task-order count are Federal Supply Schedule GS35F5115H (183 task orders, $37.5 million), Multiple Award Schedule (152 task orders, $365.8 million), Federal Supply Schedule GS10F0002K (132 task orders, $96.4 million), Federal Supply Schedule GS23F0105K (100 task orders, $351.8 million), and Basic Ordering Agreement F1962888D0007 (90 task orders). More strategically, Tecolote holds significant OASIS+ positions: an OASIS+ Small Business (Total Small Business) IDIQ with a placeholder ceiling announced December 19, 2024, placing it to compete across federal agencies on small-business set-aside task orders, and an OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ (no set-aside) awarded December 17, 2024, for full-and-open competition. The company also holds a $131.4 million single-award Space Systems Command Acquisition and Financial Services (SAFS-3) contract running through September 2028, demonstrating significant runway on a core space acquisition account.

Recent capability examples illustrate Tecolote's service portfolio. A $227.7 million OASIS SB delivery order (awarded December 19, 2024, through Space and Missile Systems Center) provides acquisition advisory and financial management support to the Military Communication and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Directorate through December 2029, with FY2025 invoicing of $28.1 million across 82.7 FTEs and 171,879 contractor hours at $163.31/hr blended rate; Tecolote subcontracted 74 percent of hours to nine named subcontractors including Omni Consulting Solutions Inc. (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Figueroa & Associates LLC (veteran-owned small business), and Exigo Corporation. A $166.4 million OASIS SB delivery order (December 1, 2023, also Space and Missile Systems Center) provides financial management and program support to the Military Communication and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Directorate through December 2029. A $54.18 million Air Force cost-estimating delivery order (January 12, 2024, OASIS SB) supports Financial Management and Space Sensing Directorates through January 2029 with subcontractors including Alpha Omega Group LLC (veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned), Precision Estimates LLC, Wallender & Associates, and Integrity Analytics LLC. On the ACEIT software side, Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $365,344 sole-source definitive contract (September 1, 2025) for ACEIT software maintenance through August 2028, reflecting Tecolote's exclusive developer status and the government's determination that millions in development cost would be required for any competing platform.

SCI-reported invoicing across prime contracts shows steady growth: FY2022 $109.9 million (384 FTEs), FY2023 $138.9 million (692 FTEs), FY2024 $152 million (453 FTEs), and FY2025 $175.7 million (493 FTEs). Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts run a median around $136.48/hr, with the 10th percentile at $83.07/hr and the 90th percentile at $193.69/hr, reflecting a labor mix spanning IT technicians and data management roles through senior subject-matter experts and program analysts. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Tecolote subcontracted approximately 21 percent of contractor hours to a footprint of 218 named subcontractors, indicating a primary delivery model built on Tecolote's own workforce with selective subcontractor leverage for specialized skills and labor augmentation.

On teaming, Tecolote operates predominantly as a prime, delivering its own labor and ACEIT software capabilities while selectively engaging subcontractors. Named subs on major orders include Omni Consulting Solutions Inc., Alpha Omega Group LLC, Figueroa & Associates LLC, Wallender & Associates, Savi LLC (minority and woman-owned), Integrated Data Services LLC, Science Applications International Corporation, and Intervallo LLC (woman-owned small disadvantaged business). Tecolote also subcontracts to larger defense primes; the sub-award portfolio records show Tecolote delivering cost estimating, program management, and technical support under primes including Torch Technologies Inc., Parsons Government Services Inc., Janus Research Group LLC, Intrepid LLC, Applied Research Solutions Inc., and Booz Allen Hamilton, providing cost analysis and earned value management services on programs spanning missile systems, aviation, naval acquisition, and space platforms.

Activity trajectory shows significant recent growth. Award counts per year rose from 31 awards in 2022 to 55 in 2023 and 129 in 2024, before moderating to 47 awards in 2025 and 8 awards in 2026 (through late September). Combined potential value across all 2,616 awards in the source data is $18.34 billion, with $3.12 billion obligated (17 percent). Within the next 24 months, 37 awards totaling $764.6 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion, representing recompete exposure on major OASIS+ and single-award vehicles including the SAFS-3 contract and several Space and Missile Systems Center advisory task orders. Tecolote's primary capability concentration aligns with its award categories: top NAICS codes include Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (277 awards), Other Computer Related Services (244 awards), Engineering Services (211 awards), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting (188 awards), and Software Publishers (158 awards). Top PSCs reflect the services footprint: Support—Professional: Program Management/Support (318 awards), Support—Management: Other (208 awards), IT and Telecom—Systems Development (159 awards), Special Studies/Analysis—Accounting/Financial Management (154 awards), and Support—Professional: Operations Research/Quantitative Analysis (125 awards).

PROVIDE ANALYTICAL SERVICES IN ENGINEERING, ECONOMICS, & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TO GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY. OUR PRIMARY BUSINESS IS COST, SCHEDULE & RISK ANALYSIS & CONSULTING FOR VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE DOD. PROVIDE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MGMT SERVICES