Telos Corporation

Telos Corporation, headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering cybersecurity, risk management, and enterprise IT infrastructure solutions to federal defense and civilian agencies on a full-and-open basis—99 percent of its 10,901 recent awards are prime contracts, with no characteristic set-aside posture.

Telos is a for-profit corporation with a named subsidiary, Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC. The vendor competes predominantly in the electronic computer manufacturing (4,183 awards) and wired telecommunications carrier (2,163 awards) space, with concentration in information technology equipment system configuration (1,982 awards) and IT components procurement (1,930 awards). The capability portfolio centers on Xacta-branded risk management and compliance platforms (security assessment and authorization, governance-risk-compliance tooling), automated message handling systems (AMHS), secure identity and credential management, microwave line-of-sight field service support, and enterprise network and infrastructure modernization work. Representative named work includes a $16.2 million delivery order from the Defense Information Systems Agency for organizational messaging service automated message handling system task management, software maintenance, and licensing running through March 2030 under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule; a $64.2 million delivery order from Air Combat Command for Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) Whitespace Bridge support under Alliant II with completion in January 2025; a $21.1 million TRADOC delivery order for managed facilities and data services lease supporting the TRADOC Enterprise through Fort Eustis, Virginia under ITES-3H; and a $19.4 million Alliant II delivery order from Air Combat Command for Xacta Information Assurance Manager support services for Air Force sensitive compartmented information and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance mission systems through March 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme and driven by vehicle holdings rather than direct agency relationships. GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 75 percent of the combined potential value ($92.34 billion), anchored by three massive IDIQs: the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling extending through December 2035; the Navy SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) IDIQ from Naval Sea Systems Command awarded January 2, 2025, with a $4 billion ceiling through January 2029; and the Base Infrastructure Modernization Services IDIQ from Electronic Systems Center awarded August 15, 2024, with an $8.75 billion ceiling through August 2034. By award count, the top five agencies account for 39 percent of awards, led by the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (1,355 awards), Department of the Navy (1,209 awards), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (657 awards), Department of the Army (544 awards), and Department of the Air Force (464 awards). The two rankings diverge sharply: the Coast Guard and ICE dominate by volume but represent modest dollar value, while Air Force Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center, and Air Combat Command anchor the highest-value task order streams.

Telos places task orders against five major parent vehicles: Army Desktop and Mobile Computing 2 (2,381 task orders, $235.6 million combined value), Network-Centric Solutions (2,005 task orders, $1.3 billion), Federal Supply Schedule GS35F4315D (1,587 task orders, $564.9 million), Basic Ordering Agreement DTCG2381D30067 (1,353 task orders), and Indefinite Delivery Contract COW4C0013 (656 task orders). The SHIELD, SeaPort-NxG, and Base Infrastructure Modernization IDIQs remain in early execution phases with minimal task order activity to date.

Activity has remained moderate and flat over the past five years—28 awards in 2022, declining to 21 in 2023, then rising to 41 in 2024 and 33 in 2025. Only 11 awards with combined potential value of $14.2 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window; however, the three major IDIQ vehicles (SHIELD, SeaPort-NxG, and Base Infrastructure Modernization Services) represent sustained capture going forward if task order activity materializes.

Service Contract Inventory reported $134.1 million in invoiced federal service-contract revenue across Telos' prime records in FY2022–FY2024, with FY2022 delivering $82.8 million across 219 FTEs, FY2023 $26.7 million across 114 FTEs, and FY2024 $24.6 million across 103 FTEs. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $153.59 per hour, with 10th percentile labor at $86.38/hr and 90th percentile senior roles through $259.33/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for approximately 30 percent of contractor hours, with 70 total named subcontractors reported. Telos subcontracts regularly to major primes including Peraton Enterprise Solutions (HSPD-12 and USACCESS identity and credential management), Booz Allen Hamilton (CDM Defend Group cyber defense), Science Applications International Corporation (enterprise IT and infrastructure support), Salient CRGT (labor and IT support services), Leidos (homeland enterprise IT secure services), KBR Wyle Services (cybersecurity assessment and authorization), and General Dynamics Information Technology (enterprise IT services and cybersecurity management).

The vendor's footprint spans across classified and unclassified programs at multiple locations—SHIELD work encompasses Huntsville, Alabama, with classified and unclassified performance requiring appropriate facility clearances. SCI data reflects service-contract activity only; the source does not provide visibility into Telos' goods sales, product revenue, or full enterprise revenue. The three mega-IDIQs (totaling $163.75 billion in combined ceiling value across SHIELD, SeaPort-NxG, and Base Infrastructure Modernization Services) position Telos as a tier-one federal IT infrastructure and modernization provider, though near-term recompete and pipeline intensity remain modest relative to the vehicle scale.