Tessco Incorporated

Tessco Incorporated, a subsidiary of publicly traded Tessco Technologies Inc., operates as a value-added distributor of wireless communications equipment, RF connectors, cables, antennas, batteries, testing instruments, and related infrastructure components to federal civilian and defense agencies as a full-and-open prime contractor with no SBA certifications. The company is headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and competes across the full spectrum of federal procurements without set-aside restrictions, though individual task orders occasionally carry small-business set-aside designations from ordering agencies.

Tessco's customer footprint is highly distributed across 197 distinct federal agencies, with concentration in specialized vehicles rather than individual agencies. The top five customers by award count—GSA Federal Acquisition Service (50 awards), Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (50 awards), Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (49 awards), Department of the Air Force Air National Guard (42 awards), and Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (38 awards)—account for only 17% of total awards. By potential value, the ranking shifts slightly, with GSA FAS ($32.8 million across 50 awards) and the FBI Headquarters Division ($12.4 million across 38 awards) dominating, followed by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters ($2.3 million across 24 awards). This distribution reflects Tessco's role as a broad-based supplier to many agencies via task order vehicles rather than a captive vendor to one or two customers.

Tessco holds two anchor contract vehicles: a $500 thousand Federal Supply Schedule contract (GSA Multiple Award Schedule) effective through December 2028, and a $3.5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with FBI Headquarters Division for wireless communications parts and supplies supporting the Land Mobile Radio System, extending through August 2028. The GSA MAS vehicle carries the largest task-order volume in the source data, with 628 task orders valued at $29.8 million combined potential value. Two other GSA schedules—GS24F0090N (165 task orders, $3.4 million) and GS06F0008P (147 task orders, $527 thousand)—round out Tessco's primary procurement channels. The Field Communications IDIQ with the Department of the Interior National Park Service generated 9 task orders valued at $343 thousand, and an indefinite delivery contract (DTFAAC12D00029) produced 8 task orders for $2.1 million. Nearly all task-order activity occurs under multiple award schedules or BPAs rather than through exclusive prime contracts, positioning Tessco as a volume supplier competing on price and availability.

Recent prime work exemplifies the portfolio: a $81,317.57 purchase order from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (March 2025) for a Keysight 6 GHz oscilloscope and test accessories; a $32,990.76 delivery order under total small-business set-aside from Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (April 2025) for tri-band antennas supporting Department of Homeland Security upfits; a $25,037.20 delivery order from the Federal Aviation Administration (March 2026) for a collinear antenna supporting a PC-based Runway Visual Range system; a $942,313.34 purchase order from FBI Headquarters Division (March 2022) for wireless communications parts; and a $55,432 purchase order from FAA Headquarters (September 2023) for National Airspace System assets. Smaller routine task orders for RF jumper cables, connectors, batteries, and testing instruments fill the bulk of monthly activity across Naval Sea Systems Command, GSA, and service-branch facilities.

Tessco operates primarily as a prime contractor (99% of awards), with limited subcontract exposure. Named subcontract work under major primes includes supply of wireless communications components to Raytheon Company on a radar system replacement effort (July 2026), network equipment to Booz Allen Hamilton on Pacific theater survivability analysis (April 2025), and specialized connectors to BAE Systems on engineering labor supporting various connector and receptacle requirements (June 2025). Three subcontracts under Chugach Technical Solutions LLC (February 2024, December 2023, and May 2025) involve deinstallation, repair, and testing of radar-array systems and camera equipment for Coast Guard Sector Command Center operations.

Activity has remained steady, averaging 12 to 20 awards per year over the past five years, with 20 awards in 2025, 12 in 2024, 18 in 2023, and 15 in 2022. The combined potential value across all 1,347 awards in the portfolio totals $3.09 billion, though only $33.2 million has been obligated to date—reflecting the high proportion of indefinite-delivery, task-order work where ceiling values are stated but actual orders are placed incrementally. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal (one award worth $2.1 million), with the bulk of Tessco's vehicle portfolio remaining active through 2028. The NAICS concentration skews toward IT and equipment distribution (614 awards under Computer and Software Stores, 201 under Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing), and the PSC concentration tracks closely to the wireless communications focus—122 awards under Miscellaneous Communication Equipment, 103 under Antennas and Waveguides, 91 under Radio and Television Communication Equipment.