The Intelligence And Security Associates, LLC

The Intelligence and Security Associates, LLC (doing business as ISA) provides systems engineering, cybersecurity, advisory and assistance services, and intelligence-related professional support to federal defense and civilian agencies, operating predominantly as a prime contractor (92% of recent awards) under SBA 8(a) and minority-owned, veteran-owned small disadvantaged business designations. ISA is a limited liability company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with SBA 8(a) certification expiring September 23, 2030, and concurrent SDVOSB and VOSB status. The vendor competes across full-and-open, 8(a) Competitive, 8(a) Sole Source, and Total Small Business set-aside vehicles, with 8(a) Sole Source awards anchoring its largest recent contract wins.

ISA's customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of the Air Force, which accounts for the top four funding agencies by combined potential value: the Secretary of the Air Force ($72.4 million across six awards), Headquarters Air Force ($16.2 million across four awards), the Air Force itself ($8 million across two awards), and the Air Force District Washington ($5.5 million across two awards). The top five customers by potential value represent 98% of combined contract value, but the top five by award count (58% coverage) reveal secondary presence with the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (six awards, $852 thousand combined potential value) and GSA Federal Acquisition Service (three awards, $20 million). This divergence reflects ISA's large IDIQ vehicles at GSA anchoring dollar value while modest State Department task orders cluster in award count.

ISA holds four active federal contract vehicles with substantial runway: a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025 (completion December 28, 2035), enabling full-and-open task orders across multiple NAICS codes and security domains; a $50 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Secretary of the Air Force awarded September 27, 2025 (completion September 26, 2030) for force employment, development, and design support; a competitive 8(a) OASIS+ 8(a) multiple-award IDIQ through GSA Federal Acquisition Service with no specified ceiling and completion August 19, 2030; and a Total Small Business OASIS+ multiple-award IDIQ with no specified ceiling through December 18, 2029. ISA also holds a $20 million GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract (completion April 11, 2027) covering four Special Item Numbers: management and financial consulting, engineering research and development, information technology professional services, and order-level materials. The GSA Schedule price list spans 39 labor categories from $78.35/hr (entry-level data analyst, five years' experience, bachelor's degree) through $376.73/hr (senior director, 20 years' experience, master's degree), with all positions requiring security clearances.

Recent representative prime work includes a $4.5 million 8(a) Sole Source definitive contract from the Secretary of the Air Force awarded September 28, 2024, for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support under the LYSSA program (completion March 31, 2026), with Spire Associates Group LLC providing financial analysis management support; a $4.5 million 8(a) Sole Source delivery order from the Air Force's Capabilities Development and Management Office awarded September 30, 2024, under the SILVER FALLS parent contract for CDM support (completion September 29, 2026), also with Spire Associates Group LLC as subcontractor; a $4.379 million 8(a) Sole Source definitive contract from Headquarters Air Force awarded June 5, 2024, for independent technical assessments (completion April 4, 2026) with Valencor LLC and Spire Associates Group LLC providing principal engineer subject matter expertise and financial engineering support; and a $3.451 million delivery order from the Air Force awarded July 3, 2024, for advisory and assistance services under a single-award indefinite delivery contract (completion December 31, 2025). Earlier work includes a $4.5 million definitive contract from the Secretary of the Air Force for ERIS (Expanded Remote Intelligence Services) knowledge management, operations, and technology service management services awarded September 28, 2023 (completion April 10, 2025), and a $1.298 million 8(a) Sole Source contract from Air Mobility Command for financial management strategy awarded June 30, 2023 (completion December 31, 2023).

Award activity has grown from one award in 2021 to a peak of nine in 2024, with four awards in 2025 so far. Within the next twenty-four months, two awards (combined potential value $5.5 million) reach ultimate completion and face recompete. ISA operates predominantly with internal delivery teams; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor reported zero percent average sub-hours share, indicating direct delivery without named subcontractor engagement on SCI-reportable work. Subcontractor presence on ISA's prime contracts centers on Spire Associates Group LLC (financial analysis and financial engineering roles) and Valencor LLC (principal engineer subject matter expertise). ISA subcontracts to Radiance Technologies Inc. on space and missile defense, directed energy, and test-and-evaluation work supporting the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command (three sub-award records dated September 30, 2023).

SCI-reported invoicing on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $1.8 million across six prime and one sub record spanning FY2022–FY2024: $265 thousand in FY2022 (0.7 FTEs), zero in FY2023, and $1.6 million in FY2024 (3.8 FTEs). On SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran with a median around $223.78/hr, with 10th percentile rates at $183.70/hr and 90th percentile rates at $277.32/hr, reflecting a professional services and engineering-focused labor mix aligned to the GSA Schedule rate structure. ISA's primary NAICS concentration sits with Professional and Management Development Training (12 awards), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (7 awards), and Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (6 awards), with PSC codes led by Support–Professional: Other (9 awards) and Support–Professional: Engineering/Technical (6 awards).

ISA is an innovative provider of training and consulting services in Intelligence and National Security and specializes in delivering strategic consulting services to federal clients as well as private sector companies and academic institutions. For over two decades, ISA has been a leading provider of comprehensive education and training in intelligence, analysis, budget, and policy across a range of national security issues.

ISA provides creative solutions in the areas of change management and business transformation, assessments and studies, strategic planning, data management, policy development, and programming and budget.