United States Bomb Technician Association Corp.

United States Bomb Technician Association Corp., doing business as Usbta, is a veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned nonprofit organization based in Indian Head, Maryland, that delivers specialized explosive ordnance disposal training, improvised explosive device response instruction, and homemade explosives detection services to federal agencies and first responder communities as a prime contractor on federal IDIQs, GSA Schedules, and federal grants. The organization operates as a tax-exempt corporate entity with no set-aside designation on its prime awards, competing full-and-open on vehicles such as Navy SEAPORT-NXG and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule.

Usbta's customer concentration is sharply tilted toward the Department of the Navy, which accounts for 92% of awards by count (4 awards, combined potential value $4 billion) through Naval Sea Systems Command. The remaining customer base includes the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command (3 awards, $75 thousand combined potential value), the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (2 awards), the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (1 award), and the GSA Federal Acquisition Service (1 award, $1.5 million combined potential value). The Navy's dominance reflects Usbta's anchor position on the Navy SEAPORT-NXG multiple-award IDIQ, awarded January 2, 2025, with a $4 billion ceiling through January 1, 2029 — which generated a $500 minimum-guarantee task order on March 6, 2025. Usbta also holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract (awarded November 27, 2023, ceiling $1.5 million through November 26, 2028) spanning five labor categories: Trainer/Technician, Training Subject Matter Expert II, Program Manager II, Trainer/Physicist, and Trainer/Chemist, with hourly rates ranging from $95.49 to $232.76 and no security-clearance requirements.

Recent federal grant work anchors Usbta's second major revenue stream. On August 22, 2025, Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Usbta a $2.16 million Basic and Applied Scientific Research project grant (CFDA 12.300) running through July 21, 2030, to showcase and demonstrate explosive ordnance disposal unmanned systems technologies at the National Robot Rodeo and deliver the 2026 EOD Summit, leveraging systems developed by Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. In September 2024, the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Usbta a project grant to develop methodologies for characterizing homemade explosives tailored to bomb squads and military EOD operators, with delivery of findings through near-real-time workshops at Usbta Technology and Training Exercises, and to develop bomb threat management training for Maryland historically Black colleges and universities in response to increased threat activity; performance runs through February 28, 2027.

Usbta operates predominantly as a prime contractor (75% of recent awards). On the sub side, Usbta delivers training services and demonstration support to PAE Government Services, Inc. under what the source characterizes as Global Anti-Terrorism Assistance II contracts (2 task orders), and provides explosive ordnance disposal unmanned aerial systems personnel and materials support to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (August 2024 sub award). Service Contract Inventory data is minimal — only one SCI record spanning FY2022, reflecting 1.3 FTEs in a named subcontractor role — indicating that most of Usbta's federal services work either falls below the $150 thousand SCI reporting threshold, is classified, or consists of grant-funded instruction not captured in SCI.

Activity is recent and nascent. The vendor placed one award in 2021, one in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026, for a total of twelve awards across prime and sub. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The SEAPORT-NXG IDIQ and GSA Schedule contract together represent the bulk of Usbta's growth trajectory and federal market presence, with training delivery concentrated in NAICS 541330 (Facilities Support Services) and Professional and Management Development Training.