Universal Strategy Group, Inc.

Universal Strategy Group, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, delivers specialized personnel support and advisory services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, with the bulk of its footprint concentrated in international law enforcement and national security missions. SDVOSB designation is foundational to the vendor's competitive posture—all recent awards from the State Department carry SDVOSB set-aside language, and the company holds positions on two OASIS+ multiple-award IDIQs explicitly set aside for SDVOSBs and small businesses.

The vendor operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards). Its federal award portfolio centers on time-and-materials personnel deployment: program analysts, financial management analysts, management analysts, contract support specialists, training advisors, police advisors, and anti-corruption program advisors. The portfolio spans 168 total awards with $1.64 billion in combined potential value, though actual obligations run only $61.2 million (4% of ceiling). Customer concentration is striking and heavily skewed toward a single agency. The Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement accounts for 142 of 168 awards (85% by count) and $106.5 million in combined potential value—the dominant customer by share. The United States Special Operations Command, however, anchors the dollar footprint: five awards carrying $1.4 billion combined potential value, reflecting a single large IDIQ award for wide mission support. GSA Federal Acquisition Service (three awards, $76.4 million) and the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command Engineering Logistics Office (two awards, $48 million) round out the top four.

The vendor's work with INL runs through two primary blanket purchase agreements: BPA 191NLE19A0005 (71 task orders, $73.9 million combined potential value) and SINLEC14A0004 (62 task orders, $27.3 million combined potential value), issued as multiple-award vehicles under SDVOSB set-asides. Task orders on these BPAs are consistently small—typically $160,000 to $260,000 ceiling per call—and support INL offices in Washington, D.C. and at overseas embassy locations across Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East (Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Haiti, Israel, and other regions). Performance is delivered in Washington, D.C. with subordinate overseas locations as specified by task order. The new INL bridge support services BPA, established July 31, 2025, with a $6.5 million ceiling, consolidates multiple personnel support roles and carries a five-year base period extendable in six-month increments. A July 2025 modification tracks that this vehicle now covers both continental and overseas operations.

Universal Strategy Group also qualifies on two governmentwide OASIS+ indefinite-delivery vehicles awarded by GSA Federal Acquisition Service: the OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (awarded December 19, 2024, through December 18, 2029, with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling) and the OASIS+ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business IDIQ (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029, with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling). Both vehicles span seven functional service domains—Management and Advisory, Technical and Engineering, Research and Development, Intelligence Services, Environmental Services, Facilities, and Logistics—across domestic and international task order locations. The vendor also holds a Federal Railroad Administration BPA for technical writing, editorial, presentation, and communication services (termination for convenience effective January 29, 2028).

Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reportable invoicing of $4.5 million in FY2022 across 27.3 FTEs, with zero reported invoicing in FY2023 and FY2024 and minimal FTE activity thereafter. This represents a sharp drop-off in SCI-reportable federal services work—likely reflecting a shift in contract structure toward larger IDIQ vehicles and the new INL bridge BPA issued in 2025, which may not yet have invoiced at the SCI threshold or may be underreported in the SCI dataset. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran $64.67/hr, with a spectrum from $51.39/hr to $107.79/hr. The vendor's GSA labor portfolio spans 95 unique categories ranging from $45.30/hr (Security Specialist I with bachelor's and one year of experience) to $328.60/hr (Subject Matter Expert V with master's and 25 years of experience); most roles require a bachelor's degree, and no clearance is universally required, though security-focused roles are offered.

Awards due to complete in the next twenty-four months total 28 with a combined potential value of $22.6 million, representing near-term recompete exposure. Activity has moderated in recent years—13 awards in 2022 declining to five in 2026—reflecting consolidation around large parent vehicles and reduced task order counts rather than contraction in dollar value, given the $1.4 billion USSOCOM commitment. Across all SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor self-performed 100% of contractor hours with no subcontractor engagement, indicating a direct-delivery personnel model without material sub-tier reliance.

Founded in 2007, Universal Strategy Group, Inc. (USGI) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in Franklin, Tennessee. Our mission is to provide best in class professional staffing, technical, and operational support to our clients. We achieve this mission by first clearly understanding our clients' unique requirements, priorities, and perspectives, and then develop tailored solutions designed to deliver responsive and efficient support. USGI has extensive experience providing program and project management, professional staffing support, training and advisory services, testing and evaluation, Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support, and technical analysis to nationally important and sensitive programs.