Vae, Inc.

Vae, Inc., doing business as VAE, operates as a commercial off-the-shelf IT hardware distributor and reseller delivering Cisco networking equipment, Palo Alto Networks security appliances, NetApp and Nutanix storage systems, and related enterprise IT infrastructure to federal agencies as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company is a minority-owned, woman-owned small business headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, holding WOSB and minority-owned certifications, and operates as a for-profit corporation with a subsidiary, Techfirst, Inc., carrying additional minority-owned and veteran-owned designations.

Vae competes predominantly under small business set-asides across its federal portfolio. The bulk of the company's federal activity flows through the Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) GWAC, where it holds a prime contractor position and maintains 1,023 prior task orders valued at $777 million. On November 1, 2026, Vae was awarded a SEWP VI GWAC with a $20 billion ceiling through October 2036, expanding its position as a preferred vehicle for IT hardware procurement across the federal government. The company also holds a prime position on the Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 4 - Hardware (ITES-4H) indefinite delivery contract with a $10 billion ceiling through September 2035, and maintains a $5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Naval Air Warfare Center through December 2029.

Representative prime work includes a $4.9 million delivery order from the Air Force Electronic Systems Center (June 2026) for Palo Alto software license and maintenance renewal; a $7.74 million delivery order from the Missile Defense Agency (May 2026) for Cisco high-performance compute nodes supporting ballistic missile defense test and evaluation; and a $3.3 billion delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command (May 2025) for security support services under SEWP V, demonstrating the scale of orders flowing through established vehicles.

Customer concentration is acute. The top five federal customers account for roughly 49% of awards by count: Naval Sea Systems Command leads with 163 awards and $46.1 million combined potential value; Naval Information Warfare Systems Command holds 146 awards and $30.1 million; Defense Information Systems Agency carries 125 awards and $566.5 million (the largest dollar concentration); State Department Bureau of Information Resource Management accounts for 120 awards and $48.1 million; and Naval Air Warfare Center holds 60 awards and $18.5 million. By potential value, DISA's concentration is pronounced at $566.5 million across 125 awards, with the Army Acquisition Support Center carrying $68.5 million across 15 awards. The two rankings diverge markedly — DISA places many large orders while Naval Sea Systems Command distributes smaller task orders across a larger volume — but both Navy and defense agencies drive the majority of Vae's federal revenue.

Vae operates almost exclusively through SEWP V for its prime work, with 1,046 of 1,254 total awards placing task orders under that vehicle, representing $792 million in combined potential value. Secondary vehicles include the Federal Supply Schedule GSA Schedule and IT Schedule 70, though these carry minimal volume and dollars relative to SEWP V dominance.

Activity has been volatile in recent years, declining from 224 awards in 2023 to 209 in 2024, then dropping to 163 in 2025, suggesting either market saturation on SEWP V or customer budget constraints. The first five months of 2026 show only 46 awards, indicating continued softness. The company faces a recompete cliff with 34 awards valued at $83.4 million completing within the next twenty-four months, representing meaningful exposure to renewal risk.

Service Contract Inventory data reveals a partial picture of Vae's federal services footprint. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $23.3 million across FY2022–FY2025 from seven prime records, with FY2022 showing $5.8 million and FY2023 showing $17.6 million; subsequent fiscal years carried minimal or zero SCI-reportable prime invoicing, reflecting Vae's shift toward hardware procurement and resale rather than labor-intensive services. The SCI dataset shows roughly 90.7 FTEs in FY2022, declining to 46.0 FTEs in FY2024 and 30.6 FTEs in FY2025 across the records captured, indicating a primarily vendor-managed hardware and field support model rather than large fielded labor teams. The median government-paid rate on SCI prime records ran $189.35 per hour, consistent with hardware field support and procurement coordination roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the average sub-hours share was 0%, showing Vae builds its own delivery teams for services work rather than heavy subcontractor reliance.

Vae's subcontractor footprint connects to large systems integrators. Named subs include Noblis MSD LLC (Navy engineering, shipboard systems integration, and production support), General Dynamics Information Technology (Enterprise Transport Management – Next Generation services), Leidos, Inc. (DODIN/DISN infrastructure maintenance), Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (distance learning and network engineering), CACI, Inc., Smartronix, LLC, and Teksynap Corporation (IT service support). These relationships position Vae as a component supplier on complex defense modernization programs where hardware procurement and field logistics support are embedded within larger system integration efforts.

Vae's award portfolio is heavily concentrated in network digital products (123 awards under PSC code) and business application software (121 awards), with secondary depth in server hardware (92 awards) and end-user workspace/help desk solutions (75 awards), reflecting its core identity as a commercial IT hardware distributor and reseller. The company carries no subcontractor labor on SCI-reportable work and maintains an internal delivery model focused on procurement, logistics, and technical field support rather than on-site labor intensity.

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