Watermark Risk Management International, LLC

Watermark Risk Management International, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Triangle, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor on defense and civilian federal programs, delivering risk management consulting, security services, cybersecurity support, and emergency management across 18 customer agencies. The firm competes predominantly in full-and-open competition rather than under SDVOSB set-asides, though its SDVOSB designation anchors its positions on GSA OASIS+ and other restricted-competition vehicles.

The company's recent award trajectory shows sharp growth. Watermark received only one award in 2022 and two in 2023, but surged to 20 awards in 2024 before moderating to five in 2025 and two in early 2026. This growth is heavily skewed toward vehicle awards rather than near-term revenue: the combined potential value across 60 total awards (55% prime, 45% sub) totals $4.08 billion, but obligated dollars amount to only $82.4 million (2% of potential value). The disparity reflects Watermark's late 2024 and early 2026 captures on multi-billion-dollar IDIQs that carry placeholder ceilings but minimal initial task orders.

Watermark holds seats on three major vehicles. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, carries a $151 billion ceiling through December 2035 and encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and modernization for multi-layered homeland defense. The Navy Seaport-NXG multiple-award IDIQ, awarded January 2, 2025, carries a $4 billion ceiling through January 1, 2029, for professional services including management, technical, engineering, and logistics support. Watermark also holds positions on the GSA OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (award date December 19, 2024, $999,999,999,999 placeholder ceiling through December 18, 2029) and the GSA OASIS+ SDVOSB IDIQ (award date September 30, 2024, same placeholder ceiling through September 29, 2029). Against these vehicles, Watermark has placed 14 task orders under OASIS+ and 9 delivery orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, combining for $60.6 million in potential value.

Customer concentration sits heavily with Department of Defense elements. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency leads by award count with 22 awards worth $4 million combined potential value; however, the Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command dominates potential dollars with $4 billion (the Seaport-NXG IDIQ). The Department of the Air Force spans multiple customer components: Headquarters District Washington holds three awards worth $46.7 million, Air Education and Training Command holds three awards worth $1.7 million, and Space and Missile Systems Center holds three awards with unspecified value. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard awarded one contract for $8.7 million. GSA Federal Acquisition Service, the contracting office rather than a using customer, awarded four vehicle positions worth $4.5 million combined potential value. The concentration reflects Watermark's defense-first profile, with only one civilian agency (Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service) among the top customer set.

Recent concrete capability work spans security consulting, emergency management support, and cybersecurity operations. Watermark received a $12.42 million GSA Multiple Award Schedule delivery order from the Department of the Air Force (District Washington) on September 1, 2024, for review and preparation of criminal history record information for entry into DOJ and DOD databases and related training, extending through August 31, 2029, with performance in Quantico, Virginia. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $208,000 purchase order on April 9, 2025, for Emergency Management Support Services and physical security assessments in Falls Church, Virginia. The Department of the Army issued a $918,648.50 delivery order on August 29, 2024, for Cyber Defense Support Team (CDST) support services in Dunbar, West Virginia. Watermark also holds a delivery order with the Department of the Air Force (District Washington) valued at $1.43 million for professional knowledge assessment and strategic planning support at Quantico, extending through September 29, 2025.

Watermark operates as a subcontractor on defense and intelligence programs supporting larger primes. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the firm shows no sub-engagement (zero share of hours performed by subcontractors), indicating team delivery by Watermark's own staff rather than layered subcontracting. However, Watermark itself subcontracts frequently to larger primes. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the dominant prime relationship, with Watermark serving on 14 separate base-year and task-order A&AS (Advisory and Assistance Services) task orders for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Nuclear Enterprise Directorate since September 2023. Watermark also subcontracts to Mantech Advanced Systems International for specialized acquisitions and operations security cybersecurity consulting (award December 3, 2025) and General Dynamics One Source LLC for security support services (award March 2, 2025).

On federal service contracts captured in the Service Contract Inventory, Watermark reported $5.3 million in invoiced revenue as a prime contractor across FY2022–FY2024, with declining year-over-year volume: $1.9 million in FY2022, $1.8 million in FY2023, and $1.6 million in FY2024. SCI-reported headcount declined from 27.0 FTEs in FY2022 to 7.3 FTEs in FY2023 before recovering to 28.7 FTEs in FY2024 (including both prime and named-subcontractor hours). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $91.77/hr to a median of $120.95/hr and a 90th percentile of $147.30/hr, consistent with a mid-level professional services and consulting posture. Watermark's active GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 42 unique categories at rates from $57.26/hr (entry-level researchers) through $238.04/hr (executive security consultants with 30 years' experience), with no security-cleared positions offered, indicating unclassified service delivery.

Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months: the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard contract valued at $8.7 million, due to complete by August 2025. This minimal recompete exposure reflects Watermark's recent focus on long-duration vehicle awards and multi-year delivery orders extending through 2029 and beyond, reducing near-term revenue-at-risk but creating significant reliance on future task-order issuance rather than inherited base funding.

Watermark Security, LLC specializes in assisting all levels of government, public, and private corporations with security programs, strategy, risk management, business development, government contracting, mergers and acquisitions, ethics and compliance, and business resiliency and continuity