Federal contractor · KNOXVILLE, TN

PROTECTION STRATEGIES INC

PROTECTION STRATEGIES INC received $36.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (+50% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $280.6M. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ($16.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$36.8M
New awards
13
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
33%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.9MFY2017
  2. 9.8MFY2018
  3. 22.3MFY2019
  4. 28.2MFY2020
  5. 25.9MFY2021
  6. 57.5MFY2022
  7. 40.7MFY2023
  8. 28MFY2024
  9. 24.5MFY2025
  10. 36.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration$16.1M44%
    5 awards
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$12.4M34%
    4 awards
  3. Office of Procurement Operations$3.9M11%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Energy$3M8.3%
    1 awards
  5. Securities and Exchange Commission$1.3M3.5%
    1 awards
  6. Offices, Boards and Divisions$38.9K0.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$36.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$15.1M41%
  2. Knox County, TN$12.6M34%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$6.1M17%
  4. Weld County, CO$3M8.3%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $12M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions33%
    US 8.7% · $12M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE FORT SAINT VRAIN (FSV) INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION (ISFSI).$20.5M
    Department of Energy· Weld County, CO· Professional services· Aug 19, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· 89243221FEM400010
  2. SECURITY, ADJUDICATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES$16.2M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 28, 2022 – Jun 10, 2026· 75P00123F37009
  3. TASK ORDER 12 (ACF UC CONTRACTORS)$10.6M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Knox County, TN· Professional services· May 23, 2024 – May 22, 2026· 75P00124F37012
  4. BPA FOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS (BIS) AND ADJUDICATIONS$9.4M
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Knox County, TN· Professional services· Apr 16, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025· 15F06725F0000432
  5. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES$6.3M
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Knox County, TN· Professional services· May 4, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 15F06726F0000401
  6. BRIDGE CONTRACT FOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND ANALYTICAL SERVICES (BIAS)$5.7M
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Nov 6, 2025 – Apr 20, 2026· 15F06726F0000029
  7. ONBOARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND BACKGROUND ADJUDICATIONS SERVICES FOR THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DIVISION OF PERSONNEL SECURITY AND ETHICS (IHS/OHR/DPSE) QUOTE FROM VENDOR ADJUDICATOR BASE PRICE: $889,349.76$4.1M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Mar 18, 2024 – Apr 1, 2026· 75P00124F37011
  8. PERSEC FUNDING$3.9M
    Office of Procurement Operations· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· 70RFP326FCEH00004

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KERMAX, LLC$15.2M+6.8% in FY2026
    TEMPLE, TX · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Investigation and security services
  2. ATHENA SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LLC$20.9M−105% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Investigation and security services
  3. TCS ALPHA SECURITY LLC$13.4M
    RICHMOND, VA · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Investigation and security services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.