Federal Professional Services Contracts — October 21, 2026

GuideHouse, owned by Veritas Capital Fund Management, received a full-and-open labor-hours BPA call from the FBI with $24,246,473 obligated against a $28,411,758 base-plus-options value. Because the parent is a private equity fund, the award's investment relevance to public equities is limited.

$18,889,214 has been outlaid, roughly 78% of the obligation, with about 2.1 years remaining in the performance period, indicating active delivery rather than a stalled award. Labor-hours pricing ties revenue to staffed hours, which typically limits cost-overrun exposure for the contractor.

The gap between the $24,246,473 total obligation and the $28,411,758 base-plus-options value means $4,134,285 depends on future option exercises or modifications that are not yet guaranteed. Remaining obligation is also limited relative to the outlay pace, creating a possible funding gap before the 2027-09-29 end date.

Four subawards totaling $7,124,159, about 29% of the total obligation, flowed to subcontractors rather than being retained by the prime. This sustains work for smaller professional services firms that may be publicly traded or serve as indirect exposure plays.

The BPA call is a single civilian award with no annual breakdown provided, so revenue timing and option exercise status for the $4,134,285 difference remain unknown at GuideHouse Inc.

No multi-year DOJ/FBI spending trend can be established from this single award, so the direction of civilian professional services budgets cannot be inferred from this data.

Public-equity exposure to this award is limited because GuideHouse is owned by Veritas Capital, so the contract cannot be attributed to a publicly traded prime in this dataset.

Continued FBI demand for labor-hours administrative and management consulting under NAICS 541611 may support follow-on BPA calls for GuideHouse Inc. and its subcontractors.

The single award is a $24,246,473 labor-hours BPA call under NAICS 541611 with 78% outlayed, indicating steady civilian demand for management consulting. Labor-hours structures carry lower cost-overrun risk than fixed-price work, supporting predictable revenue for firms in this niche.

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