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Carahsoft

Carahsoft, legally Carahsoft Technology Corp., founded in 2004, is a privately held business located in Reston, VA that sells IT hardware, software and consulting services to federal, state and local governments, and educational institutions.

Carahsoft Technology Corp.
Founded2004
HeadquartersReston, Virginia, U.S.
Key people
Craig P. Abod (CEO) & (President)
Websitecarahsoft.com

Business model

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Carahsoft sells IT hardware, software and consulting services related to data analysis and storage, cyber defense and security, business intelligence, and other corporate and government functions.

Author Mark Amtower categorized Carahsoft as a “boutique reseller” because the company “sells a limited number of products, usually those that address a specific need in the market.”[1] The company supports more than 3,000 prime contractors, value-added re-sellers, system integrators and other channel partners.[2]

Contracts

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U.S. Department of Defense

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The U.S. Department of Defense is one of Carahsoft’s largest customers.

2020

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On April 2, 2020, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command contracted Carahsoft for a variety of BlackBerry services.[3] On May 22, 2020, the U.S. Air Force awarded Carahsoft an $81 million contract to help the Space Command and Control Division within Space & Missile Systems Center (Los Angeles Air Force Base) create and implement software development and information technology operations.[4] On July 16, 2020, Carahsoft was awarded roughly $29.8 million to work at Fort Belvoir, moving an Army logistics modernization program to the cloud.[5] On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Army awarded Carahsoft a $16 million contract to support the Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program and Global Combat Support System.[6] On August 31, the DoD included Carahsoft in a 10-year, $13 billion firm-fixed-price contract with 30 other tech companies to supply off-the-shelf enterprise infrastructure software and maintenance to the U.S. Army, Department of Defense and all federal agencies.[7][8]

2019

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The U.S. Navy included Carahsoft on a 10-year, $975 million blanket purchase agreement to provide SAP software products, a five-year $69.1 million BPA to provide Symantec software licenses, and a four-year $440 million BPA to provide McAfee hardware, software and services.[9][10][11] Carahsoft was awarded a basic ordering agreement from the U.S Army to support a transition to cloud computing environments, for an estimated cost of $247.7 million.[12] The DoD also included Carahsoft on an $820,450,000 BPA to supply information technology asset management software, software maintenance support, information technology professional services; and related services to the DoD, intelligence community and U.S. Coast Guard.[13]

2018

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The DoD awarded an estimated $131,000,866 in contracts to Carahsoft as of June 2018.[14][15][16][17][18]

2017

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The DoD awarded an estimated $270,475,338 in contracts to Carahsoft in 2017.[19][20][21][22]

2016

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The DoD awarded an estimated $80,075,312 in contracts to Carahsoft in 2016.[23][24][25]

U.S. General Services Administration

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2019

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Carahsoft was one of 11 teams selected by the U.S. GSA and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as part of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide geospatial earth observation data, products and services.[26] Carahsoft and Grant Thornton were given multi-million dollar task orders as part of a blanket purchase agreement related to NewPay, a U.S. General Services Administration initiative to modernize federal payroll IT and services.[27]

2018

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Carahsoft was one of two teams selected by the U.S. GSA as part of a 10-year, $2.5 billion blanket purchase agreement to provide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for payroll, work schedule and leave management.[28]

Overcharging allegations and settlement

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In 2010 a lawsuit was filed against Carahsoft and VMware for allegedly overcharging government customers. The firms denied the allegations. To avoid protracted litigation, they settled the case with the United States Department of Justice for $75.5m.[29][30][31]

In 2023, The US Government filed a case to determine “whether Carahsoft conspired with other companies to rig bids, inflate prices, overcharge, and defraud the Department of Defense (DoD), among other federal government agencies” when it resold products. On September 24, 2024, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service launched a joint raid at the Carahsoft headquarters in Reston, Virginia.[32]

References

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  1. ^ Amtower, Mark (2011). Selling to Government: What It Takes to Compete and Win in the World's Largest Market. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc. pp. 99. ISBN 978-0-470-88133-0.
  2. ^ "Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, Presents Craig Abod, President of Carahsoft, His Fifth Wash100 Award". GovConWire. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Contracts for April 2, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. ^ "Contracts For May 22, 2020". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Contracts for July 16, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  6. ^ "Contracts for July 27, 2020". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Contracts for August 31, 2020". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ Cordell, Carten (2020-09-03). "Army awards $13 billion software contract to 31 companies". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. ^ Marie Rivers, Brenda (19 March 2019). "Navy Awards Four Spots on Potential $976M SPA Products, Services BPA". GovConWire. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Carahsoft Wins Potential $69M BPA for Navy, Marine Corps Software Licenses". Executive Biz. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  11. ^ McDaniel, Darwin (4 June 2019). "Carahsoft Awarded Potential $440M DoD BPA for Hardware, Software & Services". GovConWire. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  12. ^ "US Army awards contract to Carahsoft for commercial Cloud solutions". Army Technology. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Contracts for Sept. 6, 2019". U.S. Department of Defense. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Contracts for Sept. 26, 2018". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Contracts for June 29, 2018". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Contracts for May 31, 2018". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Contracts for March 30, 2018". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Contracts for March 29, 2018". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Contracts for May 31, 2017". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Contracts for September 21, 2017". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Contracts for Nov. 7, 2017". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  22. ^ "Contracts for Dec. 21, 2017". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Contracts for March 18, 2016". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Contracts for May 18, 2016". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  25. ^ "Contracts for Dec. 30, 2016". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  26. ^ "GSA and NGA Collaboration Delivers Seamless Access to Earth Observation Solutions for Agencies Across Government". U.S. General Services Administration. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  27. ^ "GSA Awards First Task Orders for Payroll Modernization". U.S. General Services Administration. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  28. ^ "GSA Awards NewPay BPA for Software-as-a-Service for Payroll and Work Schedule and Leave Management". GSA. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  29. ^ "White House CIO's Former Software Firm Settles False Claims Act Suit". Government Executive. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  30. ^ "12 Shocking Allegations From The VMware-Carahsoft Government Overcharging Lawsuit". CRN Magazine. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  31. ^ "VMware Agrees To Pay $75.5M To Settle Illegal Pricing Allegations". TechCrunch. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  32. ^ DiMolfetta, David (26 September 2024). ""FBI's Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing "". Government Executive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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