Capture Assessment

THREAT TEC, LLC

Marketplace for Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS)

Decision

Pursue MAPS strictly as a subcontractor to leverage niche wargaming capabilities without triggering prime compliance blockers.

Threat Tec's specialized threat emulation expertise and strong DoD past performance make it an attractive subcontracting partner for the RDT&E and Operational Services domains. However, missing Facility Clearance and CMMC Level 2 certifications completely block a prime pursuit.

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Why this call lands here

Past Performance

Strong past performance makes the company an attractive subcontractor.

Scope Alignment

MAPS requires broad enterprise IT and professional services capabilities to prime.

Facility Clearance

Active Secret Facility Clearance is an explicit hard gate for all MAPS offerors.

CMMC Certification

CMMC Level 2 is a hard gate requirement for Small Businesses.

Path nuance

Non-prime path

Threat Tec can provide significant value to a prime contractor by offering highly specialized threat emulation capabilities and over $170M in DoD past performance for Qualifying Projects.

What would make it actionable

To expand beyond a traditional subcontract, Threat Tec must confirm if the Army allows small businesses to rely on a partner's clearance and CMMC status to pass screening.

Recommended capture actions

  1. Conduct an immediate internal review to confirm the status of the company's Facility Clearance and CMMC Level 2 compliance.
  2. Analyze the MAPS RDT&E and Engineering/Operational Services domains to map Threat Tec's past performance to Qualifying Project (QP) criteria.
  3. Identify and initiate outreach to top prospective MAPS primes (especially RS3 and ITES-3S incumbents) to explore subcontracting opportunities.

Requirements that shape the proposal.

This shortlist is ranked for go / no-go relevance rather than shown in source order.

Priorities 10
Mandatory 10
Buckets 3
Open Requirements Matrix
Disqualifiers / Hard Gates4 priorities

Provide supporting documentation showing the bidding entity has an active Secret facility clearance when the selected MAPS lane requires it.

Required

Provide the required CMMC certification evidence, including the SPRS screenshot or certificate evidence specified by the applicable MAPS scorecard lane.

Required

For any MAPS small-business lane submission, provide the required small-business certification evidence for the bidding entity.

Required

Provide current ISO 9001 certification evidence, including the official certificate and the certifying body's point-of-contact details, when required by the selected MAPS lane.

Required
Commercial / Pricing Risk2 priorities

[[PAGE 65]] 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Required

Supersede the previously proposed rates for the applicable performance period. The Contractor must provide sufficient justification to support the revised rates. This adjustment mechanism shall not apply to cost overruns caused by the Contractor's mismanagement, inefficiency, or other factors attributable to the Contractor's performance. *** END OF NARRATIVE *** DFARS Clauses Incorporated by Reference Number Title Effective Date Alternate.

Required
Execution / Compliance Risk4 priorities

For each Attachment 0003 qualifying project, provide the referenced PWS, SOW, or SOO, with any supporting technical guidance letters as needed.

Required

NOTICE OF CYBERSECURITY MATURITY MODEL CERTIFICATION LEVEL.

Required

1.2.1 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREAS The following technical support areas will be included in the scoring of this effort.

Required

For each required PPQ, obtain factual ratings or explanations from the contracting or private official, have the official sign the form, and return it to the offeror representative identified in Part II.

Required

Opportunity

Marketplace for Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS)

Agency / customer
Department of the Army
Due date
2026-05-08
Place of performance
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, UNITED STATES
Contract type
IDIQ
Evaluation basis
Highest Rated Technical Offerors with a fair and reasonable price. Phase 1: Initial Ranking Based on Self-Scores. Phase 2: Verification Review and Downward Adjustments

Company

THREAT TEC, LLC

Company
THREAT TEC, LLC
Core capabilities
Intelligence and Threat Emulation, Data and Visualization, Mission Engineering, Wargaming and Simulation, Vehicle VISMOD
Strengths
Inc. 5000 Honoree (4 consecutive years), 2025 Vet100 Honoree, 2026 Top Virginia Employer for Interns, Legitimate near peer sparring partner
Major gaps
No documented clearances