Bottom line: Bluestaq LLC, recorded as a small business, holds a General Services Administration contract with $556 million obligated to date and a current end date of July 31, 2027, according to USAspending.gov.

The contract, numbered 47QFCA19C0016, was awarded by GSA's Federal Acquisition Service with the Department of Defense listed as the funding agency. Its description states that the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) have a need to expand the Advanced Command and Control Enterprise Systems and Software (ACCESS) project.

By the numbers

• Obligated to date: $556,141,637
• Base and exercised options value: $649,106,362
• Performance period: August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2027
• Pricing: Labor hours

Why it matters: This is a cumulative figure on a multi-year contract, not a new award, and it shows a small business holding a sizable DoD-funded vehicle placed through GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.

Source: USAspending.gov award record 47QFCA19C0016.