{{Short description|U.S. information technology company}} {{Undisclosed paid|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = Carahsoft Technology Corp. | logo = Carahsoft_logo.svg | founded = 2004 | key_people = Craig P. Abod <small>(CEO) & (President)</small> | hq_location = Reston, Virginia, U.S. | website = [http://www.carahsoft.com/ carahsoft.com] }}
'''Carahsoft''' is an American technology solutions provider that sells hardware, software, and consulting services to United States federal, state, and local governments, as well as educational institutions. Founded in 2004, it is privately held and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, US.
== Operations == 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.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=Selling to Government: What It Takes to Compete and Win in the World's Largest Market|url=https://archive.org/details/sellingtogovernm00amto|url-access=limited|last=Amtower|first=Mark|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=978-0-470-88133-0|location=Hoboken|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sellingtogovernm00amto/page/n121 99]}}</ref> The company supports more than 3,000 prime contractors, value-added re-sellers, system integrators and other channel partners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govconwire.com/2019/03/jim-garrettson-ceo-of-executive-mosaic-presents-craig-abod-president-of-carahsoft-his-fifth-wash100-award/|title=Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, Presents Craig Abod, President of Carahsoft, His Fifth Wash100 Award|date=27 March 2019|website=GovConWire|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>
The company operates the Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, a facility used for government and industry events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stella Awards 2025: Best Conference Center |url=https://www.northstarmeetingsgroup.com/The-Stella-Awards/Stella-Awards-Best-Conference-Center-2025 |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=www.northstarmeetingsgroup.com}}</ref>
==Contracts== === U.S. Department of Defense === The U.S. Department of Defense is one of Carahsoft's largest customers.
The DoD awarded an estimated $80,075,312 in contracts to Carahsoft in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for March 18, 2016 |url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/698223/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010659/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/698223/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for May 18, 2016 |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/775633/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802040615/https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/775633/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref> $270,475,338 in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for May 31, 2017 |url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1198370/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709210752/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1198370/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for September 21, 2017 |url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1320411/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630115838/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1320411/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for Nov. 7, 2017 |url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1365597/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010944/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1365597/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1402841/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010916/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1402841/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2018|title=Contracts for Dec. 21, 2017|website=U.S. Department of Defense|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref> and $131,000,866 in 2018 as of June.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for Sept. 26, 2018 |url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1479983// |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917221423/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1479983/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for June 29, 2018 |url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1564122/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830111456/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1564122/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for May 31, 2018 |url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1536660/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106230210/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1536660/ |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for March 30, 2018 |url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1481376/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515155807/https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1481376/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contracts for March 29, 2018 |url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1479983// |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917221423/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1479983/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref>
In 2019, 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marie Rivers |first=Brenda |date=19 March 2019 |title=Navy Awards Four Spots on Potential $976M SPA Products, Services BPA |url=https://www.govconwire.com/2019/03/navy-awards-four-spots-on-potential-976m-sap-products-services-bpa/ |access-date=27 March 2019 |work=GovConWire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 2019 |title=Carahsoft Wins Potential $69M BPA for Navy, Marine Corps Software Licenses |url=https://blog.executivebiz.com/2019/04/carahsoft-wins-potential-69m-bpa-for-navy-marine-corps-software-licenses/ |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=Executive Biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McDaniel |first=Darwin |date=4 June 2019 |title=Carahsoft Awarded Potential $440M DoD BPA for Hardware, Software & Services |url=https://www.govconwire.com/2019/06/carahsoft-awarded-potential-440m-dod-bpa-for-hardware-software-services/ |access-date=5 June 2019 |work=GovConWire}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 August 2019 |title=US Army awards contract to Carahsoft for commercial Cloud solutions |url=https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-carahsoft-commercial-cloud-solutions/ |access-date=5 August 2019 |work=Army Technology}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 September 2019 |title=Contracts for Sept. 6, 2019 |url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1954307/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920050051/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1954307/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |access-date=10 September 2019 |work=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref>
On April 2, 2020, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command contracted Carahsoft for a variety of BlackBerry services.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for April 2, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2135175//|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529131851/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2135175/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2021|access-date=2020-09-10|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts For May 22, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2196425/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517010637/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2196425/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 17, 2021|access-date=5 June 2020|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for July 16, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2277243//|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731021840/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2277243/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2021|access-date=2020-09-10|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for July 27, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2289819/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118154709/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2289819/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=17 August 2020|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for August 31, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2331179/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724200645/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2331179/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2021|access-date=18 September 2020|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cordell|first=Carten|date=2020-09-03|title=Army awards $13 billion software contract to 31 companies|work=Washington Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/09/01/army-13-billion-ites-sw2-contract-to-31-companies.html|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>
In March 2026, the Defense Information Systems Agency entered into a 5-year $970 million blanket purchase agreement for Broadcom software, with a focus on the VMware Cloud Foundation platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkers |first=Ross |date=2026-03-25 |title=DISA, Carahsoft enter $970M VMware cloud software pact |url=https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2026/03/disa-carahsoft-enter-970m-vmware-cloud-software-pact/412366/ |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=Washington Technology |language=en}}</ref>
=== U.S. General Services Administration === In 2018, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-awards-newpay-bpa-for-softwareasaservice-for-payroll-and-work-schedule-and-leave-management |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221042758/https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-awards-newpay-bpa-for-softwareasaservice-for-payroll-and-work-schedule-and-leave-management |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |title=GSA Awards NewPay BPA for Software-as-a-Service for Payroll and Work Schedule and Leave Management |date=27 September 2018 |website=GSA |access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref>
In 2019, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2019 |title=GSA and NGA Collaboration Delivers Seamless Access to Earth Observation Solutions for Agencies Across Government |url=https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-and-nga-collaboration-delivers-seamless-access-to-earth-observation-solutions-for-agencies-across-government-02122019 |access-date=18 February 2019 |website=U.S. General Services Administration}}</ref> 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.
=== U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement === In 2025, ''The Lever'' reported that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had signed a five-year, $5.7-million contract with Carahsoft to license Zignal Labs' social media surveillance software to provide "real-time data analysis for criminal investigations."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwenk |first=Katya |date=2025-10-23 |title=ICE Just Bought A Social Media Surveillance Bot |url=https://www.levernews.com/ice-just-bought-a-social-media-surveillance-botice-just-bought-a-social-media-surveillance-bot/ |access-date=2025-10-26 |website=The Lever |language=en}}</ref> The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) described the deal as an assault on democracy and free speech.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=2025-10-25 |title=ICE is building a social media panopticon |url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/806425/ice-social-media-surveillance-free-speech-assault |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Overcharging allegations == In 2010 a lawsuit was filed against Carahsoft and VMware for allegedly overcharging government customers. The firms settled the case with the United States Department of Justice for $75.5m while denying wrongdoing.<ref name="govexec">{{cite news|title=White House CIO's Former Software Firm Settles False Claims Act Suit|url=http://www.govexec.com/technology/2015/07/white-house-cios-former-software-firm-violated-false-claims-act/117004/|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=Government Executive|date=2015-07-06}}</ref><ref name="crn">{{cite news|title=12 Shocking Allegations From The VMware-Carahsoft Government Overcharging Lawsuit|url=http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/virtualization/300077335/12-shocking-allegations-from-the-vmware-carahsoft-government-overcharging-lawsuit.htm|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=CRN Magazine|date=2015-07-02}}</ref><ref name="techcrunch">{{cite news|title=VMware Agrees To Pay $75.5M To Settle Illegal Pricing Allegations|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/30/vmware-agrees-to-pay-75-5m-to-settle-illegal-pricing-allegations/|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=TechCrunch|date=2015-06-30}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Jason |date=2024-09-24 |title=FBI, DCIS raid Carahsoft headquarters |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contracting/2024/09/fbi-dcis-raid-carahsoft-headquarters/ |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=Federal News Network |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiMolfetta |first1=David |title="FBI's Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing " |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://www.govexec.com/technology/2024/09/fbis-carahsoft-raid-comes-amid-allegations-price-fixing/399823/ |website=Government Executive |access-date=16 October 2024| date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
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Category:Technology companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Reston, Virginia Category:Technology companies established in 2004 Category:American companies established in 2004 Category:2004 establishments in Virginia Category:Privately held companies based in Virginia