DRT Strategies

What DRT Strategies does

DRT Strategies, Inc. is a privately held, woman-owned federal IT consulting firm founded in 2004 by Susan Kidd and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with a secondary office in Chamblee, Georgia. The firm employs 250+ professionals and delivers digital transformation, IT modernization, cloud migration, health IT, geospatial/GIS, robotic process automation (RPA), and program/financial management services to US federal civilian agencies — primarily FDA, CDC, USDA, HHS/CMS, DOL, DOJ, NTIA, NOAA, IRS, and NIH. Its most differentiated product is DRTConfidence, a wholly-owned subsidiary offering an OSCAL-native Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform hosted in a FedRAMP JAB High Government Cloud, which became the first platform to submit a complete digital authorization package in OSCAL to FedRAMP. Supporting proprietary offerings include the DRT FairPrice+ labor/wage analytics tool and the Idea Lab innovation team, with RPA bots built on UiPath.

The company operates a sales-led, enterprise field-sales go-to-market targeting federal agencies through direct contract awards, multiple-award IDIQ vehicles (including the $25B-ceiling CMS SPARC and $99M CDC GRASP BPA), GSA IT Schedule 70 (SIN 132-56 for Health IT), and an SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protégé joint venture called KAIVA Strategies. Revenue derives from professional services contracts structured as time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price, or cost-reimbursable task orders. The firm's competitive positioning rests on past-performance credentials, ISO 9001:2015/ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018/ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and CMMI-DEV Level 3 certifications, partnerships with AWS, ServiceNow, UiPath, and Esri, and recognition including the Stevie Gold Company of the Year award (2019) and ten consecutive years on the Inc. 5000. The DRTConfidence subsidiary and its December 2024 integration with stackArmor represent the company's primary commercial productization vector beyond traditional federal services.

Name

DRT Strategies

Legal name

DRT Strategies, Inc.

Website

https://drtstrategies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

DRT Strategies is a woman-owned federal IT consulting firm providing digital transformation, cloud migration, health IT, RPA, and FedRAMP compliance (via its DRTConfidence subsidiary) to US federal civilian agencies, primarily FDA, CDC, USDA, HHS, and DOL.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal IT Consulting and Digital Transformation Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Backup & DR Software Implementation & Managed Platforms (BPAEALAI)

Keywords

• Federal IT consulting
• Digital transformation services
• Health IT consulting
• FedRAMP compliance automation
• Cloud migration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Federal IT Consulting and Professional Services: DRT generates revenue primarily through professional services engagements with federal government agencies. Services include IT consulting, program management, financial management, and digital transformation services. Revenue is earned through time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price, and cost-reimbursable contract structures across various agency engagements.
2. IT Modernization and Systems Integration: Revenue from modernizing government IT systems including cloud migration, application development, and systems integration. Includes implementation of platforms like ServiceNow, AWS, Oracle, and custom application development.
3. Health IT Services: Specialized health IT consulting and technology services for FDA, CDC, and other health agencies. Includes biomedical research support, public health surveillance, electronic health records, and health informatics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

DRT Strategies is a woman-owned federal IT consulting firm that delivers digital transformation, IT modernization, cloud migration, program management, financial management, and health IT services to U.S. federal civilian agencies. The company complements its consulting practice with proprietary products including DRTConfidence (an OSCAL-native GRC platform for FedRAMP authorization automation), DRT FairPrice+ (a government procurement analytics tool), and RPA bots built on UiPath, while running the Idea Lab innovation unit.

Product overview

DRT Strategies is a technology consulting and digital transformation firm offering a portfolio of products and services focused on federal IT modernization. Its core product is DRTConfidence, an OSCAL-Native GRC Platform for Federal IT Systems that provides automated FedRAMP compliance solutions. The DRTConfidence cATO platform extends this with continuous ATO automation. Supporting offerings include Idea Lab (innovation team for emerging technology solutions), DRT FairPrice+ (government procurement analytics tool), and RPA Bots (workforce automation software built on UiPath). The company also provides general IT modernization, cloud migration, GIS services, and health IT consulting to federal agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DRTConfidence OSCAL-Native GRC Platform Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform purpose-built for federal IT systems that automates the generation of FedRAMP-compliant Authority to Operate packages (SSP, SAP, SAR, POA&M, component repositories) in OSCAL machine-readable format, with real-time configuration monitoring and DevSecOps pipeline integration. Hosted in FedRAMP JAB High Government Cloud and offered to Cloud Service Providers and federal agencies via drtconfidence.com.
• DRT FairPrice+ Labor and Wage Data Analysis Tool Government procurement analytics tool that provides federal acquisition professionals instant labor and wage transparency by analyzing 98+ million rows of data with an 'Automated Insights' feature for labor wage recommendations when evaluating vendor bids. Built using Human Centered Design and selected by IRS.
• RPA Bots (Digital Workforce) Robotic Process Automation bots that interact with any system or application the same way a human worker would, built on the UiPath platform. Delivered as a Digital Workforce for federal agency clients including USDA for reporting (16,744 hours/year saved, ~$435,344 annual savings), onboarding (90% processing time reduction), and chatbot use cases.
• Idea Lab Innovation Service Innovation team of technologists, computer scientists, and creative thinkers within DRT Strategies that develops prototypes and proofs of concept using emerging technologies for federal clients. Idea Lab originated DRTConfidence and DRT FairPrice+ and produces innovations such as the AWS Hackathon for Good NIH challenge-winning cell nuclei image analysis solution.
• Federal IT Consulting and Professional Services Core professional services offering covering IT consulting, program management, financial management, and digital transformation engagements with U.S. federal civilian agencies. Engagements are delivered through time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price, and cost-reimbursable contract structures across agencies such as FDA, CDC, USDA, HHS, DOL, DOJ, NOAA, IRS, NIH, and NTIA.
• Health IT Services Specialized health IT consulting and technology services for FDA, CDC, NIH, and HHS, including biomedical research support, public health surveillance, electronic health records, health informatics, AWS cloud migration of FDA production applications, and SharePoint Online solutions for CDER's Product Jurisdiction Team.
• AWS Cloud Migration and Data Lake Services Cloud migration and data lake services that move federal agency workloads to AWS, including Amazon EC2-based infrastructure, serverless cloud-native solutions, and data lakes enabling advanced analytics on unstructured and semi-structured data. Supports FDA food safety applications (CERES, FARM, CFSAN) and similar engagements at DOC and other agencies.
• Geospatial and GIS Services Geospatial analysis, GIS data repositories, and 3D animated mapping applications delivered through Esri ArcGIS for federal health and science agencies. Supports CDC/ATSDR public health research, including GIS operations in Switzerland, Chad, Republic of Congo, Niger, and across the U.S. for COVID-19 response.
• IT Modernization and Systems Integration IT modernization and systems integration services for federal agencies covering ServiceNow implementations, Salesforce application development, Oracle APEX conversions, SharePoint Online migrations, and cloud-native application development. Engagements include USDA Commodity Credit Corporation funding request automation, NOAA cloud migration, and NTIA agile IT modernization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Automated Reporting Bot saves 16,744 human work hours per year, totaling $435,344 annual savings at USDA
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability11 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• stackArmorcoreTechnology or Integration · 23 December 2024Strategic alliance between DRTConfidence and stackArmor to deliver cutting-edge digital authorization packages and redefine cybersecurity compliance experience. stackArmor's ThreatAlert platform integrates with DRTConfidence cATO platform to automate FedRAMP compliance package generation and submission using OSCAL format. Partnership supports OMB M-24-15 mandate for machine-readable OSCAL authorization packages.
• KAIVA Strategies / KAIVA TechcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2024KAIVA Strategies is a certified SBA 8(a) approved Mentor Protégé Joint Venture between KAIVA Tech, LLC (managing partner, tribally owned by Shivwits Band of Paiutes) and DRT Strategies (supporting mentor partner). Combined expertise of 30+ years to deliver transformative technology-forward solutions for public health, safety, and security challenges. KAIVA Strategies won $100M FDA PACS contract.
• CloudLeap TechnologiesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 July 2024DRT and CloudLeap Technologies participated together as Top Performer in the precisionFDA AutoML App-a-thon Challenge, assessing open-source AutoML tools using a brain cancer dataset. Both companies recognized by FDA Office of Digital Transformation.
• Shorter CollegeminorOthers · 8 August 2023MOU partnership with Shorter College (HBCU in Little Rock, Arkansas) to provide Government Consulting 101 curriculum and NATE program to students, including resume coaching, mentoring, and curriculum development for entrepreneurial studies and computer science.
• SchellmancoreTechnology or Integration · 2 August 2022Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) partnership for FedRAMP assessments. Schellman worked with DRTConfidence to develop and submit SAP and SAR in OSCAL format, passing FedRAMP validation rules.
• Spatial FrontminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 11 October 2018DRT subcontracted to Spatial Front under USDA OCIO Enterprise Application Services cloud computing BPA. DRT provides application design, configuration, and support using Salesforce and ServiceNow.
• Acuity SystemsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 6 April 2017Team member on $52M DOL OWCS cloud-based enterprise workers' compensation system. Acuity provides cloud-based big data analytics platforms.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 6 April 2017Team member (PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector, LLP) on $52M DOL OWCS contract.
• Software AG Government SolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 6 April 2017Team member on $52M DOL OWCS contract providing enterprise software solutions.
• ServiceNowcoreTechnology or IntegrationServiceNow Partner - Specialist level. DRT implements ServiceNow solutions for federal clients including USDA Commodity Credit Corporation funding request automation and USDA OCIO Enterprise Application Services cloud computing.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS Consulting Partner. DRT helps federal agencies and commercial clients leverage AWS to modernize systems and develop cloud-native digital services. Achieved Standard-Tier Consulting Partner status - one of only 1,000 firms in US.
• UiPathcoreTechnology or IntegrationUiPath Partner providing RPA solutions. DRT built winning RPA bots using UiPath at USDA Bot-A-Thon, winning 5 out of 6 categories.
• EsricoreTechnology or IntegrationEsri Bronze Partner. DRT provides GIS and geospatial solutions leveraging Esri technology for CDC/ATSDR GRASP program and other public health applications.
• DRTConfidencecoreOthersDRTConfidence is a subsidiary company of DRT Strategies. Pioneer of OSCAL Native GRC solutions for federal agencies. First and only platform to submit complete digital authorization package in OSCAL to FedRAMP and pass all validations. Hosted in FedRAMP JAB High Government Cloud.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Largest U.S. federal IT and management consulting firm; competes with DRT for federal civilian health-IT and digital transformation work, including FDA, CDC, HHS, and USDA pursuits, but at significantly greater scale and broader portfolio.
• Leidos: Large federal IT prime with major health-IT and FDA/CDC/NIH work; competes for the same IDIQ/BPA vehicles as DRT but at materially larger scale across defense, health, and civilian markets.
• SAIC: Major federal IT services prime pursuing many of the same civilian agency recompetes (USDA, HHS, DOJ); comparable in digital transformation and cloud modernization offerings.
• ManTech (now Constellation Software / ManTech brand): Federal IT services prime with deep civilian agency footprint including federal health and civilian IT modernization; comparable offerings in cloud migration, cybersecurity, and digital transformation.

Direct peers

• ICF International: Mid-sized public federal IT and management consulting firm with comparable health-IT, digital transformation, and energy/environment federal civilian work; closest size-and-mix comparable to DRT.
• Aptive Resources: Service-disabled veteran-owned federal management and IT consulting firm of comparable size; similarly focused on federal civilian digital transformation, communications, and program management work.
• Maximus: Federal services firm with significant HHS/CMS and public health IT exposure; competes on similar health-focused federal civilian pursuits and shares dependence on government contracting cycles.
• TISTA Science and Technology Corporation: Mid-sized federal IT and health-IT services firm pursuing work at HHS, FDA, and DoD; comparable size, certifications (ISO/CMMI), and federal civilian set-aside positioning to DRT.

Emerging players

• StackArmor: FedRAMP and ATO acceleration provider; partnered with DRTConfidence (Dec 2024) but also a partial competitor in automated FedRAMP authorization packages for cloud service providers.

Others

• CGI Federal: Federal IT and business consulting arm of CGI; competes in federal health, civilian IT modernization, and systems integration work at larger scale than DRT with broader cross-agency reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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