What DSFederal does

DSFederal is a woman-owned small business founded in 2007 by Sophia Parker and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, that delivers IT services, AI and data science, digital transformation, bioscience and public health informatics, and strategic consulting to U.S. federal government agencies. The company serves 50+ federal clients across more than 80 active projects, with named engagements spanning the Department of Health and Human Services (CMS, NIH, HRSA, ONC, ORI, OCIO), the Department of Defense, U.S. Marine Corps, USDA, DOT, and CPSC. Procurement access is mediated through major federal vehicles including the OASIS+ GWAC IDIQ and NITAAC CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC, supplemented by the DoD Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace where its DSFed™ platform is listed as "Awardable."

The company's technical core is DSFed™, a proprietary, production-ready Federated Learning Platform that enables decentralized AI model training across distributed private data sources without centralizing raw data. The platform uses a low-code, GitOps-inspired architecture to automate orchestration, versioning, training coordination, and node synchronization, and includes Common Data Model auto-creation and a four-step governance workflow. DSFed™ is supported by an alliance network of 20+ hospitals, universities, and research partners (including MCI, NYU, and Taipei Medical University's six affiliated hospitals), and is already used in 80+ model training collaborations and 30 clinical trial projects. Adjacent capabilities include Generative AI (including a FedGPT integration), Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, NLP model design and training, and causal modeling, as well as Drupal-based digital transformation and AWS cloud delivery (DSFederal is an AWS Select Tier Consulting Partner).

Revenue is generated primarily through professional services and managed services delivered under multi-year federal contracts and task orders, with no consumer-facing pricing published. Go-to-market combines direct field sales into federal agencies, participation in industry events (AI Expo 2026, Drupal GovCon, Defense Health IT Symposium), and channel leverage via contract vehicles. The company holds CMMC Level 2 (March 2026), CMMI Level 3 for Services and Development (reappraised November 2025), ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2018, and ISO 27001:2022 certifications, and is a Women-Owned Small Business in the OASIS+ Unrestricted, Small Business, and WOSB pools. Leadership transitioned in February 2023 with Clement Chen appointed CEO (formerly of Leidos Health Group and Lockheed Martin), with founder Sophia Parker serving as Owner and Chairwoman.

Name

DSFederal

Legal name

DSFederal, Inc.

Website

https://dsfederal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

DSFederal is a woman-owned small business that provides IT, AI and data science, digital transformation, and bioscience and public health services to U.S. federal agencies, anchored by DSFed™, its proprietary federated learning platform for privacy-preserving AI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Government IT Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Enablement & Adoption Services (Change Management, Adoption, Champions) (BPAEANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Bootcamps & Accelerated Reskilling (Full-time/Part-time) (BPAEANAE), Managed IT Services & On‑Site Field Support (Helpdesk, Break/Fix, IMAC) (EDAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• Federal IT services
• Federated learning platform
• Government data science
• Digital transformation consulting
• Public health informatics

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Federal Government IT Services: DSFederal generates revenue primarily through providing IT services, data science, digital transformation, and consulting services to U.S. federal government agencies. Revenue is earned through various contract vehicles including IDIQ contracts (OASIS+, NITAAC CIO-SP3), task orders, and direct awards. Services include AI and data science solutions, digital transformation, bioscience/public health informatics, and business/strategic consulting.
2. Contract Vehicle Services: The company provides services through multiple government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) vehicles, enabling federal agencies to procure their solutions under pre-established terms. This includes management and advisory services as well as technical and engineering domain services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DSFederal provides IT services, AI and data science solutions, digital transformation, bioscience/public health informatics, and strategic consulting primarily to U.S. federal government agencies. Its core technical asset is the DSFed™ Federated Learning Platform, a low-code solution that enables secure, decentralized AI model training across distributed data sources without centralizing raw data. Services are delivered through government-wide acquisition contract vehicles including OASIS+ and NITAAC CIO-SP3.

Product overview

DSFederal is a Woman-Owned Small Business that provides transformative technical solutions and strategic support for the Federal Government. The company's product portfolio centers on DSFed™, a Federated Learning Platform for privacy-preserving AI development that trains models across distributed data sources without centralizing raw data. This core product is complemented by four service pillars: AI and Data Science (employing GenAI, LLMs, RAG, and NLP), Digital Transformation (Agile delivery, cloud platforms, Drupal development, AWS solutions), Bioscience & Public Health Informatics, and Strategic/Business Consulting. The company also maintains strategic alliances with Taiwan AI Labs for federated learning and cognitive security solutions, and is an AWS Select Tier Consulting Partner.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DSFed™: A fully integrated Federated Learning Platform that automates complex orchestration, data governance, and advanced privacy design for operational federated learning at scale. Enables secure, decentralized AI model training without moving data.
• DSFederal-IDEA Foundation

Products and services

• DSFed™ Federated Learning Platform A fully integrated, production-ready Federated Learning Platform that enables secure, decentralized AI model training without moving data. The low-code platform features GitOps-inspired architecture that automates orchestration, versioning, training coordination, and node synchronization, with Common Data Model auto-creation. It supports 20+ hospitals globally, 80+ federated model training collaborations, and 30 clinical trial projects.
• AI and Data Science Services DSFederal provides AI experts and data scientists who engineer federated learning platforms and employ Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technologies. The team designs and trains NLP models and applies data standards, auto-tagging, and causal modeling for federal mission outcomes.
• Digital Transformation Services Uses Agile delivery to build customized digital solutions, secure cloud-based enterprise web platforms and applications, and IT Support Services (ITSS) that reduce costs, enhance user adoption, and deliver enduring mission value for federal clients. Includes Drupal web development and AWS cloud solutions.
• Bioscience and Public Health Services Works across multiple informatics domains, bringing interdisciplinary and integrative perspectives to make better use of data and drive research insights for federal health agency customers.
• Strategic Consulting and Business Solutions Combines understanding of technology, informatics, AI, and data science with whole systems thinking to craft data-driven strategies for optimizing IT and data for federal mission objectives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% SLA compliance rate for CMCS content management services
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 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

Integration2 records

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and supporting.

• Taiwan AI LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Joint participation at AI Expo 2026 in Washington D.C. demonstrating production-ready federated learning framework deployed in health systems and fraud detection environments. Demonstrations include federated fraud detection, health validation, anomaly detection, and Taiwan AI Labs' DeepMets TFDA-approved AI brain tumor detection system.
• Taiwan AI LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2023Strategic alliance to bring innovative AI-enabled solutions to the U.S. public sector market. Collaboration combines DSFederal's data science and analytics capabilities with Taiwan AI Labs' cutting-edge federated learning, validation platform, and cognitive AI solutions. Focus areas include federated learning for infectious disease modeling and the Infodemic platform for tracking misinformation impacting national security.
• Taipei Medical University (TMU)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2023Biomedical Informatics Partnership Program (BIPP) providing doctoral candidates at TMU's Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics (GIBI) opportunity to collaborate with DSFederal on data science technologies, platforms, and healthcare research pilots. TMU is affiliated with six hospitals including Taipei Cancer Center and Taipei Neuroscience Institute.
• IBMsupportingTechnology or Integration · 3 March 2021Partnership with IBM Blockchain Services to address federal health IT challenges. Focus areas include healthcare research, public health monitoring, data sharing, and medical supply chain tracking using blockchain technology.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)supportingTechnology or Integration · 14 April 2020AWS Select Tier Consulting Partner status, denoting trust and capability in AWS cloud infrastructure. DSFederal uses AWS both internally and on government contracts for architecting and maintaining government systems. AWS provides proposal resources, solutioning advice, funding for employee training, and listing in their catalog.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SAIC: Large federal IT and engineering services firm competing on OASIS+ and across HHS, DoD, and civilian health agencies. Overlap on federal IT modernization, AI/data science, and digital transformation task orders, with substantially larger scale.
• ICF International: Public federal IT and advisory firm with deep HHS, CMS, and health research exposure across data analytics, IT modernization, and program support. Comparable on customer overlap and analytics-heavy offerings, though materially larger and more diversified.
• Leidos: Large federal systems integrator with a dedicated Health Group that competes for the same HHS, NIH, CMS, and DoD Health work as DSFederal. Direct overlap on customer base and federal health AI/data science, but at vastly greater scale; Leidos is also a prior employer of DSFederal's CEO and SVP of Operations.
• Maximus: Public federal services firm with substantial HHS and CMS footprint across health program operations and digital modernization. Direct overlap on federal health customers and program support work, but at significantly greater scale and broader mission scope.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Premier federal AI, analytics, and digital transformation consulting firm with deep HHS, DoD, and civilian agency presence. Competes for the same federal AI and data science task orders, with materially greater bench depth and proprietary AI platform offerings.
• Mathematica: Federal health and human services research and analytics firm supporting HHS, CMS, and ACF on policy research, program evaluation, and data analytics. Comparable on federal health analytics and HHS customer mix, with a stronger research and evaluation orientation.
• GDIT (General Dynamics Information Technology): Major federal IT services contractor competing on OASIS+, CIO-SP3, and across HHS, DoD, and civilian agencies. Overlaps with DSFederal on IT modernization, digital transformation, and analytics task orders at substantially larger scale.
• Accenture Federal Services: Federal arm of Accenture serving HHS, DoD, and civilian agencies on digital transformation, cloud, data, and AI initiatives. Competes for the same digital transformation and AI task orders on OASIS+ and CIO-SP3 at materially greater scale and with broader AI platform assets.

Direct peers

• Aptive Resources: Woman-owned federal health and civilian consulting firm supporting HHS, VA, and DoD on digital transformation, program management, and analytics. Closely comparable on ownership profile, federal health focus, and mid-tier scale.
• Cognosante: Federal health IT services firm of comparable size serving HHS, CMS, VA, and DoD health agencies. Most direct comparable on customer mix, scale, and federal health mission focus — and a known prior employer of DSFederal's SVP of Operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/dsfederal
• Facebookfacebook.com/DSFederal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dsfederal

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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