Island Creek Associates

What Island Creek Associates does

Island Creek Associates, LLC is a Maryland-based, woman-owned small business founded in 2009 that delivers professional engineering and program management services to the U.S. Department of Defense. The company organizes its work around five integrated service lines: Engineering Services & Product Development (covering R&D, systems engineering, prototyping, and full C5ISR lifecycle support for ACAT I programs); Program Management Support Services (financial analysis, configuration management, and logistics support for NAVAIR and ONR aviation developmental efforts); Space Planning & Asset Control (CADD, 3D modeling in AutoCAD and Sketchup, furniture/asset management); Facilities & Construction Management; and Administrative & Financial Support Services staffed by personnel trained on current DoD systems. Technical capabilities are conventional — the company's tooling stack is built on standard CAD, modeling, and DoD administrative systems rather than proprietary platforms, with no disclosed AI, data, or software-product components.

The business model is structured entirely around federal contracting through multiple IDIQ vehicles: a prime position on SeaPort-NxG (Contract # N00178-19-D-7896, awarded 2019), four OASIS Small Business pools (2020), a subcontractor role on the SPAWAR Incubator 8(a) (Contract # N65236-15-D-8006), and a NAWCAD Avionics and E-Warfare prime contract (Contract # N68335-19-C-0618). Revenue is generated through labor-hour and deliverable-based task orders. The company is led by President Terri L. Holder, who brings more than 25 years of DoD contracting experience, and is certified as 8(a), EDWOSB/WOSB, and SDB under the SBA's small business programs — certifications that provide eligibility for federal set-aside contracting and represent a central element of its go-to-market. Its customer base is exclusively federal, with named engagements spanning NAVAIR, ONR, NAWCAD, and SPAWAR, all within the Department of the Navy and broader DoD.

Name

Island Creek Associates

Legal name

Island Creek Associates, LLC

Website

https://icassoc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Maryland-based woman-owned small business providing engineering, program management, facilities, and administrative support services to the U.S. Department of Defense through multiple IDIQ contract vehicles including SeaPort-NxG, OASIS SB, and NAWCAD.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

California

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Contracts: Island Creek Associates generates revenue through multiple IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract vehicles serving the Department of Defense. These include SeaPort-NxG for naval engineering and program management services, OASIS Small Business for professional services, SPAWAR Incubator 8(a) for C5ISR services, and NAWCAD contracts for avionics and E-Warfare systems engineering support. Revenue is derived from labor-hours and deliverables under task orders issued by various Navy and DoD activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Island Creek Associates is a woman-owned small business that delivers professional services to the Department of Defense across five integrated capability lines: engineering services and product development, program management support, space planning and asset control, facilities and construction management, and administrative and financial support. The company operates as a prime and subcontractor on multiple IDIQ contract vehicles (SeaPort-NxG, OASIS Small Business, SPAWAR Incubator 8(a), and NAWCAD) serving Navy and DoD customers.

Product overview

Island Creek Associates offers a portfolio of professional services to the Department of Defense through five integrated service lines: Engineering Services & Product Development (providing R&D, systems engineering, prototyping, and C5ISR lifecycle support); Program Management Support Services (offering oversight for research & development activities, financial analysis, and configuration management); Space Planning & Asset Control Services (including CADD, 3D modeling, and asset management); Facilities & Construction Management (encompassing facility engineering, construction support, and base operations); and Administrative & Financial Support Services (providing DoD-trained administrative and financial analysts). These services are delivered through multiple government contract vehicles including SeaPort-NxG, SPAWAR Incubator 8(a), NAWCAD Avionics and E-Warfare, and OASIS Small Business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering Services & Product Development

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsland Creek is a subcontractor partner to the SPAWAR Incubator 8(a) contract vehicle supporting C5ISR services including full system lifecycle support, research and development, test and evaluation, production, and fielding of sustainable, secure, survivable, and interoperable systems. The company supports Information Operations, Enterprise Information Services, and Space Capabilities.
• Department of the NavycoreOthersPrimary customer base served through multiple contract vehicles including SeaPort-NxG (serving Naval Sea Systems Command, SPAWAR, NAVSUP, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Office of Naval Research, and US Marine Corps), NAWCAD, and OASIS SB. Provides engineering, program management, and facilities services to Navy programs.
• Patuxent River Small Business RoundtableminorOthersTerri Holder, President, serves as Board Representative for the Patuxent River Small Business Roundtable in Patuxent River, MD.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ManTech: Federal technology and engineering services firm focused on defense, intelligence, and federal civilian clients; provides systems engineering, cyber, and program management support aligned to Navy programs. Comparable capability mix, broader portfolio.
• Parsons Corporation: Large federal engineering and infrastructure services firm providing systems engineering, facilities engineering, and program management for DoD and federal civilian customers. Particularly comparable to ICA's facilities & construction management capability at significantly greater scale.
• Leidos: Large defense and federal services integrator with material Navy engineering, C5ISR, and program management exposure. Operates as a prime on several of the same vehicle types ICA holds at the small-business level.
• CACI International: Large federal services and engineering provider with deep Navy and DoD footprint across C5ISR, electronic warfare, and intelligence-related engineering. Overlaps ICA's C5ISR and avionics-adjacent service lines at much larger scale.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Large federal services incumbent providing engineering, program management, and digital services across DoD (including Navy) and federal civilian agencies. Overlaps with ICA across the program management and engineering service lines but at substantially greater scale and portfolio breadth.
• SAIC: Large federal systems integrator and engineering services provider holding multiple Navy and DoD contract vehicles, including SeaPort-NxG task orders. Direct overlap on NAVAIR, NAVSEA, and SPAWAR-adjacent engineering and program management work.

Direct peers

• COLSA Corporation: Mid-tier defense engineering and IT services contractor supporting Army, Missile Defense, and other DoD commands with systems engineering, program management, and C5ISR-adjacent work. Comparable in capability mix and mid-tier federal-contractor scale.
• CALIBRE Systems: Mid-sized federal services firm providing management consulting, program management, and engineering services to DoD and federal civilian agencies. Comparable in scale, mix of capabilities, and reliance on set-aside contract vehicles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/island-creek-associates-ica-?trk=ppro_cprof

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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