What McBride Consulting does

McBride Consulting, LLC is a privately held Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) management consulting, IT, and C5ISR firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with European operations through its wholly owned subsidiary McBride International (Brussels, Belgium and Bucharest, Romania). Founded by Lonnie McBride, a former service member and Deloitte Consulting alumnus, the firm delivers professional services spanning strategy development and execution, IT transformation, business process improvement, program management, R&D, cybersecurity, risk management, financial management, and training across public sector, defense/NATO, and select private-sector clients.

The firm operates without a proprietary technology platform and earns revenue through time-and-materials and fixed-price consulting engagements accessed via prime positions on multiple contract vehicles. Key vehicles include OASIS+ Total Small Business, NCI Agency Advisory and Assistance Services (AAS+), Missile Defense Agency SHIELD, SeaPort-NxG, VETS 2 GWAC, and state-level vehicles in Virginia, Ohio, and Massachusetts. McBride also acts as a sub-contractor to larger systems integrators such as Deloitte Consulting and Guidehouse on engagements like the Department of the Navy HR Shared Services program and Federal Transit Administration process improvement work. Technology enablement for the firm's HR transformation practice relies on partner platforms including Neocase Software and Dovetail Software rather than in-house products.

McBride's customer base is concentrated in government and defense, anchored by NATO Communications and Information Agency, NATO Allied Command Transformation, the U.S. Department of the Navy, FEMA, and a small number of state agencies, with ancillary private-sector clients in healthcare, education, and non-profit. The firm has accumulated multiple small-business certifications (SDVOSB, MWBE, SDVOB, VFBE, MBE/DBE/SBE) across federal and state jurisdictions, providing preferential access to set-aside procurements. Notable scale outcomes include management of over $1B in FEMA Public Assistance funds for hurricane recovery and support to 600+ federal grantees, indicating delivery capability on large public-sector programs despite a small headcount of 11-50 employees.

Name

McBride Consulting

Legal name

McBride Consulting, LLC

Website

https://mcbrideconsulting.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

McBride Consulting is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business providing management consulting, IT transformation, and C5ISR services to federal, NATO, state, and select private-sector clients through prime contract vehicles and alliance partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF), Financial Management & Performance Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAF), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Management consulting
• IT transformation services
• Defense consulting
• Business process improvement
• Program management

Headquarters

HQ city

Mclean

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional services revenue generated through consulting engagements focused on strategy development and execution, IT transformation, business process improvement, program management, and organizational transformation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

McBride Consulting is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business providing management consulting, IT transformation, and C5ISR services to federal, state, local, defense/NATO, and private sector clients. Core service lines include strategy development and execution, business process improvement, program management, research and development, cybersecurity, risk management, financial management, and training. The firm delivers these services through prime positions on major government contract vehicles and operates internationally through McBride International in Brussels and Bucharest.

Product overview

McBride Consulting is a McLean, VA-based Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) management consulting and IT firm offering professional services through its core consulting practice and specialized contract vehicles. The firm's primary offerings include Management Consulting Services (strategy development, IT transformation, business process improvement, program management, cybersecurity, and training), C5ISR services for defense and intelligence clients, and specialized HR Transformation, IT Transformation, and Process Improvement services. McBride operates internationally through its subsidiary McBride International (headquartered in Brussels, Belgium with a secondary office in Bucharest, Romania) and holds multiple prime contract vehicles including NATO NCI Agency AAS+, NATO DIANA, OASIS+, SeaPort-NxG, and VETS 2 GWAC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management Consulting Services Professional consulting services spanning strategy development and execution, IT transformation, business process improvement, program management, research and development, cybersecurity, risk management, financial management, and training for public and private sector clients.
• C5ISR Services Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) consulting and technology services supporting NATO and defense clients with cybersecurity, digital transformation, and mission-driven engineering solutions.
• Process Improvement Business process optimization services including development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), process mapping, and workflow standardization for grant and project management.
• HR Transformation Human resources transformation services including transition from manual processes to case management workflows, digital/web forms, and HCM application integration for shared services center clients.
• IT Transformation Information technology transformation services including project management of Capital Investment Program systems, standardized workflows, reports, and complex data migration from legacy systems.
• Grant Management Grant management support services for public sector clients including strategic planning, COVID-19 relief funding management, and FEMA Public Assistance fund management.
• Data Analytics Development

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered three mission-critical SOPs for federal agency managing grants to 600+ grantees
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Moultrie Lyons Advisory, LLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2020Strategic partnership announced July 2020 creating a force multiplier within the private sector practice.
• NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrime award position on the $500M multi-award Advisory and Assistance Services (AAS+) framework contract. McBride provides cybersecurity, project management, systems administration, data analysis, digital transformation, and system architecture services across NATO locations in Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, and Norfolk VA. One of only two U.S.-based companies supporting the contract.
• NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapability Development Management Support (CDMS) engagement providing planning, coordination, and execution support for NATO capability development initiatives in Norfolk, VA.
• NATO DIANA (Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrime award recipient contributing through Advisory and Assistance Services contract to integrate emerging and disruptive technologies aligned with NATO's requirements. McBride is the only U.S.-based prime contractor, working from London (UK), Tallinn (Estonia), and Halifax (Canada).
• Deloitte Consulting LLPminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSub-contractor relationship supporting Department of Navy TMSS project with HR Shared Services technology and process expertise. Lonnie McBride is a former Deloitte Consulting alumnus.
• Guidehouse LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSub-contractor via Guidehouse (formerly PwC Public Sector) supporting Federal Transit Administration with process improvement and best practice guides.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dexis Consulting Group: Dexis is a small federal management consulting firm offering monitoring & evaluation, organizational development, and program management support to USAID, State, and DoD, comparable to McBride's federal consulting practice in scale and client mix.
• VISTA Technology Services: VISTA is a small SDVOSB IT and management consulting firm focused on federal health, defense, and civilian agencies, comparable to McBride in size, certification profile, and contract-vehicle strategy.
• MCR, LLC: MCR, LLC is a small-business federal contractor with deep NATO and defense mission-support work, holding similar AAS-type vehicles. McBride's new hire Paul Torilli was previously MCR's VP of Global Operations, indicating the two compete directly for NATO task orders.
• Sevatec, Inc. Sevatec is a small, SDVOSB-like federal contractor providing IT, cybersecurity, and program management services, often holding SeaPort and OASIS-type vehicles similar to those McBride pursues.
• CALIBRE Systems, Inc. CALIBRE is a veteran-owned small-business management consulting firm delivering strategy, IT, and program management to federal defense and civilian clients, with comparable employee scale and a similar set-aside go-to-market in agencies McBride also pursues.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Consulting LLP: Deloitte is a Big 4 consultancy that McBride works under as a sub on the Navy TMSS contract. Both firms serve federal HR transformation and shared services work, but Deloitte operates at vastly greater scale and competes with McBride on larger prime opportunities.
• ICF International: ICF provides management consulting, digital transformation, and analytics services to federal civilian agencies, mirroring McBride's public-sector and data-analytics practice with much larger scale.
• Native American Technology (NAT) / Amentum: Amentum (formed through merger of Aecom's federal services, DynCorp, and others) provides mission-support, engineering, and C5ISR-adjacent services to DoD and NATO clients that overlap with McBride's NATO/defense practice.
• Guidehouse LLP: Guidehouse is a large management and technology consultancy that primes engagements such as the Federal Transit Administration project where McBride is a sub-contractor. It overlaps with McBride on federal management consulting and IT transformation, especially in civilian agencies, but at materially greater scale.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a top-tier federal management and technology consultancy with substantial NATO, defense, and civilian-agency practices that overlap directly with McBride's strategy, IT, and C5ISR offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/McBCLLC

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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