At NextStep, strategic teaming isn’t just an option – it’s central to our business model. We partner with prime contractors and fellow small businesses on almost every contract to deliver integrated solutions for complex federal programs. By leveraging each partner’s complementary strengths, we provide more comprehensive services and better end-results for our customers. In fact, teaming with other industry players to augment our offerings is a big part of our business, reflecting how deeply we value collaboration.

Why do we emphasize teaming? It allows us to collectively meet requirements no single firm could fulfill alone. Federal contracts often demand broad past performance, specialized skills, or diverse clearances – needs best addressed by a well-rounded team. Working together with trusted partners increases technical depth, strengthens capability at our existing clients, and broadens our service offerings on complex contracts. Teaming also helps large primes meet their small-business goals while enabling small firms like NextStep to grow and build past performance. It’s truly a win-win approach that benefits our customers through integrated capabilities.

Our teaming partnerships take many forms, including:

• Joint Venture Collaborations for Large Programs: We form joint ventures to tackle large-scale contracts, combining resources under a unified team for major initiatives. This approach aligns strengths so that together we can pursue opportunities neither could alone.

• Subcontracting with Industry Leaders: As a seasoned contracting firm with over 25 years of federal contracting success, NextStep has also partnered as a subcontractor to prime contractors. Leading integrators choose us for our reliability and niche expertise, knowing we deliver results that make the whole team stronger.

• Strategic Alliances with Specialists: We ally with specialized service providers to broaden our capabilities (e.g. cybersecurity, AI/ML, logistics). These alliances let us offer turn-key solutions across multiple domains by tapping each partner’s domain excellence.

• Small Business Partnerships for Set-Asides: We team up with other small businesses (including 8(a), SDVOSB, and HUBZone firms) to pursue set-aside opportunities. By combining socio-economic certifications and capabilities, we unlock contracts designed for small business participation while sharing in the success.

• Access to Prime Contract Vehicles: NextStep is a prime contract holder on multiple Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and IDIQ vehicles – including GSA MAS, OASIS+, SeaPort-NxG, and more. Partners teaming with us gain ready access to these contract vehicles, accelerating procurement and minimizing overhead. This means we can quickly onboard team members and get to work under established contract channels.

Being a partner-of-choice is the cornerstone of our success. We have built a reputation for collaborative teamwork, whether we’re leading as prime or supporting as a subcontractor. NextStep offers the agility, innovation, and personal commitment of a small firm, combined with the proven processes and contract reach of a much larger company. Our teammates know that when they partner with NextStep, they get a dedicated, transparent collaborator who shares their goals and goes the extra mile to deliver. By teaming with us, you’ll be better positioned to win and excel – let us show you why so many in the industry choose NextStep as their teaming partner of choice.