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MissionLayer SystemsUtah Small Business

Government contracting

A technical partner for agencies and prime contractors

MissionLayer Systems is a founder-led small business available for direct government opportunities, subcontracting, teaming arrangements, and defined technical work packages. We are engineers first: the person who scopes the work is involved in delivering it.
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For government agencies

How we support federal, state, and local programs

Government work has requirements beyond the engineering itself: the work has to be specified, documented, reviewed, and sustained after the contract ends. We build for that from the start.

Requirements that can be evaluated

We translate an operational need into a written technical specification with scope, constraints, interfaces, and acceptance criteria — the form a program office and a contracting officer can both assess.

Documentation as a deliverable

Architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, runbooks, and handover material are produced as part of the work, not promised for later.

Responsible handling of information

Least-privilege access, secrets kept out of source control, audit logging, environment separation, and a written description of what data is collected and how long it is retained.

Delivery that fits procurement structure

Phased work that maps onto pilots, base periods, option years, and task orders, with something demonstrable at the end of each phase.

Market research and pre-solicitation support

We respond to sources-sought notices and RFIs, and we are available for capability discussions and technical demonstrations during market research.

Small business participation

As a small business we can support socio-economic participation objectives on a prime contractor’s subcontracting plan.

Work we are commonly a fit for

  • Software modernization of an aging internal system
  • AI and automation initiatives, including scoped pilots
  • Proof-of-concept efforts that answer a defined technical question
  • Cloud migration, Kubernetes, and infrastructure assessment
  • Data processing and workflow automation between existing systems
  • API development and systems integration
  • Specialized engineering support on an existing contract
  • Phased implementations with option-period structure

For prime contractors

Specialized depth for a defined portion of your contract

Primes usually do not need another generalist. They need a specific capability, on a specific scope, delivered inside an existing process. That is the work we take.

Defined technical work packages

A bounded portion of a contract — an integration, a model deployment, a migration, an assessment — with written scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.

Proposal and capture support

Technical approach narrative, architecture and design content, and level-of-effort input for the portion of work we would perform.

Specialized engineering depth

AI and machine learning, MLOps, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and backend engineering added to an existing team without a long ramp-up.

Surge and short-duration support

Focused help during a delivery crunch, a production incident, or a phase that needs a skill the team does not have in house.

Working inside your process

We adopt the prime’s tooling, review process, reporting cadence, and security requirements rather than imposing our own.

Clear scope boundaries

Responsibilities, interfaces, and hand-off points agreed in writing before work starts, so there is no ambiguity at delivery.

Contracting and teaming

Ways we can be engaged

The right structure depends on the size of the requirement, the vehicle, and where the work sits in a larger program. We are comfortable with any of the following.

Direct government contracts

Competitive or appropriately sourced purchases, including simplified acquisitions, pilots, assessments, and defined technical projects, where MissionLayer meets the requirement.

Subcontractor

A defined portion of a larger contract, with scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria agreed in writing with the prime.

Teaming arrangement

Participation in a proposal team, contributing technical approach content, architecture, and level-of-effort input for the portion of work we would perform.

Technical work package

A bounded scope of engineering work — an integration, a migration, a model deployment, an assessment — delivered against written acceptance criteria.

Pilot and proof of concept

A short, funded effort designed to answer a specific technical question before a larger commitment, with a written finding either way.

Staff augmentation

Named technical support integrated into an existing team for a defined period, when that structure fits the requirement better than a deliverables-based scope.

We have not yet been awarded a contract under every structure listed above. This section describes the arrangements we are prepared to work under and the terms we are willing to agree to in writing — not a claim of past performance.

Delivery

How a project runs

On a subcontract or a defined work package we adapt to the prime contractor’s process. On a direct engagement, this is the sequence we follow.

  1. Understand the mission or operational need

    We start with the work itself: who performs it, what slows it down, what happens when it fails, and what a better outcome would actually look like. This is a conversation with the people doing the work, not only with the people describing it.

  2. Define requirements and constraints

    Constraints shape the design as much as requirements do. We document security expectations, data sensitivity, existing systems, hosting limits, budget structure, timeline, and who has to approve what.

  3. Design the technical approach

    We produce a written technical approach: architecture, components, integration points, data flow, deployment model, and the tradeoffs behind each decision. This is reviewable by both technical evaluators and program staff before any build begins.

  4. Build and validate in manageable phases

    Work is broken into phases that each produce something demonstrable. Validation happens against the acceptance criteria set in the previous step, not at the end of the whole effort.

  5. Deploy with documentation and operational visibility

    Deployment includes the things that are usually deferred: monitoring, logging, access control, runbooks, and documentation written for whoever operates the system next.

  6. Support, improve, and transfer knowledge

    We provide production support where the contract calls for it, and we plan for handover from the beginning. A successful engagement leaves your team or a follow-on contractor able to run the system without us.

The exact sequence depends on contract requirements, procurement structure, security needs, and project scope. On a subcontract or defined work package, we adapt to the prime contractor’s process rather than imposing our own.

Key Personnel Experience

The following describes the individual professional experience of our founder, gained prior to and outside of MissionLayer Systems LLC. It is not past performance of the company, which was recently formed.

  • Designed and operated production machine learning and AI workloads
  • Built and supported Kubernetes-based application environments
  • Implemented scalable APIs and model-serving infrastructure
  • Developed CI/CD, observability, autoscaling, and infrastructure-as-code solutions
  • Supported enterprise and mission-critical production environments
  • Analyzed government procurement requirements and contracting processes
  • Led software initiatives from technical requirements through production deployment

Procurement information

Company data, procurement codes, and registration status

Everything a contracting officer or prime contractor needs to add us to a vendor record, at federal, state, local, and education level. Every identifier below is issued and the SAM.gov registration is active.
Legal business name
MissionLayer Systems LLC
Business type
Utah Limited Liability Company
Business size
Small Business under applicable NAICS size standards
Business location
Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States
Service area
United States (remote-first, on-site as required by contract)
Unique Entity ID (UEI)
M93KGASJFEN3
CAGE Code
23N79
SAM.gov registration
Active through August 10, 2027
Purpose of registration
All Awards
Point of contact
Jefferson Santos, Founder & Principal Engineer
Business email
jeff@missionlayersystems.com
General inquiries
contact@missionlayersystems.com
Business phone
(949) 501-1291
Capability statement
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The registration is active and every identifier above is issued. If a public SAM.gov search does not return the entity, email us — we will confirm the registration in writing, or send the entity record to your contracting office directly.

Federal procurement codes

NAICS codes are the classifications MissionLayer Systems is registered under in SAM.gov. They are a fact about the registration rather than a claim about capability.

Primary NAICS

  • 541511Custom Computer Programming Services

The primary code is the one that determines the applicable small business size standard.

Related NAICS

  • 541512Computer Systems Design Services
  • 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
  • 513210Software Publishers
  • 541519Other Computer Related Services
  • 518210Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

541715 covers applied AI and computer vision research, experimental model development, prototyping, benchmarking, and evaluation — the scoped work that establishes whether an approach clears a threshold before a build is funded.

Also registered

  • 541513Computer Facilities Management Services
  • 611420Computer Training
  • 423430Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers

Registered classifications that sit alongside the core software and AI work rather than describing it. Listed for completeness of the SAM record.

Relevant federal PSC families

A Product Service Code is assigned to an acquisition by the contracting activity that issues it — it is not something a vendor holds. These are the classifications the work described on this site commonly falls under, listed to help market research and saved searches. The applicable PSC for any given requirement is determined by that acquisition.

Current PSC structure

  • DA01Business Application/Application Development Support Services
  • DE01IT Data Services (including data conversion and processing)
  • DF01IT Management Support Services (including enterprise architecture)
  • DD01Service Delivery Support Services (including CI/CD)
  • DH01Platform Support Services (including databases and middleware)

Legacy D3xx family — still seen in the wild

  • D302IT and Telecom — Systems Development
  • D308IT and Telecom — Programming
  • D307IT and Telecom — IT Strategy and Architecture
  • D399Other IT and Telecommunications Services

Replaced by the structure at left in the October 2019 PSC Manual revision. Still appears on notices from some activities and throughout historical award data.

State & local procurement classifications

MissionLayer Systems also pursues state, county, municipal, school district, higher education, public authority, and public healthcare opportunities nationwide. The NIGP classes below are the ones this work falls under where a jurisdiction uses them.

NIGP · Primary

  • 920-40Programming Services, Computer

NIGP · Document, data, and imaging

  • 920-30Image Processing and Conversion Services
  • 920-24Data Conversion Services
  • 920-38Optical Scanning Services

NIGP · Software and hosted systems

  • 920-03Application Service Provider / Web-Based Hosted Applications
  • 920-05Application, Infrastructure, Hosting and Cloud Computing Services
  • 920-45Software Maintenance and Support
  • 920-64System Implementation and Engineering Services

UNSPSC

  • 811115Software or hardware engineering

Commodity-code systems vary by jurisdiction and procurement portal. Not every public entity uses NIGP or UNSPSC, and those that do curate their own subsets at their own level of detail. Treat these as the classes to look for rather than as a universal list, and tell us which portal you use if the right class is not among them.

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Capability statement

A capability statement for your files

The one-page version is a standard procurement sheet: overview, core competencies, differentiators, key personnel experience, company data, and NAICS codes on a single US Letter page. The long-form version adds project types and technology areas. A prepared PDF is available for download.

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Common questions

Questions we are asked by agencies and primes

Does MissionLayer Systems work as a subcontractor?
Yes. We work directly with clients or as part of a larger delivery team. On a subcontract we take a defined technical work package with written scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria, and we work within the prime contractor’s process and reporting requirements.
Can MissionLayer Systems join a larger proposal team?
Yes. We can contribute technical approach content, architecture and design narrative, and level-of-effort input for the portion of work we would perform. Contact us with the solicitation number and the response deadline and we will tell you promptly whether we are a fit.
Does the company support pilot or proof-of-concept projects?
Yes, and we prefer them when there is genuine technical uncertainty. A pilot should be scoped to answer a specific question with a defined success measure. We document the result either way — including when the answer is that the approach should not proceed.
Can an existing AI prototype be moved into production?
That is a common request. The work usually involves evaluation against measurable criteria, access control, secret management, deployment automation, monitoring, logging, cost review, and adding a human review step where decisions carry consequences. We start by assessing what exists before proposing a plan.
Does the company provide Kubernetes or cloud infrastructure support?
Yes. This includes cluster architecture, workload and namespace design, containerized deployment, infrastructure as code, ingress and secret handling, autoscaling, monitoring, cost review, and operational runbooks — for new environments or for existing ones that need assessment and repair.
Can capabilities be delivered as a defined work package?
Yes. Capabilities can be tailored to a defined technical work package with fixed scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria. This is often the cleanest structure for both subcontracts and direct government contracts.
Does MissionLayer Systems provide ongoing production support?
Yes, where the contract provides for it. Support arrangements are scoped explicitly — response expectations, hours of coverage, and what is included — rather than left informal. We also plan for knowledge transfer so a client team can take over operations.
How does the delivery network work?
MissionLayer Systems is founder-led. For projects that need additional specialists, we assemble a team from a trusted professional network based on the requirements of the work. Network members are independent professionals and partner firms, not standing employees, and team composition is disclosed as part of the proposal.
How can an agency or prime contractor request more information?
Use the contact form and include the solicitation or reference number, the requirement, and the response deadline if there is one. You can also request a capability discussion. We respond to inquiries within two business days.

Contracting inquiries

Send an RFI, RFQ, sources-sought notice, or teaming request

Include the solicitation or reference number, the requirement, and the response deadline. We will tell you promptly and directly whether we are a fit — including when we are not. For teaming discussions, tell us which portion of the work you need covered. Inquiries go to contact@missionlayersystems.com.
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