Millions of Dollars in Contracts, Distribution Partnerships With Vendors Land Craig Abod’s 11th Wash100 Win
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology, has been named a winner of the Wash100 Award for 2025. The Wash100 accolades are given out annually in recognition of the most influential and impactful members of the government and government contracting industry.
The Gold Standard in Government IT
Abod’s win this year is his 9th straight and 11th overall. Regarding this achievement, Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 award, said, “Craig is the gold standard when it comes to government IT, and his 11th Wash100 win proves it. Under his leadership, Carahsoft has been on an unstoppable streak, locking in major contracts and forging partnerships that keep the federal market stocked with the best technology available.”
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2024 Carahsoft Contracts Under Abod’s Leadership
Carahsoft’s notable contract awards during the past year include spots on several multiple-award deals such as a potential $975 million contract with the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office to help ensure the operational readiness of deployed weapon systems; a potential $848.4 million blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Navy for Red Hat software licenses; a $194.5 million contract with the General Services Administration for the procurement of next-generation identity proofing capabilities for Login.gov; and a $145.9 million BPA to provide the Navy with Appian software and hardware and IT support.
With Abod at the helm, Carahsoft is also the recipient of a follow-on task order worth $284.2 million from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency for continued support of the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative; a $261.2 million BPA, also under the DOD ESI but via the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract, for risk management software from Forescout in support of the DOD and the Coast Guard; and a potential $172.8 million BPA with the Department of the Navy for VMware by Broadcom products and services.
Offering Products and Services to the Public Sector
Through the past year, Carahsoft had also partnered with multiple companies to make their offerings available to the public sector. These partners include Shift5, to offer its operational technology platform to DOD customers and state and local transportation agencies; PIXM, to distribute its anti-phishing offering; SAS, to market its suite of analytics, artificial intelligence and data management products; Forescout Technologies, to make its cybersecurity software and services available via the DOD Enterprise Software Initiative; and Groq, to distribute its AI inference offerings.
Also, in support of the sale of independent software vendor offerings to public sector buyers, Carahsoft launched in June an AWS Marketplace-powered digital storefront dubbed CarahCloud Marketplace. Commenting on the launch, Abod said the digital storefront “simplifies the customers’ acquisition process for their cloud-based products available in AWS Marketplace, offering flexible payment terms and options to purchase from their preferred Marketplace channel partner through a single motion.”
Further praising the Carahsoft president’s accomplishments, Garrettson said, “Craig’s vision and drive have made Carahsoft the go-to partner for agencies looking to stay ahead of the curve. Few leaders shape the GovCon landscape like Craig, and year after year, he keeps raising the bar.”
Sharing the Honor With Partners
Commenting on his latest win, Abod said, “I am honored to have our work and commitment to this market recognized again by the Wash100. We share this recognition with our vendors, resellers, managed service providers and integrators who have allowed us to partner with them to support our public sector customers. Together we will continue to bring our scale and growth to navigate the government’s new priorities in 2025 and beyond.”
Executive Mosaic congratulates Abod and his team for this remarkable achievement.
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