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Carahsoft

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U.S. information technology company

Carahsoft is an American technology solutions provider that sells hardware, software, and consulting services to United States federal, state, and local governments, as well as educational institutions. Founded in 2004, it is privately held and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, US.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Carahsoft is an American technology solutions provider that sells hardware, software, and consulting services to United States federal, state, and local governments, as well as educational institutions. Founded in 2004, it is privately held and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, US.2

Products and brands

Operations

Carahsoft sells IT hardware, software and consulting services related to data analysis and storage, cyber defense and security, business intelligence, and other corporate and government functions.

Author Mark Amtower categorized Carahsoft as a “boutique reseller” because the company “sells a limited number of products, usually those that address a specific need in the market.” The company supports more than 3,000 prime contractors, value-added re-sellers, system integrators and other channel partners.

The company operates the Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, a facility used for government and industry events.

U.S. General Services Administration

In 2018, Carahsoft was one of two teams selected by the U.S. GSA as part of a 10-year, $2.5 billion blanket purchase agreement to provide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for payroll, work schedule and leave management.

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In 2019, Carahsoft was one of 11 teams selected by the U.S. GSA and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as part of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide geospatial earth observation data, products and services. Carahsoft and Grant Thornton were given multi-million dollar task orders as part of a blanket purchase agreement related to NewPay, a U.S. General Services Administration initiative to modernize federal payroll IT and services.

From Wikipedia’s article on Carahsoft, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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