Miles Jamison 
- ShearTek is designed to give contracting officials an acquisition route for enterprise IT and mission-support work
- Shearwater contributes Native Hawaiian Organization 8(a) status and direct-award eligibility
- TekSynap brings cleared personnel and federal delivery experience
Enterprise federal IT provider TekSynap and Shearwater, a Hoʻoilina Foundation subsidiary, have launched ShearTek Government Services, a Small Business Administration-approved 8(a) mentor-protégé joint venture.
What Does TekSynap & Shearwater Bring to the Venture?
TekSynap said Tuesday it brings technical expertise, federal delivery capabilities and cleared personnel. It also contributes quality certifications earned from working with the defense, intelligence, health, state and civilian sectors. TekSynap’s recent work for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission includes enterprise IT operations, cybersecurity, engineering, cloud and modernization services under the agency’s Systems, Network and Related Cross-Cutting Services, or SNCC, 2.0 program.
Shearwater adds its Native Hawaiian Organization 8(a) status and direct-award eligibility, as well as a community-focused mission model. ShearTek is the latest mentor-protégé venture involving Shearwater, which previously partnered with Tria Federal to form Olakino Solutions, an 8(a) joint venture focused on federal health IT.
Fabian Plath, chief growth officer at TekSynap, said the partnership is focused on supporting federal customers’ mission needs, helping speed up outcomes, cut procurement friction and deliver secure, scalable technology at the pace their missions demand.
What Capabilities Will ShearTek Provide?
ShearTek is meant to help agencies modernize or replace aging systems, close cybersecurity gaps and move toward the cloud and other advanced technologies. For contracting officers and procurement officials, the joint venture offers a faster acquisition route for enterprise IT and mission-support work without sacrificing the scale or rigor a federal environment demands.
Stephen Chvala, chief strategy officer and president of Shearwater, said the venture is intended to enable agencies to act faster without sacrificing mission performance by pairing Shearwater’s 8(a) acquisition advantages with TekSynap’s delivery capabilities.
