The company
Ombra
Ombra is a Tampa-based, Top Secret/SCI-cleared defense technology firm. SDVOSB and HUBZone certified, founded by Michael Fieldson, a former USSOCOM Source Selection Advisory Committee Lead. The company builds generative AI, biometric, and space-resource tech for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, and Missile Defense Agency.
Before SamSearch
SBIR to IDIQ growth collapses if you track it in spreadsheets
Ombra's federal footprint spans SBIR Phase I and II, DoD task orders, and now a seat on a $151B IDIQ. Each award has its own timeline, agency relationship, and recompete window. When that history lives across portals and spreadsheets, a fast-scaling defense firm loses sight of its own momentum right when the next vehicle or task order opens.
How they use SamSearch
The capture workflow
Ombra keeps its federal award history in SamSearch, from early SBIR Phase I topics through Army generative-AI Phase II work and into the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD IDIQ (base entered December 2025, announced January 2026). Alongside that record, capture ran 1,620 recommendation passes over 41,179 candidate solicitations and shortlisted 14,580 for review across Army, Air Force, Space Force, and MDA.
By the numbers
Ombra in SamSearch
Solicitations screened
41,179
Read by the recommendation engine
Worth a human look
14,580
Surfaced as relevant
Cut before review
65%
Removed as poor fit
Hours returned (est.)
1,773
Analyst time, platform estimate
From the market to the shortlist
How many solicitations the engine read for Ombra, how many it removed, and how many made it to capture review.
41,179
Screened
100%
26,599
Cut
65% removed
14,580
Shortlisted
35%
Screening volume by week
Weekly solicitations screened versus the smaller set returned as relevant. From live recommendation activity.
Hours returned uses a platform estimate of 4 minutes per solicitation filtered out. Not a stopwatch measurement for this account.
Capabilities in play
What they run in the platform
Old way vs. SamSearch
What changed in the pursuit process
| Before | With SamSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Award history tracking | Piecing together SBIR, DoD task-order, and IDIQ history from separate agency portals. | Full federal award history tracked in one place, from Phase I through the SHIELD IDIQ position. |
| Opportunity screening | 41,179 candidate opportunities is far more than any team reads manually. | The engine filtered 41,179 down to 14,580 worth a look, across 1,620 recommendation runs. |
FAQ
What does Ombra use SamSearch for?
Ombra keeps its federal award history in SamSearch, from early SBIR Phase I topics through Army generative-AI Phase II work and into the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD IDIQ (base entered December 2025, announced January 2026). Alongside that record, capture ran 1,620 recommendation passes over 41,179 candidate solicitations and shortlisted 14,580 for review across Army, Air Force, Space Force, and MDA.
What results are documented here?
$151B Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ ceiling, position secured, base contract Dec 2025; $6,877,668 across 9 confirmed SBIR and DoD task-order awards, 2025–2028 (excludes the IDIQ base award itself); SBIR I → II graduated from Phase I to Phase II on Army generative-AI work.
How were the results verified?
Platform activity comes from SamSearch production data. Federal award values come from public USASpending.gov records matched to the contractor's UEI.