Allston Systems capability statement
Custom case-management and digital-service systems for federal agencies, delivered with the source, the tools that built it, and the evidence.
Allston Systems LLC is a small business in Charleston, South Carolina, that designs and builds software for federal agencies. It builds on Forge, a software generation platform licensed from ThinkForge, which produces standard .NET, Angular, and U.S. Web Design System applications with Section 508 and NIST SP 800-53 checks incorporated into the build pipeline. The agency owns the source, evidence, and pipelines from the first delivery and holds a perpetual, government-wide license to the generators.
Core competencies
- Case-management systems. Permits, claims, applications, and appeals. Records are stored as an append-only event history, so each case carries a complete, timestamped record of decisions and can be reviewed as it stood on any given date.
- Public-facing digital services. Intake portals and multi-step forms on the U.S. Web Design System. Each page is checked against WCAG 2.1 AA during the build, and a failing page does not ship.
- Forms modernization. Conversion of existing PDF and Word forms into accessible digital forms, with a review step between extraction and generation.
- Legacy system replacement. Migration of existing records with their history preserved, so reporting and audit cover data that predates the new system.
- Reporting and audit support. Cycle times, backlog aging, and decision histories drawn from the operational records, available for FOIA responses, inspector general inquiries, and appeals.
- Identity integration. Login.gov and agency identity providers, with multi-factor authentication required from the first release.
Differentiators
- Agency ownership from the first delivery. Repository, images, database, and evidence with unlimited rights; the generators under a perpetual, government-wide, no-fee license that survives both Allston and ThinkForge. No proprietary runtime, no service hosted by Allston.
- Compliance evidence generated by the build. A control map ties NIST SP 800-53 controls to passing tests. The evidence package is regenerated on each successful build in human-readable, machine-readable, and OSCAL formats, with a software bill of materials per release and signed, digest-pinned images.
- No artificial intelligence in the delivered system. Machine learning is used only on Allston’s own equipment to draft forms from existing documents. The operated system has no model dependencies and makes no inference calls.
- Transition runbook delivered with the first release and re-tested at each subsequent release. It can be verified on a clean machine without access to Allston.
- Single-tenant by default. One agency, one system, one database, within the agency’s own authorization boundary.
Transition at contract close-out
The source, images, data, and runbooks are the agency’s from the first delivery. A successor team follows the transition runbook to build and operate the system and can continue to generate accessible features with the same tools. What ends is Allston’s maintenance stream. The itemized list is at allstonsystems.com/transition.
Past performance
Allston Systems was formed in 2026 and has no past performance under its own name. A reference system, a working federal case-management application with the U.S. Web Design System shell, Login.gov sandbox sign-in, and a seeded case scenario, is available for a live session on request.
Company data
| SAM.gov | Registered · UEI R8LUQM5DHRH3 · CAGE 25Q56 |
| NAICS | 541511 (primary), 541512 |
| PSC | DA01, DJ01 |
| Business size | Small business |
| Platform | Forge, licensed from ThinkForge |
| Contact | Shea Rogers · contact@allstonsystems.com · allstonsystems.com · 6650 Rivers Ave., Suite 100, Charleston, SC 29406 |
Allston Systems LLC, formed 2026 · Reviewed October 2026
Frequently asked questions
Must the system be multi-tenant? No. Systems for federal agencies are generated as single-tenant deployments by default, with one agency, one application, and one database. Multi-tenancy is available for programs that require it.
Does the delivered system contain artificial intelligence? No. Allston uses machine learning on its own equipment to produce draft digital forms from existing documents. The software the agency operates has no model dependencies, makes no inference calls, and sends no data outside the agency's boundary. Inventories required under agency AI-use policies can record it as containing none.
Is this a low-code platform that would be difficult to leave? No. Forge produces conventional .NET and Angular source code with no proprietary runtime. The feature generators are delivered inside the repository, and the agency's own developers can continue to use them after the contract ends.
Who hosts the system? The agency does, within its own authorization boundary. Delivery consists of standard container images with Docker Compose and Azure Developer CLI artifacts, which serve as the starting point for deployment to GovCloud, agency Kubernetes clusters, or Platform One.
What does Allston not provide? Allston does not hold a FedRAMP authorization for hosted software and does not offer configuration by business users without developer involvement. Programs that require either are better served by a platform vendor.
What is the relationship between Allston Systems and ThinkForge? ThinkForge develops Forge and licenses it to Allston Systems. The two companies are under common ownership. Allston Systems is the contracting entity, performs the work, and delivers the result. Code written under the contract carries unlimited rights; the Forge generators are delivered under a perpetual, government-wide, no-fee license that does not depend on either company's continued existence. Because the companies share an owner, Allston's small-business size is computed with ThinkForge as an affiliate.