The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a delivery order valued at $3.15 million to HSU Development, Inc. (doing business as HSU Builders) on September 21, 2022, for a general construction seed project located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The contract, designated as a HUBZone set-aside, is structured as a firm fixed-price delivery order with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. HSU Development, Inc. is a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business certified by the Small Business Administration as a HUBZone firm and has been registered in SAM.gov since 2002, demonstrating substantial experience in federal construction services.
This delivery order is issued under HSU Builders' existing $9.8 million NIST General Construction Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, which serves as a strategic vehicle for competing and executing construction task orders across the agency. The contractor brings extensive expertise in laboratory renovations, facility upgrades, mechanical and electrical system replacements, and infrastructure improvements, with a proven track record of executing complex projects for NIST and other federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health, Smithsonian Institution, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The HUBZone set-aside designation supports small business development in historically underutilized business zones while ensuring NIST receives quality construction services at the facility level.