Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. was awarded a $4.1 million firm fixed-price delivery order by the Engineering and Installation District (ENDIST) Charleston on September 26, 2022, for full design services related to a Child Development Center in Columbia, South Carolina. This is a child delivery order under a larger indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026. The award was issued without a set-aside designation, reflecting the prime contractor's status as a large, unrestricted business. Burns & McDonnell, a Kansas City-based engineering and architecture firm with over two decades of federal contracting experience, specializes in comprehensive design and engineering services for military and federal facilities, including extensive work on military child development centers and related infrastructure projects.
The project team includes five major subcontractors bringing specialized expertise to the child development center design. Moca Systems, Inc. provides cost engineering and project controls services; Strategic Value Solutions, Inc. (a woman-owned small business) delivers value engineering and cost proposal support; Athena Engineering & Environmental, LLC (a woman-owned small business) furnishes geotechnical engineering, surveying, and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis services; American Engineers Inc. contributes lump sum services including geotechnical and surveying support; and Barge Design Solutions, Inc. provides landscape architecture services. This multi-disciplinary team structure reflects Burns & McDonnell's approach to managing complex federal facility design projects by engaging specialized subcontractors to complement its core architectural and engineering capabilities.