General Architect & Engineering Services (GAES) - Category 1

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville established the General Architect & Engineering Services (GAES) Category 1 Master IDIQ on September 12, 2019, with a shared ceiling of $49 million and ordering authority ending September 15, 2020—the vehicle is no longer accepting new orders. Despite the closed ordering window, the vehicle remains active with recent task-order awards through November 2024, indicating sustained execution under existing delivery orders rather than new procurements.

The vehicle supports seven functional areas: general military facilities design and studies (architectural and engineering design, cost estimation, construction phase support, value engineering, and forensics); facility commissioning (fundamental, enhanced, and retro-commissioning); real property cybersecurity; high-altitude electromagnetic pulse studies; failure mode and effects analysis and reliability/availability/maintainability assessments; cost engineering and estimating; and explosives and blast engineering. Task orders reflect heavy use in Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) updates, design development through full design phases, and infrastructure projects including microgrids, fire detection systems, and facility renovations across Army installations.

Six prime contractors hold awards. Michael Baker-Stanley Joint Venture leads by combined potential value at $15.6 million across 10 orders, followed by The Mason & Hanger Group Inc. at $9.4 million across 6 orders, Raymond Pond Full Service Solutions JV LLC at $5.6 million across 8 orders, and Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz, Inc. at $5.1 million across 12 orders. The remaining two firms capture approximately 9 percent of potential value. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville placed 37 of 45 task orders worth $30.7 million combined potential value; the remaining eight orders funded other Army commands and agencies at $10.5 million. All 45 awarded task orders are unrestricted (no set-aside). Task orders range from small specification updates under $200 thousand to major design efforts at $3+ million. The vehicle has obligated $38 million of $41.2 million combined potential value across task orders (92 percent utilization). Ordering momentum remained steady through 2023–2024, averaging 11 orders per year in each year, down slightly from the 2022 peak of 8 orders.

Engineering and architectural services primarily in support of USACE Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville programs. These services may include but are not limited to the following seven (7) functional areas (FA): (1) General Military Facilities Design/Studies to include but not limited to Architectural and Engineering designs, drawings, plans, specifications (all major disciplines to include AT/FP), Design-Build RFP development; bid document preparation, Design criteria development, Construction Cost Estimation/Schedule Preparation, Facility condition surveys/studies; testing; HAZMAT surveys; GIS surveys; engineering forensics, Value Engineering Studies, Specification updates and policy input, Design reviews, Independent Technical Reviews (ITR) support, Site planning, Facility Planning, Economic Analysis, Construction Cost Estimating, Construction Phase Support (2) Facility Commissioning to include but not limited to Fundamental, enhanced, and retro-commissioning and post-occupancy validation HVAC, electrical, plumbing, control systems (3) Facilities Cybersecurity to include services primarily related to real property facility systems (HVAC, controls, etc.) and NOT related to personal property or non-installed equipment (4) Facility High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Studies/Design (5) Facility Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Reliability, Availability, & Maintainability (RAM), and TEMPEST Analyses (6) General Military Facility Cost Engineering/Estimating to include but not limited to Planning estimates, parametric estimates, and detail estimates, Reviewing cost portions of DD1391 documents, Development of schedules and project controls documentation (7) Explosives and Blast Engineering to include but not limited to Development of Explosive Safety Plans, Explosives effects/mitigation, Protective construction, Explosives safety studies/reports.