NGB Fire Protection National AE IDIQ

The Department of the Air Force Air National Guard awarded the NGB Fire Protection National AE IDIQ on January 19, 2024, to procure non-personal architect-engineer and construction management services for fire protection projects across the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia; task orders may be placed through January 18, 2029, with a shared ceiling of $150 million.

Ordering authority remains open for approximately two and a half years. The vehicle is unrestricted (no set-aside), established as a multiple-award IDIQ with a stated minimum of two awardees. Since inception, the vehicle has issued 11 task orders with combined potential value of $1.8 million, with all potential value obligated; recent ordering activity averaged 5.5 orders per year in 2024–2025, most recent award September 1, 2025. The originating solicitation projected task-order values typically between $70 thousand and $10 million for individual projects, though the portfolio to date shows much lighter utilization at substantially lower values.

Scope covers architect-engineer and construction management services including design, Title I and Title II services, fire suppression system design and repair, fire alarm system upgrades, foam tank demolition and replacement, pump house repair, and site investigation and coordination. Work is performed nationwide within the specified geographic scope.

HDR Engineering Inc. dominates the competitive field, capturing 6 of 11 orders and $1.2 million of $1.8 million in combined potential value (approximately 67 percent). Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, Inc. holds 3 orders worth $629 thousand; Jensen Hughes, Inc. and Pond & Company each hold 1 order at $3 thousand. Customer concentration is moderate: the Air National Guard has placed 8 orders worth $899 thousand (roughly 50 percent), the Air Force (non-Guard) 2 orders worth $842 thousand, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service 1 order worth $94 thousand.

Task orders are issued firm-fixed-price with typical completion windows of 5–12 months. Individual ceiling values in the recent portfolio range from $2,500 (minimum guarantee orders issued at vehicle inception) to $536,834. The vehicle shows minimal utilization relative to its $150 million shared ceiling, suggesting substantial untapped capacity or limited agency demand to date.

Under this IDIQ the work may include, but is not specifically limited to: the preparation of plans, specifications, calculations, and cost estimates; the development of cost management, quality control and quality assurance plans; construction inspection, testing and management services; development of engineering standards; preparations for design submissions; technical, economic, planning, environmental, value engineering and other studies, analyses, surveys, investigations, and reports; development of performance criteria for bridging documents for design build projects; development of documents to support various government construction programs.