Regional A-E Vertical Design Services

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Los Angeles established the Regional A-E Vertical Design Services Master IDIQ on November 1, 2024, with ordering authority extending through October 31, 2029. The vehicle carries a $249 million shared ceiling and supports architect-engineer services for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division military design, interagency and international services, and limited civil works programs across a multi-agency customer base.

The vehicle remains active with 3 years 3 months of ordering authority remaining. Award momentum has declined sharply: 15 task orders were issued in 2024 (the award year), 6 in 2025, and 3 through mid-2026. The 24 total task orders issued to date have obligated $46.8 million against a combined potential value of $52.5 million, representing 89% utilization. The modest 3-year pipeline suggests the vehicle is in late-stage execution rather than growth phase.

Scope centers on military design and facility engineering: recent orders include a 3-bay fire station at Cannon Air Force Base (ceiling $3.46 million), security forces facility design at Cannon Air Force Base (ceiling $2.21 million), laser lab upgrades at Kirtland Air Force Base (ceiling $1.29 million), and a high-speed test track at Holloman Air Force Base (ceiling $25.86 million). Civil works and infrastructure projects include road design at Vandenberg Space Force Base and geotechnical analysis. Twelve of the 24 awarded orders are minimum-guarantee vehicles (each $5 thousand ceiling, issued November 2024), which do not represent production activity.

Competition is concentrated among three primes that capture 54% of awarded orders by count and 99% of combined potential value: Huitt-Zollars Mason & Hanger Joint Venture (3 orders, $28.9 million), Benham-Stanley, LLC (3 orders, $14.3 million), and WJA PLLC (3 orders, $4 million). The long tail includes 11 additional primes with fewer than two orders each. Customer concentration is asymmetric: the Engineering District Los Angeles (the contracting office) holds 17 of 24 orders but only $2.4 million in potential value, while Air Force orders represent $32.1 million of the $52.5 million total. All 24 awarded task orders carry unrestricted, non-set-aside designations. Task orders are priced firm fixed price with no apparent option structures. Typical individual ceiling values range from $491 thousand to $25.9 million, with durations extending through 2029.