USAFA Architect Engineering 2016-2021

The Department of the Air Force Headquarters Air Force Academy established this Master IDIQ on February 3, 2016, for multi-disciplined architect-engineer design services at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and at subordinate Department of Defense installations including Buckley, Cheyenne Mountain, F.E. Warren, Fort Carson, Peterson, and Schriever, plus geographically separated units at New Boston, Kaena Point, Cape Cod, Beale, Cavalier, Clear, RAF Fylingdales, Socorro, Diego Garcia, Maui, and Eglin. Ordering closed on January 23, 2022, and the vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

The contract is fully obligated: 255 task orders totaling $53.2 million in combined potential value carry $50 million in obligated dollars, representing 94 percent of available capacity. Ordering activity peaked in 2018 at 56 orders and has since contracted to 6 orders placed in 2022 after the ordering deadline passed. The portfolio is mature and substantially wound down.

Work across the portfolio spans facility studies, engineering Title II support, HVAC and power system design, environmental assessments, fire alarm and suppression systems, facility renovations, and security infrastructure design. Recent task orders exemplify the scope: forensic analysis for chapel building damage at Buckley, roof inspections base-wide, energy management control system design in restricted areas, building renovation design, and infrastructure upgrades at Space Force installations.

Competition concentrates among five firms. AECOM Technical Services holds the largest combined potential value at $12.5 million across 42 orders, followed by Schendt Engineering Corporation at $10.8 million (59 orders), Hb&A, LLC at $10.7 million (54 orders), Merrick & Company at $9 million (43 orders), and Farris Engineering at $5.5 million (41 orders). These five primes account for 94 percent of all task orders and 91 percent of combined potential value.

Customer concentration is dominated by Air Force organizations: Space Command placed 114 orders worth $24.5 million, and the Academy itself placed 91 orders worth $17.8 million, together representing roughly 80 percent of the portfolio. Global Strike Command, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and other Air Force entities account for the remainder across nine distinct customer agencies.

Eighty-two percent of orders carry no set-aside; 18 percent are designated partial small business. Task order values range from under $10,000 to roughly $1.1 million, with typical design and Title II support orders in the $100,000 to $500,000 range. All orders use firm fixed pricing.

Architect/Engineer (A-E) Multi-disciplined services are required for the award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract for design of various type projects at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado and other authorized Department of Defense installations to include Buckley, Cheyenne Mountain, F.E. Warren, Fort Carson, Peterson and Schriever, as well as geographically separated units (GSUs) for Peterson and Schriever at the following locations: New Boston AFS, NH; Kaena Point, HI; Cape Cod AFS, MA; Beale AFB, CA; Cavalier AFS, ND; Clear AFS, AK; RAF Fylingdales, UK; Socorro, NM; Diego Garcia, BIOT; Maui, HI; and Eglin AFB, FL.