AE Works LTD

AE Works LTD, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, delivers architectural and engineering design services, facility infrastructure modernization, and construction administration for federal healthcare, research, and administrative facilities as a prime contractor across 343 federal awards with no subcontractor exposure. The company competes predominantly under SDVOSB set-asides and Total Small Business designations, with approximately 89 percent of combined potential value anchored to the Department of Veterans Affairs ecosystem.

AE Works operates as a direct-delivery provider, self-performing the substantial majority of federal work with minimal subcontracting—SCI-reported data shows only 4 percent of contractor hours sourced to subcontractors across prime contracts, with 13 named subcontractors engaged across the full portfolio. The company's capability footprint centers on Electronic Health Records infrastructure design, HVAC and electrical system replacement, structural analysis, mechanical systems upgrades, healthcare facility renovations, master planning studies, and construction administration. Representative work includes a $11.8 million EHRM data center and infrastructure upgrade at Atlanta VA Health Care System (VISN 7, February 2023); a $5.21 million VISN 6 master planning delivery order at Durham, North Carolina (June 2026); a $4.39 million boiler replacement with building expansion at Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas (October 2025); and a $2.96 million Master Plan Phase One covering Omaha and Reno VAMCs (November 2026). Non-VA work includes a $10 million Department of Energy IDIQ for National Energy Technology Laboratory facility design across West Mifflin and Morgantown sites, a $7.5 million CDC single-award IDIQ for HVAC and facility modernization across Pittsburgh and West Virginia NIOSH locations, and a $5.575 million Armed Forces Retirement Home blanket purchase agreement for architectural and engineering services.

Customer concentration is extreme. The top five funding agencies account for 57 percent of recent awards by count, but the VA Technology Acquisition Center anchors 89 percent of combined potential value at $5.03 billion across 14 awards—a figure driven by a $5 billion National Architect-Engineer Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) awarded September 25, 2025, for nationwide VA medical facility design and construction period services through September 2035. This vehicle operates under 100 percent SDVOSB set-aside and includes a $2,500 minimum guarantee. VISN 5 ranks second with $333.5 million across 32 awards; the VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management follows with $119.3 million across 15 awards; VISN 4 carries $94.8 million across 78 awards (highest award count among VA customers); and VISN 6 holds $27.7 million across 12 awards. Armed Forces Retirement Home is the largest non-VA customer, accounting for 56 awards and $25.3 million combined potential value, predominantly BPA calls for design services at the Allegheny-West, Pennsylvania campus.

AE Works holds multiple parent vehicles anchoring its federal pipeline. The $5 billion VA National AE MATOC (awarded September 2025) is the largest by ceiling; it coexists with a $300 million VISN 5 Architecture Engineer IDIQ (June 2023); a $249 million VA CFM National Region A-E multiple-award IDIQ (September 2023); a $249.5 million Defense Intelligence Agency Enterprise A-E Northeast Region IDIQ (April 2026); a $25 million VA CFM National Region A-E multiple-award contract (September 2023); a $10 million Department of Energy architect-engineering IDIQ for National Energy Technology Laboratory services (August 2022, through August 2027); a $10 million VISN 9 AE IDIQ MATOC for Tennessee and Kentucky VA facilities (September 2024); a $7.5 million CDC single-award IDIQ for architect-engineer services (June 2022); and a $5.575 million Armed Forces Retirement Home BPA (April 2025). These vehicles represent AE Works' primary ordering channels and collectively provide over $1 billion in combined ceiling capacity.

Activity has remained flat to slightly declining. Awards per year ran 33 (2023), 19 (2024), 27 (2025), 28 (2026), and one in 2027 year-to-date. The source captures 41 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $56.1 million and representing near-term recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing reflects growth in the federal services footprint: FY2022 generated $4.7 million across 8.3 FTEs; FY2023 invoiced $7.9 million across 8.6 FTEs; FY2024 reached $18.2 million across 22.3 FTEs; FY2025 invoiced $17.4 million across 29.0 FTEs. Government-paid rates on SCI-reportable contracts ran a median of $259.62 per hour, with a 10th percentile of $63.74 per hour (junior staff) and a 90th percentile of $801.19 per hour (senior principals and specialists).

AE Works' GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) position, awarded July 2026 through July 2031 with a $5 million ceiling, carries 22 active labor categories spanning interior designers, plumbing and electrical engineers, cost estimators, low-voltage systems designers, and senior engineering principals, with hourly rates ranging from $76.81 to $259.35 per hour and no security-clearance requirements. The MAS vehicle enables direct ordering from civilian agencies without recompete.

Primary NAICS concentration centers on 541310 (Architectural Services, 190 awards) and 541330 (Engineering Services, 138 awards), with minor exposure to 541320 (Landscape Architecture) and construction-related codes. PSC codes track the same pattern—A-E for hospitals and infirmaries dominate, followed by structural engineering and general A-E work. AE Works operates exclusively as a prime; the source contains zero sub-award records. The company is a parent entity (not a subsidiary) and operates as a for-profit Limited Liability Company.

We offer Architecture, Engineering, and Telecommunication design services. As Pittsburgh's only small AE firm, and one of only a few in the country, our firm is uniquely positioned to provide clients "Big Firm Services with Small Firm Advantages".