AE Works LTD

AE Works LTD, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, provides comprehensive architectural and engineering design services, infrastructure modernization, and facility planning to the federal government entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards). The company operates as a for-profit limited liability company and competes predominantly under SDVOSB and Total Small Business set-asides.

AE Works' federal footprint is dominated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which accounts for approximately 89% of combined potential value across the vendor's award portfolio. The VA Technology Acquisition Center anchors the relationship with a $5 billion National Architect-Engineer Multiple Award on-call (MATOC) indefinite delivery contract through September 2035, under which AE Works has received 13 delivery orders totaling $5.02 billion in combined potential value. Beyond that vehicle, the vendor holds a $249 million multiple-award IDIQ with the VA's Office of Construction and Facilities Management; a $300 million multiple-award IDIQ with Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 covering Maryland, Washington D.C., and West Virginia; multiple regional VISN-level single-award and multiple-award contracts ranging from $7 million to $50 million; and a single-award $5.575 million blanket purchase agreement with the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Within VA customer concentration, VA Technology Acquisition Center drives the dollars while Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 leads by award count (77 awards, $93.8 million combined potential value). The top five customer agencies account for 57% of awards and 89% of combined potential value. Recent representative work includes a $5.21 million delivery order for VISN 6 master planning in Durham, North Carolina (completion October 2027); a $4.325 million definitive contract for boiler replacement at Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas (completion November 2026); a $11.834 million contract for Electronic Health Records Modernization infrastructure upgrades at Atlanta VA Health Care System (completion September 2027); and a $5.28 million design order for Phase 5 expansion at the National Memorial Cemetery at Quantico in Arlington, Virginia (completion August 2031).

Beyond the VA system, AE Works holds a $30 million single-award IDIQ with the Department of Labor's Job Corps National Office through December 2028; a $10 million single-award IDIQ with the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy for architect-engineering services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (West Mifflin and Morgantown facilities) through August 2027; a $7.5 million single-award contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and a $249.5 million multiple-award IDIQ with the Defense Intelligence Agency's Military Intelligence Command Center Fort Campbell for Northeast Region enterprise architect-engineering services (awarded April 2026, completion March 2036). AE Works also recently secured a $10 million multiple-award IDIQ with Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 covering New England facilities (completion November 2030) and is a contractor on the $249 million Veterans Affairs Architect-Engineer Services (VAAES) multiple-award contract through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Support Center Huntsville (completion January 2030).

Activity has remained steady across the past five years—ranging from 15 awards in 2026 (year-to-date) to 38 awards in 2022—with 34 awards (combined potential value $44.6 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reported invoicing of $30.9 million across three fiscal years (FY2022–FY2024), with FY2024 reaching $18.2 million across 22.3 FTEs, indicating meaningful growth in federal services delivery workforce. On federal SCI-reportable prime contracts, median government-paid rates ran around $259.63 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $806.88 per hour and entry-level work at $65.79 per hour. AE Works self-performs the substantial majority of its federal work, with an average subcontractor-hours share of 1% across prime contracts and only six named subcontractors reported in the SCI dataset, establishing the company as a direct-delivery provider rather than a prime-and-sub orchestrator.

AE Works' capability portfolio centers on healthcare facility infrastructure modernization, Electronic Health Records infrastructure design and upgrades, mechanical and electrical system replacement (boilers, chillers, HVAC), structural analysis, building envelope and facade design, master planning studies, construction administration, and specialized security and resilience upgrades. Work spans architectural design, civil and structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, fire alarm and telecommunications systems, and commissioning. Place of performance includes the contractor's Sewickley, Pennsylvania headquarters with subordinate and regional performance across VA medical centers nationwide, federal research and energy facilities, and federal campus installations.

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".