AES Corporation

AES Corporation, doing business as AES Corp, a Peabody, Massachusetts-based for-profit manufacturer of private wireless alarm communications equipment and security solutions, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) delivering intrusion detection devices, access control systems, central alarm monitoring equipment, and alarm system components to the U.S. Department of State and allied federal agencies. The vendor competes full-and-open with no SBA set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

AES Corporation's federal customer base is heavily concentrated within the Department of State. The top five agencies account for 73% of recent awards by count, dominated by the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (281 awards, $7.2 million combined potential value) and the parent Department of State entity (182 awards, $4.9 million). However, the top-customers-by-potential-value ranking reveals a different dollar concentration: the Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations anchors 87% of combined potential value across the top five customers with 37 awards worth $53.2 million, substantially outweighing the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's $7.2 million and the broader State Department's $4.9 million. The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs (61 awards, $1.2 million) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (25 awards, $646 thousand) round out the active set. This divergence signals that AES holds a small number of high-value orders from Overseas Building Operations while sustaining a high volume of smaller purchase orders from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

Recent representative work includes a $26,977 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (March 2026) for an EXBASIC Residential Alarm System with completion in December 2026; a $52,222 order for alarm kits (September 2025, completion September 2026); a $89,711 modification of equipment for alarm and security detection systems (July 2025, completion August 2026); and a $93,919 order for miscellaneous alarm, signal, and security detection systems (May 2024, completion July 2025). All awards examined carry no set-aside designation and are issued as firm-fixed-price purchase orders or delivery orders.

AES Corporation's vehicle footprint centers on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (146 task orders, $3 million combined potential value) and two Federal Supply Schedules—GS03F5025C (87 task orders, $3.6 million) and GS00F5711A (15 task orders)—alongside an Indefinite Delivery Contract SAQMMA07D0031 (38 task orders, $9.8 million combined potential value). A new Blanket Purchase Agreement established with the U.S. Embassy Mexico on May 12, 2026, carries a ceiling of $250,000 and an ultimate completion date of May 11, 2031, procuring basic alarm system equipment with an initial order of 15 alarms for fiscal year 2026.

Award activity shows a general upward trend through 2024 (7 awards in 2022, 18 in 2024) with a sharp decline to 11 awards in 2025 and only 2 through the first five months of 2026. However, recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: only 4 awards (combined potential value $199 thousand) reach ultimate completion inside that window. The vendor's long-standing history with the Department of State—award records span back to 1983—combined with a $77.3 million combined potential value across 802 total awards and $35.5 million in obligated dollars (46% execution rate) suggests a mature, stable customer relationship focused on recurring security equipment procurement rather than growth-stage activity.

As a subcontractor, AES Corporation performs global security engineering and supply chain services work under General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., with six sub-awards (representing 1% of the vendor's federal footprint) spanning January 2024 through March 2025. AES's corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, AES International Corporation, a for-profit organization, though the source does not specify its distinct operational role or capability framing. Top NAICS concentrations center on Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (247 awards) and Security Systems Services except Locksmiths (172 awards); top PSC codes align tightly with Miscellaneous Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems (314 awards) and Communications Security Equipment and Components (70 awards).

Manufacturer and develop private wireless data networks. Design and install high security security systems.15