Air Balancing Engineers Inc.

Air Balancing Engineers Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Berwick, Pennsylvania, delivers NEBB-certified and ASHRAE 170-compliant HVAC testing, air balancing, and environmental control services to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor on a single-award indefinite delivery contract and associated delivery orders, competing full-and-open without set-aside designation on task orders despite holding a small-business-reserved IDC vehicle.

Air Balancing Engineers specializes in critical air quality and circulation maintenance for sensitive healthcare environments, particularly operating rooms, intensive care units, and infectious-disease isolation areas within VA Medical Center facilities. The company holds required certifications in National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) standards and ASHRAE 170 healthcare facility protocols, with demonstrated expertise in emergency response to facility infrastructure failures—including flood damage recovery and filtration-system failures requiring retesting and rebalancing of multiple clinical areas. Work spans testing, adjustment, and balancing services at established hourly rates, with firm fixed-price delivery orders ranging from tactical single-room interventions to comprehensive multi-unit clinical balancing initiatives.

The vendor's customer concentration is absolute: all 25 awards in the source data (100% of combined potential value of $2.7 million) flow from the Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, the civilian healthcare component of the Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for the Philadelphia-area facility complex, specifically the Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center. This represents a captive-customer posture with no secondary federal agencies in the pipeline.

Air Balancing Engineers holds a single-award IDC (36C24425D0014) valued at $1,144,010 through October 27, 2029, awarded October 28, 2024, under a Total Small Business set-aside designation. Six task orders have been issued against this vehicle with combined potential value of $348 thousand. Representative delivery orders include a $143,690 firm-fixed-price order issued October 2024 for comprehensive air balancing services, a $141,480 order issued October 2025 with completion October 2026, and a $57,249 order issued October 2025 for ongoing seasonal balancing. Emergency-response work includes a $29,950 flood-recovery rebalancing order (January–April 2024) and an $18,290 emergency testing and balancing order (August 2024) addressing filtration leaks.

Activity has accelerated modestly in recent years—one award each in 2022 and 2023, four in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026—but remains constrained to a single customer. Only one award (combined potential value $141 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete exposure tied to the October 2029 IDC expiration.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled $131 thousand in FY2024 on a single prime contract carrying 0.3 FTEs of federal service labor, with government-paid hourly rates running flat at $213.33/hr across the percentile distribution. Air Balancing Engineers operates as a 100% prime contractor with zero subcontract footprint across the portfolio—the company delivers all work directly. Top NAICS classification is Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (22 of 28 awards); top PSC categories track quality control and maintenance/repair of refrigeration and air-circulating equipment.

AIR & HYDRONIC BALANCING, HVAC (HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING) SPECIALTY DESIGN, TROUBLESHOOTING HVAC SYSTEMS, SOUND & VIBRATION TESTING, ENERGY AUDITING. LEAK & PRESSURE TESTING OF DUCTWORK. PARTICLE COUNT ANALYSIS & FILTER CERTIFICATION.