A.r.e. Design & Build, LLC

A.R.E. Design & Build, LLC, a HUBZone-certified, woman-owned small business headquartered in Houston, Texas, delivers federal construction, repair, alteration, design-build, and incidental abatement services as a prime contractor across civilian federal facilities in the south-central and southwestern United States. The vendor operates predominantly under Total Small Business set-aside vehicles and competes full-and-open where set-asides do not apply, with a portfolio of 461 prime federal contract awards valued at $595.5 million combined potential value across construction and facilities maintenance work for federal agencies.

A.R.E. Design & Build's capability footprint centers on courthouse renovations, emergency infrastructure repairs, HVAC system replacements, building envelope restoration, fire alarm and security system installations, window restoration and replacement, and building automation system upgrades at federal buildings. Representative recent work includes a $2.49 million window replacement order at the Richard Sheppard Arnold Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (GSA Region 7, Total Small Business set-aside, completion November 2026); a $1.89 million building envelope repair delivery order at the George P. Kazen Courthouse in Laredo, Texas (GSA Region 7, completion August 2026); a $1.31 million remodel and renovation of the United States District Courts Probation Annex in Del Rio, Texas (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Total Small Business set-aside, completion November 2026); and a $1.55 million Building Automation System upgrade across the Russell B. Long Federal Building in Baton Rouge and the Texarkana Post Office in Arkansas (GSA Region 7, completion January 2026). The vendor also executes smaller-value orders—vehicle lift installations, HVAC units, security upgrades, courtroom renovations, and emergency repairs—at federal ports of entry, federal buildings, and courthouses across the region.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to GSA's Public Buildings Service Region 7, which accounts for 218 awards and $447.8 million (75% of combined potential value). The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ranks second with 56 awards valued at $9.6 million, followed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (30 awards, $4.3 million), Customs and Border Protection (18 awards, $2.7 million), and the Internal Revenue Service (15 awards, $3 million). These five agencies represent 73% of award count and 96% of combined potential value. GSA Region 7's dominance reflects the vendor's position on multiple standing IDIQ vehicles that serve as parent contracts across the greater southwest region covering Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

A.R.E. Design & Build holds twelve active Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts with GSA Public Buildings Service Region 7 and related vehicles, collectively carrying over $420 million in ceiling value. The principal vehicles are six $40 million multiple-award IDIQs covering specific geographic zones (Fort Worth, West Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, North New Mexico, and the Houston Zone); two $10 million multiple-award IDIQs (McAllen and Border San Antonio); and two $50 million construction services MATOCs for Tennessee and Kentucky. Additional vehicles include a $25 million IDIQ for the Houston Zone (no set-aside) and a legacy $10 million IDIQ (Louisiana Zone). Task order activity under these vehicles reflects steady issuance by GSA Region 7 and subordinate agencies including the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Interior, and Indian Health Service. The PBS Region 7 Construction MATOC 2015-2020 generated 107 historical task orders ($9.9 million), while more recent vehicles (Indefinite Delivery Contract 47PH0820D0003 and 47PH0821D0017) each account for 65-66 task orders ($16.2 million and $18.4 million respectively). The newer PBS Region 7 Construction Design Build 2019 vehicle has issued 43 task orders ($3.9 million to date).

Activity shows steady volume: 42 awards in 2022, 43 in 2023, rising to 58 in 2024, then moderating to 39 in 2025 and 8 through June 2026 (partial year). Eighteen awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $14.3 million, representing recompete exposure as these task orders wind down. The vendor has executed over 130 federal contract awards since entering the federal market, demonstrating sustained growth and capacity to manage concurrent multi-million-dollar construction projects across multiple federal agencies and geographic locations.

SCI-reported invoicing (federal service contracts above $150,000 threshold) totaled $5.2 million across FY2022–FY2024: $302 thousand in FY2022 (0.1 FTEs) and $4.9 million in FY2023 (0.3 FTEs), with no reportable invoicing recorded in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts run median $3,197.90/hr, with rates ranging from $2,656/hr at the 10th percentile to $3,239.60/hr at the 90th percentile. SCI data is a partial view covering only federally reportable service contracts; the vendor's broader construction contract portfolio (goods, products, design-build, and smaller orders below the $150,000 threshold) substantially exceeds SCI-captured activity. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor on awards in the source data, with no recorded sub-award participation, and reports zero sub-hours share on SCI-reportable contracts—indicating in-house delivery of labor and services without reliance on subcontractors.

General Construction firm specializing in LEED construction.