Applied Technology Council

Applied Technology Council, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Redwood City, California, delivers earthquake engineering, seismic safety, and natural-hazard mitigation consulting services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor on a competitive, full-and-open basis, with no subcontracting footprint.

ATC's customer concentration is heavily concentrated in two agencies. Federal Emergency Management Agency programs (FEMA Mitigation Section, FEMA Headquarters, and broader FEMA units combined) account for approximately 84 percent of recent awards valued at $149.3 million combined potential value, while the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology represents 67 awards with $68.5 million in combined potential value. The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants rounds out the active customer set. Work spans architect-engineer services, research and development in seismic engineering, post-earthquake building performance investigation, and development of seismic design guidance and standards.

ATC holds positions on five primary indefinite-delivery contracts. The largest is FEMA's Seismic Technical Guidance Development Support (HSFE6012D0242) with a $24.9 million ceiling running through September 19, 2027, from which ATC has executed eight task orders valued collectively at approximately $12.6 million. Representative recent orders include a $15.22 million delivery order awarded September 20, 2026, for architect-engineer services supporting seismic technical guidance development, a $4.4 million task order for technical assistance training and performance-based seismic design guidelines, and a $3.5 million task order for existing building standards update and retrofit guidance expansion. ATC also holds NIST's Environmental Hazard Reduction Support Services IDIQ (DOCSB134113CQ0009), a $9.5 million contract awarded August 14, 2025, through August 13, 2030, under which ATC has placed 16 task orders. NIST-specific work includes a $185,000 delivery order for benchmark building design development, a $189,667 workshop for the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and a $281,861 purchase order for drafting a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program management plan. ATC also executes work under three additional FEMA and NIST IDIQs (HSFEHQ08D0726, HSFEHQ04D0651, and DOCSB134107CQ0019) collectively supporting 82 additional task orders.

Activity remains steady, with six awards in 2026 and 2023–2024 each, three awards in 2025, and three in 2022. ATC faces a modest recompete cliff: eight awards valued at $4.6 million combined potential value carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's total awards footprint spans 214 prime awards with $232.9 million combined potential value, of which $89.8 million is obligated. ATC does not operate as a subcontractor and does not subcontract on federal work; all service delivery is performed by internal staff at the Redwood City facility. SCI-reported invoicing in FY2024 reached $2.7 million against 1.6 FTEs and a derived government-paid median hourly rate of $0 (reflecting that SCI captures five records including fixed-price purchase orders where hours data is sparse), with a 90th-percentile hourly rate of $1,324.93; FY2023 invoicing totaled $2.8 million. ATC competes in full-and-open procurements without reliance on small business set-asides, differentiating it as a specialized provider of seismic and natural-hazard engineering expertise to civilian federal agencies rather than as a small business incumbent.