Armstrong Elevator Company

Armstrong Elevator Company, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Largo, Florida, provides elevator installation, modernization, repair, and maintenance services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under SDVOSB and small-business set-asides. The company operates under NAICS 238290 (Other Building Equipment Contractors) and related codes, with 262 prime awards totaling $152.6 million in combined potential value across sixty distinct customer agencies over the past several years.

Armstrong's customer base is heavily concentrated in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Aviation Administration, with secondary exposure across the General Services Administration, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of the Air Force. The top five customers by potential-value share account for 49 percent of the combined total: the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 leads with eight awards worth $23.1 million, followed by the FAA Southwestern Region with twenty-eight awards worth $18.8 million, and GSA Region 5 with twelve awards worth $13.9 million. The FAA Southwestern Region dominates by award count (28 awards, 32 percent of the portfolio), reflecting Armstrong's recurring engagement across air traffic control tower modernization projects nationwide.

Capability work concentrates on elevator replacement and modernization at federal facilities. Recent representative prime contracts include a $7.454 million SDVOSB definitive contract from the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 to modernize eight elevators at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines (awarded August 13, 2026, with completion through August 13, 2027); an $8.04 million SDVOSB definitive contract from VISN 12 for elevator renovation at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee (awarded February 10, 2025, through June 25, 2027); a $3.643 million total-small-business set-aside from GSA for elevator modernization at the Gerald Ford Federal Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan (awarded June 12, 2025, through September 19, 2028); and a $5.408 million full-and-open contract from the Federal Bureau of Prisons for elevator modernization at the Federal Medical Center Lexington, Kentucky (awarded October 17, 2024, through May 28, 2027). The FAA Southwestern Region issued a single-award BPA to Armstrong on July 21, 2026, with a $5.2 million ceiling through July 16, 2027, for design-build elevator replacements at terminal and enroute facilities across the region. Additionally, Armstrong holds a $5 million blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for elevator inspection and maintenance services, awarded March 15, 2023, and extending through March 14, 2028.

Armstrong operates as a pure prime contractor with no subcontracting engagement — all 262 awards are prime contracts, and across SCI-reportable service contracts, the vendor performed zero percent of work through subcontractors. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $27.5 million across fiscal years 2022–2025 (FY2022: $2 million with 2.1 FTEs; FY2023: $3.8 million with 3.4 FTEs; FY2024: $12.5 million with 12.0 FTEs; FY2025: $9.2 million with 9.3 FTEs). Government-paid rates on SCI-reportable work median around $508.84 per hour, with senior labor and project-management rates reaching into the $3.6 thousand-per-hour range and base labor at approximately $263.78 per hour, reflecting the labor-intensive, specialized nature of modernization work. Award volume has grown modestly — nine awards in 2022, twelve in 2023, twelve in 2024 — but has dropped to two awards in 2025 and five so far in 2026, suggesting a recent trough in annual intake. Critically, eight awards with combined potential value of $35.1 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk in that window.

Armstrong's set-aside posture is characteristic of SDVOSB small businesses: the majority of recent awards carry either SDVOSB set-aside or total-small-business set-aside designations, with approximately one-quarter of awards awarded under full-and-open competition (including full-and-open awards at the VA and Federal Bureau of Prisons). The vendor is a veteran-owned business and holds both VOSB and SDVOSB SBA certifications, positioning it to compete across set-aside and open-market federal procurement streams. Armstrong self-performs all delivery work and maintains no standing teaming relationships or named subcontractor footprint — the company's competitive posture is build-your-own-team for every engagement.