Ayers / Saint / Gross, Incorporated

Ayers / Saint / Gross, Incorporated is a for-profit architectural and design firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, that has been registered to receive federal contract and grant awards since August 2001. The firm specializes in providing comprehensive architectural, engineering, planning, and design services to federal agencies, with a demonstrated track record of executing complex facility projects involving historic building rehabilitation, infrastructure modernization, museum renovations, and specialized construction services. As an interdisciplinary design firm, Ayers / Saint / Gross has established itself as a preferred contractor for civilian federal agencies, particularly the Smithsonian Institution and the Department of the Interior's National Park Service, serving these agencies across multiple regions and project types.

Ayers / Saint / Gross has delivered an extensive portfolio of federal contract work spanning architectural and engineering services, construction management, facility design, and specialized infrastructure projects. The firm has received prime contract awards exclusively from two primary federal agencies: the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service. Projects executed through Smithsonian contracts include design and construction services for the Information Commons at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland ($933,316.92); master planning for the Dulles Collections Center ($2,791,858.09); design services for the renovation of the National Zoo's Veterinary Hospital in Front Royal, Virginia ($2,331,219.77); design and construction of administrative headquarters fit-up at Fort Lesley J. McNair ($3,933,941.38); site selection for the National Museum of the American Latino ($1,845,565.47) and the American Women's History Museum ($1,642,334.43); construction of Storage Module 2 at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center ($1,512,586.83); installation of visitor entry pavilions at the National Zoo ($586,548.74); relocation of the National Museum of American History's security command center ($454,066.39); renovation of office space at the National Museum of African American History and Culture ($477,624.16); upgrade of the Meade Barn facilities at the National Zoo ($493,629.00); modernization of electronic security systems ($493,713.59); and various other facility improvements, lighting upgrades, and infrastructure assessments. National Park Service contract awards include design and construction services for the rehabilitation of the historic Concessions Building on Liberty Island ($923,842.02 and related supplemental services of $157,844.97), design services for the Liberty Island Concessions Building project ($499,062.44), rehabilitation of Bayberry Drive at Assateague ($390,589.00), and Title I and II architect-engineer services for the Ferry Hill Plantation exterior repair at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park ($255,796.90). All prime contract awards have been issued through full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The firm has also served as a prime contractor adding CM Kling as a subcontractor on multiple Smithsonian projects involving security systems, office renovations, and facility upgrades.

Ayers / Saint / Gross holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the National Park Service valued at $30,000,000, awarded on March 2, 2023, and effective through March 1, 2028. This Eastern IDIQ contract provides the National Park Service with on-call planning and design support services for architecture, engineering, and facilities management across the national park system. Under this IDC vehicle, the National Park Service has issued multiple delivery orders to Ayers / Saint / Gross for discrete projects including the supplemental services and design work for the Liberty Island Concessions Building rehabilitation, the Ferry Hill Plantation exterior repair services, Bayberry Drive rehabilitation at Assateague, and a $30,000 minimum guarantee delivery order issued at contract award. The contract was awarded without set-aside designation through full and open competition, reflecting the firm's competitive qualifications in federal architectural and design services. Additionally, Ayers / Saint / Gross holds an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Smithsonian Institution (IDIQ No. F15CC10137) under which the agency has issued multiple task orders for construction and design services, including the Information Commons design and construction at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the OPL wastewater treatment system installation at the National Museum of Natural History, and adjustments to protective devices for medium voltage distribution systems at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.