Barr Engineering CO.

Barr Engineering CO., doing business as Barr Engineering Co – Midwest, is a Minneapolis-based employee-owned engineering and environmental consulting firm that operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) delivering architectural and engineering services, environmental assessments, and infrastructure design to civilian federal agencies on a full-and-open basis with no recurring set-aside designations. The company holds a parent entity structure with two named subsidiaries: Ecosphere Environmental Services Inc. (a self-certified small disadvantaged business) and Barr Engineering Michigan LLC.

Barr Engineering's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Interior agencies, particularly the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Fish and Wildlife Service. The top five customers by potential value account for 88% of combined potential value across recent awards, led by the Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office (2 awards, $106.2 million combined potential value), the Department of Energy Southeastern Power Administration (7 awards, $23.2 million), and the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (43 awards, $10.4 million). By award count, the Army Corps of Engineers dominates with 70 awards, but that volume carries significantly lower individual contract values; the Bureau of Indian Affairs awards represent far fewer transactions but anchor most of the dollars. This divergence signals that Barr Engineering's business model splits between high-value infrastructure-design vehicles (particularly the $100 million Division of Water and Power Architect-Engineer MAC, or DWP-AE, awarded August 20, 2024, through August 16, 2029) and a broader volume of smaller Fish and Wildlife Service and Corps of Engineers task orders.

Barr Engineering's federal capability portfolio centers on dam safety engineering, emergency action planning, construction management, facility condition assessments, infrastructure design, environmental permitting and compliance, and specialized technical consulting. Named recent work includes a $6.178 million firm fixed-price delivery order issued September 11, 2025, under the DWP-AE for 2025 Comprehensive Reviews Group 2 services to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (extending through February 1, 2028); a $1.291 million delivery order issued September 21, 2026, for Emergency Action Plans Group 2 to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Water and Power (extending through August 31, 2027); a $23.2 million combined potential value portfolio with the Southeastern Power Administration for transmission system relay replacement and related support; and 43 Fish and Wildlife Service task orders spanning fish passage investigations, visitor center construction inspection, trail and parking lot design, and refuge facility improvements.

Barr Engineering holds a seat on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded August 20, 2026, through August 19, 2031, with a $1 million ceiling) and places the bulk of its task orders under five principal IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract 301810D003 (58 task orders, $4.6 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract DACW3500D0001 (22 task orders from the Army Corps of Engineers), Indefinite Delivery Contract 140F0318D0019 (17 task orders, $3.9 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract INF301815D003 (17 task orders, $322 thousand combined potential value), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 53511410100 (13 task orders, $68 thousand combined potential value). The DWP-AE vehicle represents the single largest opportunity, with a $100 million ceiling and recurring task-order activity through the contract's August 2029 expiration.

Activity has been uneven in recent years: five awards in 2022, nine in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026. Combined potential value across all 313 awards in the source dataset is $164.2 million, with $34.2 million (21%) obligated. Five awards (combined potential value $8.8 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. Barr Engineering operates almost exclusively as a prime — 99% of recent awards carry prime designation — and subcontracts minimally; SCI records show 0% average sub-hours share across prime contracts. The company holds one named sub-contract role under Applied Research Associates on a Target Assessment Technologies Support engagement (awarded May 23, 2025) and one sub role under Environmental Management & Planning Solutions LLC on a Lower San Acacia Reach EIS scope (awarded October 5, 2023), representing negligible sub volume relative to the prime footprint.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue for FY2025 was $48 thousand across 0.1 FTEs on federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold. This minimal SCI activity reflects that Barr Engineering's federal business runs predominantly through fixed-price infrastructure and engineering delivery orders valued below the SCI reporting threshold or structured as products and architectural/engineering services outside the SCI scope. The company's 313-award portfolio, $164.2 million potential value, and 28 distinct customer agencies indicate a broad federal customer base anchored by Interior Department infrastructure work, but the SCI dataset captures only a small slice of the company's federal services footprint.