Beardsley Design Associates Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, D.p.c.

Beardsley Design Associates Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, D.p.c., doing business as Beardsley Design Associates Architecture, is a for-profit architecture and engineering firm based in Auburn, New York, that delivers design, engineering assessment, and construction-document services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards), competing predominantly under total small business set-asides. The firm's recent activity centers on GSA and Department of Interior facility-modernization and infrastructure projects, with secondary work supporting Army and Air Force bases.

Beardsley Design Associates operates out of two primary vehicle positions. The firm holds a $50 million Department of Interior Architecture and Engineering Services MATOC (2022–2027) under which it has issued five delivery orders for wildlife refuge and facility infrastructure design, including a $1.582 million multipurpose facility design at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Fish and Wildlife Service, award June 8, 2023, completion June 30, 2027) and a $146.8 thousand wastewater tertiary treatment design at a National Wildlife Refuge (Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9, award January 17, 2023, completion January 16, 2026). The firm also holds a $10 million GSA Public Buildings Service IDIQ for upstate New York A/E services (Region 2, award August 10, 2022, through August 9, 2027), from which it has drawn three task orders: a $232.964 thousand modification for fire alarm repairs at the Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building in Albany (completion July 21, 2026), a $300.234 thousand delivery order for security upgrades and ABA/AAS compliance at the Ira Alexander Pirnie Federal Building in Utica (completion April 20, 2027), and a $71.925 thousand FBI third-floor expansion design in Binghamton (completion August 31, 2024). Recent Army and Forest Service work includes a $67.5 thousand definitive contract with the U.S. Forest Service Region 9 for structural assessments and repair-design documentation for Glastenbury and Stratton Lookout Towers in Manchester, Vermont (award January 6, 2026, completion January 30, 2027).

Customer concentration is acute. The top five funding agencies by potential value account for 95% of combined potential value, driven overwhelmingly by the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters (5 awards, $50.3 million combined potential value), primarily the $50 million MATOC ceiling itself, and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 2 (3 awards, $10.5 million). By award count, the Department of the Army leads with 64 awards, followed by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (44 awards, $7.4 million), and the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (31 awards, $566 thousand), revealing a tension between volume and dollars — the Army awards are numerous but lower-value, while GSA and DOI awards anchor the dollar portfolio. The firm serves 24 distinct customer agencies across Army, Air Force, and civilian infrastructure portfolios.

The firm's capability footprint is narrow and specialized. Primary NAICS categories are Engineering Services (83 awards) and Architectural Services (67 awards), with PSC coding concentrated in Architect and Engineering—General: Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing (117 awards) and Architect and Engineering—General: Other (100 awards). Work spans structural and civil engineering, wastewater treatment design, facility security upgrades, accessibility compliance, lookout tower repair, and multipurpose facility design. The firm operates almost exclusively as a prime (95% of awards) and builds its own delivery teams; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the firm reported zero sub-hours share, indicating in-house execution rather than subcontractor reliance. SCI invoiced revenue reached $657 thousand in FY2024 across 1.4 FTEs on federal services contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold, with government-paid hourly rates ranging from a 10th percentile of $179/hr to a 90th percentile of $219/hr — mid-market A/E rate posture. SCI data is a subset of the firm's total federal contracting activity and excludes goods, products, and classified work.

Beardsley Design Associates carries sub-award activity on one prime — Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC — across 16 task orders under the Naval Nuclear Laboratory management and operation contract, with sub-work spanning hazardous material surveys, waste characterization, engineering services, commissioning support, and facility renovation detail design at Knolls Laboratory and classified islands sites. This subcontractor role sits outside the firm's primary A/E focus and represents exposure to defense nuclear propulsion infrastructure support.

Activity trajectory shows volatility. The firm recorded three awards each in 2022 and 2023, jumped to 14 in 2024, then dropped to 2 in 2025 and 3 in 2026. Over the next twenty-four months, three awards with combined potential value of $1.9 million face ultimate completion, creating moderate recompete exposure. The firm's 321 total awards since 1983 reflect persistence in federal A/E market, but recent year-to-year volatility suggests either customer project cycles or competitive pressure in small business set-aside A/E work, particularly under GSA and DOI regional contracts where the firm's geographic footprint (upstate New York and northeastern facility locations) anchors demand.