Benham - Mead & Hunt

Benham - Mead & Hunt, a for-profit architecture and engineering partnership based in Oklahoma City, provides military facility design, planning, and construction-support services to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on unrestricted, full-and-open delivery orders and indefinite-delivery contracts. The firm is a subsidiary of Benham Design, LLC, and competes with no small business set-asides across its portfolio.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on architect-engineer services for military infrastructure modernization. Its capability portfolio spans Title I (schematic design), Title II (detailed design), Title III (construction administration), and specialized planning work—from hangar and maintenance facility design to fire suppression system repairs, consolidated quarters, and weapons-range upgrades. Recent representative work includes a $3.7 million delivery order from the Department of Defense (ENDIST Louisville) for design-bid-build documentation of a new troop quarters facility at Alpena Air National Guard Base, Michigan (AE NEXT contract, completion December 2027); a $3.36 million order from the Air National Guard for replacement and consolidation of an aircraft maintenance hangar at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin (AE NEXT, completion June 2028); and a $3.16 million order for Type A and B design of a consolidated range facility at Fort Chaffee Weapons Range in Arkansas (AE NEXT, completion October 2026). Work spans CONUS, OCONUS (Pacific Air Forces in Japan), and subordinate military installations nationwide.

Customer concentration is dominated by Army Corps of Engineers and Air Force entities. The top five funders account for 76% of awards by count: the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Louisville (29 awards, $92.8 million combined potential value) anchors the portfolio, followed by Air Force Reserve Command (9 awards, $52.4 million), Air National Guard (9 awards, $14.7 million), Air Force Special Operations Command (5 awards, $1.3 million), and the Air Force proper (4 awards, $4.3 million). By potential value, however, the ranking shifts dramatically: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center holds 2 awards valued at $2 billion combined, reflecting Benham - Mead & Hunt's two major indefinite-delivery vehicles—the $2 billion AE NEXT contract (Architect-Engineering Services for Design and Construction Support for the Air Force Construction Program) and a $99 million multiple-award task-order contract (MATOC) awarded by ENDIST Charleston in July 2025 for multi-discipline architect-engineer services.

Benham - Mead & Hunt's vehicle position is substantial across Air Force and Army platforms. The AE NEXT contract, awarded July 21, 2025, serves as the parent for 27 task orders valued at $32.9 million in combined potential value. The firm also sits on four Army Corps of Engineers IDIQs: a $45 million Louisville District contract for Air Force Reserve programs (12 task orders, $9.5 million combined value); a $125 million Kansas City District MATOC (documented as a vehicle the firm holds but with minimal recent task orders in this subset); and the new $99 million ENDIST Charleston MATOC (completion July 2030). Additional Army vehicles include the $11.8 million IDC FA664318D0007 (10 task orders, $3.5 million combined value) and related smaller contracts. The vendor's vehicle footprint demonstrates access to major Army and Air Force procurement channels for military construction and infrastructure work.

Activity has been volatile in recent years. The source shows 9 awards in 2022, 17 in 2023, a sharp drop to 2 in 2024, recovery to 9 in 2025, and 3 awards through mid-2026 (most recent March 18, 2026). Combined potential value across all 74 awards is $2.4 billion, but only $48.6 million (2%) has been obligated to date—a signal that the vendor holds seats on large-ceiling vehicles with limited current task-order activity. Eighteen awards (combined potential value $32.5 million) carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure and opportunity for competitors to bid against the vendor on contract extensions or replacements.

The vendor operates as 100% prime contractor (74 prime awards, zero subs), with no documented subcontractor footprint in the source. Its NAICS concentration is Engineering Services (63 awards) and Architectural Services (11 awards), with PSC codes weighted toward Architect and Engineering—General (43 awards) and Architect and Engineering—Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing (13 awards). Place of performance spans active military installations across the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas locations where the Air Force and Army Corps operate.