Berkeley Building Company

Berkeley Building Company, a small business subchapter S corporation based in Reading, Massachusetts, provides mechanical, HVAC, refrigeration, and cold storage equipment maintenance, repair, and installation services as a prime contractor exclusively to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, competing predominantly on total small business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles.

The vendor's federal footprint is nearly monolithic: the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) accounts for 34 awards worth $24.4 million combined potential value (87% of all dollars), with the broader Department of the Army Corps of Engineers adding 11 awards worth $3.5 million. This concentration reflects Berkeley Building's strategic position supporting the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire — a specialized research facility requiring continuous expertise in cryogenic and cold-box equipment, environmental chambers, ammonia chillers, and climate-controlled infrastructure. Remaining work includes three Air Force awards totaling $41 thousand and one Army Reserve award of $126 thousand.

Berkeley Building holds five active IDVs with ERDC spanning mechanical maintenance, facilities support, cold box diagnostics, and job-order construction work. The largest vehicle is a newly awarded single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (W913E523D0002) with a $7.5 million ceiling running through March 2031, covering routine and recurring repair and maintenance for CRREL cold facilities equipment including humidity control systems, environmental chambers, refrigeration systems, electrical infrastructure, and piping — under total small business set-aside. A $1.66 million single-award mechanical maintenance IDC (W913E523D0001) runs through February 2029. A $4.97 million multiple-award BPA for cold box-related products and services carries through May 2027. A $950 thousand facilities maintenance BPA and a $900 thousand job order contract for minor construction round out the IDV portfolio. Across these vehicles, Berkeley Building issues delivery orders, BPA calls, and task orders ranging from $2,500 to $750 thousand.

Representative work includes a $940 thousand definitive contract for the CRREL Frost Effects Research Facility refrigeration innovation project (September 2024); a $1.39 million total small business set-aside for cold room HVAC and equipment replacement at CRREL (September 2022); a $1.48 million BPA call for a 23-ton chiller skid and associated cleanup services (September 2022); a $666 thousand contract for three environmental chambers rated to extreme low temperatures for battery testing (September 2023); and multiple smaller BPA calls for cold box calibration, diagnostics, repairs, chiller maintenance, and door replacement averaging $25 thousand to $165 thousand. Nearly all work is performed at CRREL in Hanover, New Hampshire, with secondary locations at the vendor's Reading office and occasional nationwide scope.

Award activity peaked in 2024 with twelve awards, declined to six in 2025, and has seen three awards to date in 2026. Recent recompete exposure is modest — the newest IDC ceiling of $7.5 million was awarded in March 2026 with a five-year term, and the $4.97 million cold box BPA does not expire until May 2027. Obligated dollars stand at $11.5 million (41% of combined potential value), indicating that much of the contractual authority has been reserved but not yet drawn down.

Berkeley Building competes under NAICS 238220 (plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors), 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance), and related codes. The vendor is classified as a small business across all awards and holds no SBA 8(a) designation, HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other set-aside category beyond total small business status. Work scope centers on PSC codes for refrigeration and air-conditioning maintenance, refrigeration components, office building maintenance, and refrigeration equipment procurement. The company's technical posture includes EPA 608 certification, licensed master electricians and plumbers, professional engineers, and specialized competency in GEA-manufactured chillers and vibration monitoring platforms. All work is performed within a 150-mile radius of Hanover, New Hampshire, and the vendor maintains local staffing including a project superintendent, quality control manager, and safety manager to meet task order response times of ten days standard and five days expedited.