Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, Inc.

Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., a large for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, competes as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) across full-and-open federal procurements, delivering comprehensive architect-engineer, facility design, construction management, and specialized technical consulting services to defense and civilian agencies without reliance on set-aside categories. The firm is owned by parent company Burns & Mcdonnell, Inc., and operates through subsidiaries including Burns & Mcdonnell Land Services, Inc. and Facility Engineering Services KCP LLC.

Burns & McDonnell's customer concentration anchors to Army Corps of Engineers districts and naval infrastructure programs. The top five customer agencies by potential value account for approximately 22% of combined award value: the USACE Mobile District leads with $1.34 billion across 41 awards, followed by the Defense Logistics Agency Energy ($760.3 million, 58 awards), Naval Facilities Engineering Command ($746.9 million, 194 awards), the Air National Guard ($715.6 million, 94 awards), and USACE Kansas City District ($520.7 million, 96 awards). A broader customer set spans 132 distinct federal agencies, reflecting the firm's established relationships across defense infrastructure, energy, and civilian facility modernization portfolios.

Concrete capability delivery centers on full-range architect-engineer services for military facility design, infrastructure modernization, and construction support. Representative work includes a $51.9 million delivery order from the Air Force for design services on the FY28 Air Force Weapons Technology Integration Complex at Eglin AFB (design through all phases with subcontractors providing audio-visual, surveying, and cost engineering support); a $17.99 million delivery order for design of the SAOC Operations and Training Facility at Offutt AFB under the Northwestern Division IDIQ with multiple specialized engineering subs; an $11.9 million order for design of the Range of the Future Consolidated Shop/Laboratory Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; and recurring delivery orders from Western Area Power Administration for Title I, II, and III electrical transmission engineering services across Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The firm also delivers facility assessment, environmental consulting, and commissioning services alongside core design-build and construction-administration work.

Vehicle positioning centers on multiple large Army Corps of Engineers architect-engineer IDIQs and Air National Guard vertical construction vehicles. Burns & McDonnell holds a $499 million IDIQ with USACE Mobile District (awarded May 2026), a $249 million Seattle District IDIQ for multidiscipline architect-engineer services (awarded July 2025), a $240 million Norfolk District IDIQ for Army Ammunition Program support (awarded August 2025), a $225 million Air National Guard vertical construction vehicle (awarded March 2025), and a $50 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command electrical/mechanical engineering IDIQ (awarded May 2025). Additional vehicles include a $31.5 million Western Area Power Administration transmission engineering contract (single-award, January 2025), a $50 million National Nuclear Security Administration architect-engineer IDIQ (awarded December 2025), and a $400 million Ballistic Missile Defense System architect-engineer IDIQ with USACE Huntsville (awarded January 2026). The firm also carries participation on a $151 billion Missile Defense Agency SHIELD multiple-award IDIQ (awarded December 2025), though dollar activity on that vehicle remains minimal. Task order activity concentrates under the Army/Air National Guard Nationwide A-E Services vehicle (73 task orders, $47.3 million combined value) and GSA Multiple Award Schedule (53 calls, $15.7 million).

Activity trajectory shows moderate recent volatility. Awards per year declined from 125 in 2024 to 88 in 2025 and 46 in 2026 (year-to-date through September 16), suggesting either seasonal variation in available data or a shift toward larger, longer-duration task orders rather than higher award frequency. The 2,284 total awards in the source represent all-time activity. Recompete exposure concentrates in the next twenty-four months, with 138 awards (combined potential value $453.5 million) reaching ultimate completion dates, representing significant pipeline pressure for renewal or replacement of existing work.

SCI-reportable invoicing of $5.2 million across FY2022–FY2025 reflects minimal federal service-contract activity above the $150,000 reporting threshold; this figure captures only a subset of Burns & McDonnell's total federal revenue and excludes goods, classified work, and non-federal activity. FY2023 saw peak SCI invoicing at $2.5 million across 8.1 FTEs; FY2025 reflects $241 thousand and 0.6 FTEs to date. Hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts span median around $202.69/hr, with senior labor pricing reaching $467.93/hr (90th percentile) and entry rates near $18.29/hr (10th percentile). Across prime SCI contracts, subcontractors accounted for approximately 3% of total hours, indicating Burns & McDonnell typically self-performs the majority of reportable service work with selective sub-engagement for specialized tasks.

Subcontractor footprint on prime defense infrastructure work centers on recurring partnerships with Moca Systems, Inc. (cost estimating, project controls, and scheduling across multiple design phases), Crawford Consulting Services, Inc. (a women-owned small business providing construction management and cost engineering), Strategic Value Solutions, Inc. (a women-owned small business offering value engineering), and Avant Acoustics LLC (audio-visual and acoustic consulting). Survey and geotechnical work flows through firms such as Whidden Surveying & Mapping, Inc., Terracon Consultants, Inc., and S&Me Inc. Protection Engineering Consultants LLC provides explosives and blast engineering support on ammunition facility projects. This sub-engagement model reflects a core strategy of retaining full design and project management responsibility while engaging specialized technical expertise on demand, enabling Burns & McDonnell to deliver integrated solutions across complex military construction portfolios without maintaining large in-house discipline-specific teams.

Sub-award work positions Burns & McDonnell as a specialized service provider to large prime contractors managing complex federal facilities and energy operations. The vendor appears as a named subcontractor on contracts held by Mission Support & Test Services LLC (Nevada National Security Site architect-engineer and operations support work), Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (Y-12 National Security Complex facility engineering), Pantexas Deterrence LLC (Pantex Plant architect-engineer services), Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure LLC (tank disposition and facility design), and Triad National Security LLC (Los Alamos National Laboratory maintenance and electrical systems support). These subcontracts reflect Burns & McDonnell's role as a reliable design and engineering provider to Department of Energy management-and-operating contractors managing weapons complex and environmental remediation infrastructure.

Federal grant activity remains minimal in the source, with one sub-recipient award visible: participation in a Bioindustrial Manufacturing And Design Ecosystem grant (Bioindustrial Manufacturing And Design Ecosystem subaward for design and pre-construction efforts, awarded November 2025). This signals either limited grant-focused business development or portfolio concentration on fee-for-service federal contracting rather than grant-funded research and development.

NAICS concentration aligns with core capability: Engineering Services accounts for 1,178 awards, Architectural Services covers 271 awards, Environmental Consulting Services represents 63 awards, Facilities Support Services 32 awards, and Surveying and Mapping 24 awards. PSC distribution mirrors this, with Architect and Engineering–General (Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing) at 871 awards and Architect and Engineering–General (Other) at 707 awards. This classification pattern confirms Burns & McDonnell operates predominantly as a design and infrastructure planning firm rather than as a construction contractor or product supplier, positioning it squarely within the Army Corps of Engineers and defense facilities management ecosystem.