Cems-Rs&H USAF JV

Cems-Rs&H USAF JV, a small business joint venture based in Jacksonville, Florida, delivers architect-engineer design and construction support services to the U.S. Air Force as a prime contractor under the AE-NEXT multiple-award IDIQ, competing entirely under the total small business set-aside. The venture is a child entity of Rs&H, Inc., a for-profit organization headquartered at the same Jacksonville address.

Cems-Rs&H USAF JV's capability portfolio centers on Title I and Title II architect-engineer services, facility design, building optimization studies, HVAC and interior renovations, infrastructure planning charrettes, and construction support for Air Force installations. Representative work includes a $2.3 million delivery order awarded February 2026 for A/E design of housing technical training facilities (Buildings B250, B251, B252, B259) at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas; a $2.1 million delivery order from Air Force Space Command for hangar renovation design at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, awarded August 2025; a $577 thousand planning charrette report for Building 409 renovation at Goodfellow AFB, awarded January 2026; a $768 thousand planning charrette for bridge replacement at Patrick Space Force Base, awarded September 2025; and a $645 thousand building optimization study at Travis Air Force Base, California, awarded September 2024.

Customer concentration sits entirely within the Department of the Air Force. The Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center dominates both volume rankings—anchoring two awards with $2 billion combined potential value—while Air Force Space Command follows with four awards ($3.4 million), Air Education and Training Command with two awards ($2.9 million), and Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command accounting for the remainder. This concentration reflects the venture's exclusive positioning on the AE-NEXT Pool 3 vehicle: eleven of twelve awards are delivery orders against AE-NEXT, which is a $2 billion multiple-award IDIQ set aside for total small businesses and administered by Air Force Materiel Command through August 2031.

Award activity has accelerated from two awards in 2021 to four in 2025, with twelve total awards since inception and $2.01 billion combined potential value, though only $8.1 million has been obligated to date—a signal that AE-NEXT seats carry substantial ceiling values but represent task-order-by-task-order execution. Three awards totaling $2.9 million in potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The venture operates entirely as a prime contractor; no subcontract work appears in the source. Work is performed at Air Force installations nationwide, including Goodfellow AFB (Texas), Patrick Space Force Base (Florida), Travis AFB (California), Seymour Johnson AFB (North Carolina), Pope Field (North Carolina), and Summerville, South Carolina.