Cer, Incorporated

Cer, Incorporated (doing business as CER Incorporated) is a small-business prime contractor specializing in federal construction and facilities maintenance services for the Department of Defense, based in Severna Park, Maryland, and structured as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on Navy and Marine Corps infrastructure programs.

CER's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Navy construction and facilities engineering. The top five funding agencies account for 81% of recent award count, led by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (49 awards, $2.47 billion combined potential value) and Navy Installations Command (28 awards, $94.3 million), followed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Marine Corps, and Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel. The dollar rankings diverge sharply from volume — NAVFAC anchors 98% of combined potential value across the portfolio, underscoring CER's role as a heavy-lift construction prime for Navy mid-Atlantic infrastructure rather than a volume-based vendor. Recent representative work includes a $11.928 million firm fixed-price delivery order to repair Taxiway Delta at Naval Air Station Patuxent River under the Washington AOR Small Business MACC 2024–2032 IDIQ (awarded March 4, 2026), a $9.873 million delivery order for life extension center construction at Patuxent River under the NAVFAC Annapolis and Patuxent River regional construction IDIQ (awarded August 27, 2024), and a $7.514 million order to repair failed roadway and flood protection infrastructure at the U.S. Naval Academy under the same NAVFAC regional IDIQ (awarded July 7, 2024).

CER holds two major IDIQ vehicles anchoring its prime work: a $750 million multiple-award Washington Area of Responsibility Small Business MACC running through July 2032 (awarded July 31, 2024), and a $498 million single-award NAVFAC contract for construction services in the Annapolis, Patuxent River, South Potomac, and Andrews regions. Task order activity concentrates under two Basic Ordering Agreements and three indefinite delivery contracts, with 138 and 72 task orders respectively under the two largest vehicles (MDA90485D1050 and N6247799D0104). CER's work profile aligns tightly with NAICS 236210 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), which represents 131 of the vendor's 517 recent awards, supplemented by heavy civil engineering and specialty trade contractor work. Six awards totaling $36.3 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity for competitors. CER has secured over $2.73 billion in combined potential value across 517 federal awards since 1985, with recent activity holding at two to four awards per year; combined dollars obligated stand at $547.1 million (20% of combined potential value).