Clark Nexsen/ Michael Baker JV

Clark Nexsen/ Michael Baker JV, a for-profit joint venture between two architectural and engineering firms based in Charlotte, North Carolina, functions as a prime contractor providing military facility design, engineering, and construction support services to the Department of the Navy, with no set-aside designations across its recent federal footprint.

The joint venture's federal work is nearly entirely concentrated with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), which accounts for 27 awards valued at $114.4 million combined potential value—92% of awards by count. The next-largest customer by dollar magnitude is the U.S. Coast Guard, which awarded two task orders totaling $10 billion in combined potential value under a multiple-award MATOC for professional architect-engineering services covering the entire United States and its territories through June 1, 2036. However, the $10 billion Coast Guard vehicle carries a placeholder ceiling characteristic of multiple-award IDIQs and represents authority to compete, not obligated or expected spend; the actual task-order activity under that vehicle remains minimal. The Department of the Navy Installations Command, Naval Air Systems Command, and U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces round out the active customer set with five, one, and one awards respectively.

The joint venture's core capability footprint centers on architectural and engineering design, facility renovations, commissioning services, HVAC system assessments and repairs, project controls and administration, and infrastructure upgrades for military installations. Representative prime work includes a $8.366 million delivery order from U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces for architectural-engineering design supporting Phase II of the Ammunition Supply Point upgrade at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (awarded May 14, 2026); a $3.387 million firm fixed-price delivery order from Navy Installations Command for upgrades to the Oily Wastewater Treatment Plant at Craney Island in Portsmouth, Virginia (awarded February 14, 2025); a $2.805 million delivery order for seismic mass redesign modification and design services at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina (awarded September 12, 2024); and a $1.35 million delivery order for the SOF Maritime Training Support Facility at Fort Story, Virginia Beach (awarded December 15, 2025). Smaller orders address commissioning, HVAC life-cycle analysis, structural surveys, hazardous materials assessment, and project controls across naval installations including Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Naval Station Norfolk, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, and Camp Lejeune.

The joint venture holds two parent IDC vehicles. The primary vehicle is a single-award $95 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with NAVFAC awarded January 12, 2024, and extending through January 11, 2029, authorizing comprehensive architecture, engineering, and facility renovation services for military facility types within NAVFAC's Mid-Atlantic Area of Responsibility; 36 task orders under this vehicle carry $34.4 million in combined potential value. The second is the Coast Guard multiple-award MATOC for professional architect-engineering services awarded June 2, 2026, with a $10 billion ceiling through June 1, 2036; one $5 thousand task order has been placed to date.

Activity declined from 19 awards in 2024 to 8 awards as of mid-2026, though this reflects the recency of the data window rather than sustained trajectory change. Within the next twenty-four months, 15 awards (combined potential value $17.5 million) reach ultimate completion and face recompete exposure. The joint venture operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no recorded subcontract footprint in the source data. All awards carry firm fixed-price pricing and no set-aside designations, indicating competition under full-and-open procedures on defense work rather than participation in small-business reserved vehicles.