Cox Design Associates Inc.

Cox Design Associates Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in West Lake Hills, Texas, provides architectural and engineering services for VA healthcare facility modernization and infrastructure improvements as a prime contractor exclusively. The firm operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation under a veteran ownership structure and competes predominantly under SDVOSB set-asides across its federal footprint.

Cox Design's customer base is heavily concentrated within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The top five customer segments account for 92% of recent awards: Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 (23 awards, $30.8 million combined potential value), the National Cemetery Administration (10 awards, $27.5 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (9 awards, $2.9 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 (3 awards, $1 million), and Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 ($967 thousand). The dollar rankings track closely with volume; both VISN 17 and National Cemetery Administration dominate both metrics. Cox Design holds a $25 million, five-year IDIQ master contract with the Veterans Health Administration for VISN 17 architectural and engineering services, under which it has placed multiple task orders. The firm also maintains separate IDIQ vehicles with other VA networks. Recent representative work includes a $350,000 SDVOSB set-aside purchase order (awarded January 2026) for construction period services in Waco, Texas; a $143,921 definitive contract (December 2025) for interior renovations at El Paso VA Medical Center; and a $194,844 SDVOSB set-aside contract (September 2025) for steam heat exchanger installation at San Antonio VA Medical Center.

Cox Design's capability portfolio, grounded in NAICS 541512 (Architectural Services) and 541330 (Engineering Services) classifications, centers on healthcare facility design, patient bedroom conversions, medical administration renovations, outpatient mental health facility planning, and community living center improvements across the VA system in Texas and surrounding regions. The top two PSC categories are Architect and Engineering-Construction: Hospitals and Infirmaries (22 awards) and Architect and Engineering-General: Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing (12 awards).

Activity has been sporadic in recent years—four awards in 2022, then one in 2023, one in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026—with only five awards (combined potential value $1.5 million) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. SCI-reported invoiced revenue shows $1.6 million across 6.0 FTEs in FY2022, with no activity captured in the SCI dataset for FY2023 and FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime records ran a median of roughly $141.30 per hour, with senior-level labor priced through $142.67 per hour. Across its SCI-reportable prime contracts, Cox Design delivered work with zero subcontractor hours, indicating a fully internal delivery model. Cox Design operates as a 100% prime contractor across its federal award footprint, with no sub-award activity in the source data.

Architectural Design, Programming, Master Planning, Interior Design,