CTA Inc.

CTA Inc., doing business as Cushing Terrell, is a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Billings, Montana, that operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) across federal facility design, engineering, construction administration, and related professional services with no SBA certifications and no set-aside utilization. The firm competes exclusively in full and open competition across civilian and defense agencies, with a customer base spanning 63 distinct federal organizations and a footprint anchored in architectural design (611 of 1,150 total awards) and engineering services work.

CTA's award volume has declined from 28 awards in 2022 to 7 awards in 2025 and 2026 combined, reflecting a contraction in federal procurement activity or competitive positioning within the firm's addressable market. The combined potential value across all 1,150 awards totals $185.9 million, of which $87.7 million (47%) is obligated. Nine awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a recompete exposure of $6.6 million.

Customer concentration is diffuse but anchored in three agency components: the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (27 awards, $46.2 million combined potential value), the Defense Commissary Agency (48 awards, $42 million combined potential value), and the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service Region 7 (37 awards, $20 million combined potential value). The top five customers by potential value account for 66% of combined potential value, while GSA Public Buildings Service alone holds 162 awards (39% of all awards) though at a lower dollar concentration of $10.6 million combined. This split indicates high activity volume but lower per-order value with GSA, whereas DeCA and USDA APHIS place fewer but larger orders.

CTA holds its largest vehicle position under a $15 million IDIQ with USDA APHIS for nationwide architectural and engineering services effective through June 30, 2026, and a $5 million Western Regions IDIQ with the Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service. The vendor also sits on multiple GSA indefinite delivery contracts that drive task-order volume. Named parent vehicles in the award portfolio include five major IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract NBCW0C00021 (105 task orders, $1.2 million combined potential value), GS08P98JCD0037 (89 task orders, $1.1 million combined potential value), 47PH0817D0014 (69 task orders, $11.4 million combined potential value), GS08P04JCD0019 (67 task orders, $2.1 million combined potential value), and INP07PC60685 (51 task orders, $6.7 million combined potential value).

Representative prime work includes a $1.36 million delivery order from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service for design of the White Mountain National Forest Saco Ranger District Office Building in Hart's Location, New Hampshire (May 2026); a $545.7 thousand USDA APHIS order for designer-of-record and construction inspection services for hangar rehabilitation (September 2025); and a $348.7 thousand Department of Veterans Affairs contract for management and inspection services supporting chilled water piping replacement at the VA Information Technology Center in Austin, Texas (February 2024). Work spans civil, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design; construction administration and inspection; feasibility studies; and facility renovation and modernization across domestic locations including Puerto Rico and Native American tribal lands.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold declined from $4.5 million in FY2022 to $998 thousand in FY2025, with corresponding FTE delivery scaling from 15.3 to 3.6 FTEs. On SCI-reportable contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran at a median of $139.94/hr, with a 10th percentile of $77.61/hr and 90th percentile of $813.05/hr reflecting a mix of support-level technical labor and senior professional staff. Across SCI prime contracts, subcontractor hours represented 0% of total delivery hours, indicating CTA performs work primarily with its own internal teams rather than relying on subcontractor capacity. The vendor's sub award footprint is minimal (nine sub awards across the full portfolio), with recent work as a subcontractor including electrical engineering services in support of a new modular freezer building for USGS in Boise, Idaho under prime Bratslavsky Consulting Engineers (January 2026); design services for the SIPI Library renovation and roof replacement under prime RJS Construction Inc. (November 2025); and civil engineering services for a Santa Teresa Land Port of Entry feasibility study under prime Hartman And Majewski Design Group (January 2023).

The source identifies CTA Inc. as the named parent entity with no identified subsidiaries, operating as a single consolidated business line. The firm's SAM.gov registration dates to February 2002, establishing a two-decade track record in federal contracting. The corporate structure note in the source does not indicate subsidiary brands or separate operating companies, though the vendor's business-as designation (Cushing Terrell) serves as its operating name across the majority of awards.