CWE
Fullerton, CA Doing business as California Watershed Engineering Corp Part of Apex Companies, LLC
- UEI
- N6RUXMCFD6A4
- CAGE
- 4CL28
- Primary NAICS
- 541330 Engineering Services
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Apex Companies, LLC, ranks #15 in PSC M1NE
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 236210 Industrial Building Construction
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- 237110 Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
- 237130 Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
- 237210 Land Subdivision
- 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
- 541310 Architectural Services
- 541320 Landscape Architectural Services
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- 541340 Drafting Services
- 541350 Building Inspection Services
- 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 562910 Remediation Services
- 611430 Professional and Management Development Training
- Corporate family
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Parent
Rockville, MD
CNJYN73HW839
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Parent
Rockville, MD
CNJYN73HW839
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1561 E Orangethorpe Ave #240, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
- Website
- cwecorp.com
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Construction & Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $1,689,150 |
| FY2025 | $1,122,219 |
| FY2024 | $861,025 |
| FY2023 | $222,496 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | $1,689,150 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDR GEI Joint Venture | W9123824F0002 | $113,600 |
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About the company
CWE – doing business as California Watershed Engineering Corp – is a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business and Subchapter S corporation based in Fullerton, California, that provides architect-engineer and environmental consulting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The firm is a subsidiary of Apex Companies, LLC, a larger limited liability company parent. CWE competes almost entirely as a prime (97% of awards) and holds Subcontinent Asian American ownership designation.
CWE's core capability centers on facility design, environmental assessments, NEPA compliance studies, site management, landscape architecture, water system and hydrogeological analysis, construction support, and technical consulting for tribal healthcare infrastructure modernization. Representative work includes a $3.13 million definitive contract with the Indian Health Service for the Desert Sage Landscape Project (March 2022–February 2023); a $570,900 delivery order under the IHS IDIQ for best-road design services at Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center (awarded January 2024, completion through August 2028); a $788,700 delivery order for basis-of-design replacements and arc-flash studies at Sacred Oaks and Desert Sage Youth Regional Treatment Centers (December 2025, completion January 2027); and a $166,900 delivery order for hydrogeological and geological survey work at Grindstone Rancheria (July 2025).
Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service accounts for 28 of 34 awards (82% of portfolio volume) and $16.9 million of $20.5 million combined potential value. The top five customer agencies by potential-value ranking account for 100% of awards; the fourth and fifth agencies (Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Los Angeles, $2.9 million; Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, $412 thousand) together represent only about 16% of IHS-anchored potential value. This IHS dependence is reflected in the parent vehicle footprint: CWE holds a single-award $5 million IHS Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract (awarded July 21, 2022, extended through January 6, 2027, set aside for total small business), under which 25 delivery orders have been placed, collectively valued at $3.8 million. Task order values range from approximately $18,115 to $657,200, with recent examples spanning structural analysis, historic property inventories, environmental surveys targeting endangered species (Hermes copper butterfly and Quino checkerspot butterfly assessments), waste management planning, and tenant improvement design.
Activity has grown substantially. CWE placed two awards in 2022, two in 2023, eight in 2024, ten in 2025, and six in 2026 year-to-date. Eight awards with combined potential value of $2.5 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure across design and construction-support services for tribal healthcare facilities. CWE's one subcontract award on record was survey work under the HDR GEI Joint Venture on the Military Ocean Terminal Concord crossover and run-around tracks project (March 2024), a distinct capability departure from its core IHS tribal-healthcare focus. The firm's federal contracting relationship with IHS dates to at least 2006 and is predominantly confined to California tribal healthcare sites, with work performance spanning Blue Lake, Davis, Hemet, Orick, Colusa, Alpine, Redwood Valley, Jurupa Valley, and other California tribal community locations.
SBA capabilities narrative
CWE is an engineering and technical consulting services firm providing planning, design and engineering, water resources, stormwater and watershed management, environmental compliance and engineering, and construction services.
Quick answers
Is CWE registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. CWE's SAM.gov registration is active through September 16, 2027.
How much has CWE received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,122,219 to CWE in fiscal year 2025 and $3,894,890 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does CWE rank among federal contractors?
CWE's parent company, Apex Companies, LLC, ranked #15 in PSC M1NE in FY2025.
What is CWE's most recent federal award?
CWE's most recent federal contract award is Blue lake furniture design constr. Support (75H70326F08027), from Indian Health Service, on July 22, 2026.
On GovTribe
See CWE's full federal record
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- IDV awards
- Subcontracting relationships
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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