Defender Contracting & Construction LLC

Defender Contracting & Construction LLC, a Kansas City-based minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned small disadvantaged business operating as a self-certified HUBZone joint venture, delivers facility construction, maintenance, and infrastructure support services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor under Competitive 8(a) set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company competes predominantly in the Competitive 8(a) program, with a smaller share of non-set-aside delivery orders for specialized infrastructure work.

Defender's federal footprint is almost entirely concentrated at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, where it holds a $77 million single-award Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineer Requirements (SABER) contract with the Air Force Air Mobility Command running through 2026. Under that IDIQ, the company has executed 113 task orders across base engineering, facility sustainment, HVAC repair, roof replacement, electrical upgrades, asbestos abatement, lightning protection system installation, site development, landscaping, and demolition work. Representative delivery orders include a $2.29 million competitive 8(a) award for HVAC and chiller replacement at Buildings 318 and 358 (awarded January 2026); a $1.43 million competitive 8(a) award for interior repairs, drywall patching, carpet replacement, and AHU replacement across multiple units in the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (August 2025); an $842 thousand competitive 8(a) award for asbestos abatement and demolition of ten temporary living facility units with utility capping and landscaping (January 2025); and a $1.1 million non-set-aside delivery order for base engineer support and facility sustainment (July 2025). Across these and prior years, Defender has also executed smaller task orders for specific infrastructure needs — gate assembly renovation, bay door replacement, electrical service installation, rip rap repairs, sinkhole remediation, water line repair, fire alarm system upgrades, and site restoration — all at or near Joint Base Charleston.

The Air Force Air Mobility Command dominates Defender's customer base, accounting for 77 awards (62% of recent awards) with $107.7 million in combined potential value. This concentration reflects the vendor's operational focus and SABER contract positioning. The Department of the Navy, through the Bureau of Naval Personnel and Chief of Naval Personnel, contributes 21 awards worth $4.3 million combined. Five additional federal agencies and commands account for the remaining awards at smaller individual dollar values. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 10 holds the largest potential-value position through two EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) multiple-award IDIQ contracts totaling $1 billion combined ceiling, awarded November 2022 and October 2022, set aside for total small business through October 2026. Task orders issued under these GSA IDIQs have been minimal to date—only two delivered against the parent vehicles—reflecting limited operational traction outside the air mobility and facility sustainment domain despite the $1 billion ceiling.

Recent activity has declined year-to-year: 29 awards in 2022, 27 in 2023, 32 in 2024, 22 in 2025, and 6 through March 2026. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $6 million, signaling limited near-term recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 124 prime awards totals $1.12 billion, though only $38 million (3% of potential value) has been obligated to date, reflecting the preponderance of ceiling-valued IDIQ awards with modest task-order burndown. The vendor operates at a single location — Joint Base Charleston — with subordinate performance at satellite facilities within the installation complex and occasional work at nearby locations in Goose Creek, South Carolina, and one GSA EVSE project in Nogales, Arizona.

Defender maintains no stated subcontract relationships and operates solely as a prime contractor across all 124 awards in the source data. Its capability portfolio, grounded entirely in the task-order record, centers on base infrastructure, facilities operations, and environmental remediation — HVAC systems, roofing, electrical work, plumbing, asbestos abatement and disposal, site development, landscaping, drainage repair, lightning protection, fire suppression and alarm systems, and building renovation. The vendor's business model is anchored to the $77 million Air Mobility Command SABER single-award contract and the two $500 million GSA EVSE multiple-award IDIQs, both of which provide ongoing ordering potential through their contract period ceilings.