Design Alaska, Inc.

Design Alaska, Inc., a Fairbanks-based small business architecture and engineering firm, operates primarily as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) delivering facility design, infrastructure rehabilitation, engineering assessments, and specialized technical consulting for federal agencies across Alaska and subordinate federal installations nationwide. The firm competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on delivery orders and definitive contracts, with a secondary posture in full-and-open competitions on larger IDC awards.

Design Alaska's customer concentration heavily favors Department of Defense and civilian infrastructure agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 83% of combined potential value, anchored by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska (48 awards, $272.9 million combined potential value), the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (19 awards, $66 million), and the Department of the Air Force Air National Guard (3 awards, $60 million). By award count, Pacific Air Forces leads with 70 awards, but the Dollar concentration reflects the Army Corps' large IDC ceiling. The firm has served 26 distinct customer agencies, reflecting a broad federal footprint, though Alaska-based operations and Arctic infrastructure specialization concentrate work heavily with CONUS defense installations in Alaska and Interior Department land management bureaus.

Capability portfolio centers on architectural and engineering design across NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) and 541310 (Architectural Services). Recent concrete work includes a $4.2 million firm fixed-price definitive contract with Pacific Air Forces (September 2025) for full-length replacement of utility systems (Utilidors D and H) at Eielson Air Force Base; a $420,034.54 delivery order from the National Park Service under the DOI Architecture and Engineering Services MATOC 2022-2027 for design and rehabilitation of Eielson Visitor Center (September 2025); a $280,755 definitive contract with Pacific Air Forces for multi-site lightning protection systems installation at Eielson AFB (April 2026); a $1.3 million delivery order with Pacific Air Forces for taxiway and hardstand repair design at Eielson AFB (September 2021); and numerous smaller Title I and Title II design orders for facility assessments and construction documents across National Park Service properties (Denali, Lake Clark, Wrangell-St. Elias, Western Arctic) and Bureau of Land Management sites throughout Alaska. GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans eight categories ranging from Technician I at $89.79 per hour (high school, no clearance) through Contract Manager at $237.96 per hour (bachelor's degree, 15 years' experience), with mid-range staff engineers and senior engineers at $155–$208 per hour, reflecting capacity for design, engineering assessment, survey, and project management delivery without security clearances.

Vehicle position demonstrates heavy reliance on multiple indefinite delivery contracts. The Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska $249 million multi-discipline IDC (awarded September 2024, running through September 2029) anchors the portfolio with 20 documented task orders. Design Alaska also holds a $45 million Coast Guard professional architect-engineer services multiple-award IDC (awarded November 2025, running through November 2035), a $60 million Air National Guard architect-engineer services Partial Small Business IDC (September 2025 through March 2031), and a $50 million DOI Architecture and Engineering Services MATOC 2022-2027 for Great American Outdoors Act facility work. Smaller IDCs include a $5 million Bureau of Land Management Alaska A&E vehicle (April 2023 through April 2028), two single-award Pacific Air Forces architect-engineer contracts at $500,000 and $999,999.99 (May 2023 through May 2028), and a $9.75 million Army Corps mechanical and electrical engineering contract (November 2022 through July 2027). Design Alaska places the majority of delivery orders against these five parent vehicles, with the Army Corps IDC, Coast Guard IDC, and DOI MATOC generating the highest volume and dollar concentration.

Activity trajectory shows growth through 2024 (22 awards) followed by recent consolidation (4 awards in 2026 year-to-date as of mid-June), reflecting typical seasonal and fiscal-year posting patterns rather than decline. Within the next twenty-four months, nine awards carrying $5.2 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion, representing modest recompete exposure in a portfolio of $529.8 million combined potential value. However, the $272.9 million Army Corps IDC and the $66 million Coast Guard IDC approach recompete windows in 2029 and 2035 respectively, signaling substantial future vehicle competition.

Subcontract footprint remains minimal (2% of all awards, seven sub-awards documented). Design Alaska subcontracts to Pond-CDM Smith JV LP on architect-engineer services for facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization (three awards, March–June 2024) and to Patrick Constructors LLC on elevator and fire protection design services at Eielson AFB (October 2023, September 2024). A single NOAA Prefabricated Metal Building Storage design task was issued under Red Point Construction in October 2022. The sub position is secondary and does not materially characterize the business model.

The firm's corporate identity as a registered small business since 2002 (per source disclosures) and consistent Total Small Business set-aside posture across definitive contracts, combined with full-and-open competition on larger IDC vehicles where unrestricted awardees compete, reflects a classic small business growth trajectory anchored in Alaska infrastructure and Arctic environment specialization. No 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, women-owned, or other SBA certifications are stated in the source; the "small business" designation appears to be the primary eligibility marker.

Architecture; Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Fire Protection, Electrical Engineering; Landscape Architecture; Land Surveying; Commissioning Services; and Energy Consulting Services