DS Designs LLC

DS Designs LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and minority-owned firm based in Stafford, Virginia, delivers facility maintenance, HVAC system refurbishment, laboratory upgrades, and general construction services to Department of the Interior agencies as a prime contractor operating entirely under small business set-asides. The company competes across Total Small Business and Partial Small Business designations, with 100% of its recent awards routed through set-aside vehicles.

DS Designs' customer footprint is highly concentrated in a single customer agency. The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants accounts for 52 of 61 total awards (97% of award count) and $5 million of the $6 million combined potential value across the vendor's federal portfolio. The remaining activity splits among the National Park Service Northeast Region (3 awards, $92 thousand), the National Park Service National Office (2 awards, $59 thousand), and smaller orders from the USGS Eros Data Center, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the North Carolina Army National Guard. This concentration reflects a narrow customer relationship with USGS facilities management rather than horizontal penetration across multiple federal agencies.

DS Designs' capability mix centers on facilities-infrastructure work grounded in HVAC systems, plumbing, electrical systems, laboratory renovations, and general construction. Representative prime work includes a $627.7 thousand Definitive Contract awarded in April 2022 for decommissioning, relocation, and recommissioning of over 100 scientific equipment pieces from a USGS Madison facility to University of Wisconsin–La Crosse; a $507.5 thousand purchase order in September 2025 for complete refurbishment of a multizone air handling unit (Fan System 6) at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin; a $316.1 thousand July 2026 order for replacement of three 3,000,000 BTU/hr hydronic boiler systems at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in La Crosse, Wisconsin; and a $165.6 thousand April 2022 contract for laboratory safety upgrades including fume hoods, cooling unit replacement, and sink installation at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center in Kearneysville, West Virginia. Smaller standing orders include preventive maintenance and inspection work on generators, CCTV systems, electrical panels, UV light systems, and water supply infrastructure at UMESC and other Interior Department facilities, many running through June 2028.

The vendor operates no parent vehicles, parent contracts, or other contracting mechanisms; all awards are direct purchase orders and definitive contracts issued by USGS and National Park Service contracting offices. DS Designs does not subcontract federal work and maintains no recorded federal grant activity. Activity peaked in 2022 with seven awards; the past three years show decline (five awards in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and two as of mid-2026), with six awards carrying ultimate completion dates inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure of $740 thousand. The vendor's award intensity and dollar concentration in USGS facility maintenance work, combined with recent award velocity decline, signal specialized technical depth in Interior Department HVAC and laboratory infrastructure rather than horizontal federal market reach.