E & L Construction Group LLC

E & L Construction Group LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Delcambre, Louisiana, delivers construction and civil engineering services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor, with heavy concentration in the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. The company is a for-profit limited liability corporation, self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and veteran-owned business, and competes predominantly under SDVOSB and total small business set-asides across NAICS codes centered on commercial and institutional building construction (NAICS 236220), heavy civil engineering construction, and highway and bridge construction.

The vendor's customer base is highly concentrated. The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration accounts for 12 awards and $62.4 million in combined potential value — 82% of the total award footprint by dollars and 35% by award count. The remaining 62% of awards by count (22 awards) are distributed across 17 other agencies, including the Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service Southeast Region; five awards, $2.2 million), the Army Corps of Engineers (four awards across three districts; $4.0 million), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Air National Guard. The top five customer agencies account for 95% of combined potential value. NCA's dominance reflects E & L's pipeline within SDVOSB-set-aside national cemetery construction: facility repairs, demolition, infrastructure rehabilitation, road and drainage work, parking lot construction, and cemetery expansion. Representative work includes a $2.7 million definitive contract with NCA to demolish a maintenance building and expand gravesites at Natchez National Cemetery (awarded October 2024; completion October 2025); a $1.1 million total small business set-aside with National Park Service Southeast Region for parking lot construction at Cumberland Island National Seashore (September 2024; February 2026); a $2.9 million Army Corps of Engineers contract for Houston Ship Channel dewatering work (May 2024; December 2024); and a $969 thousand NCA delivery order for facility condition assessment repairs at Fort Logan National Cemetery (June 2026; October 2026).

E & L holds three multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts with NCA, all set aside for SDVOSBs, with combined ceilings of $49 million to $49 million each covering the Continental District, Southeast District, and Continental District MATOC Pool Solicitation over ten-year periods (awarded December 2024, March 2025, and April 2025 respectively). These IDIQs carry an initial 5-year base term ceiling of approximately $23 million and support the NCA's task-order pipeline for cemetery construction and facilities work. E & L operates as a 100% prime contractor across all recent awards; no subcontract activity appears in the source data.

Activity has been volatile but remains active. The vendor recorded four awards in 2021, six in 2022, four in 2024, and five in 2025, with one award in 2026 year-to-date. Only one award (the Fort Logan delivery order worth $135 thousand) reaches ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window; the three new NCA IDIQs extend through 2034–2035. Service Contract Inventory data spanning FY2022–FY2024 shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $5.2 million across 34 total prime awards. FY2023 was the peak SCI year at $3.2 million across 3.3 FTEs; FY2022 and FY2024 each recorded roughly $1 million across 1.0 FTE. Government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts show a median of $484.45 per hour, with rates ranging from $346.29 per hour at the 10th percentile to $626.53 per hour at the 90th percentile. The company performs zero subcontract hours on its prime contracts, indicating it builds and delivers work with internal labor rather than leveraging subcontractor teaming.

Heavy/Civil Construction and related activities/services