Elevar Design Group Inc.

Elevar Design Group Inc., doing business as SFA Architects, Inc., is a Cincinnati-based architecture and engineering firm that operates as a prime contractor delivering design, planning, and project management services to federal civilian agencies, predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides. The firm is minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned, with SBA small disadvantaged business (SDB) certification, and competes nearly 100% as a prime contractor—529 prime awards across its portfolio with zero subcontractor activity.

Elevar's capability footprint centers on federal facility design, engineering, and modernization. Representative work includes a $23 million single-award IDIQ from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for strategic planning, comprehensive space analysis, design, and project management services across approximately 170 EPA buildings nationwide (awarded September 2023, running through September 2028 under Total Small Business set-aside); a $3.75 million multiple-award IDIQ from GSA Region 5 for professional architectural and engineering design services in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois (awarded September 2023, through September 2027 under Total Small Business set-aside); and recent delivery orders including a $133 thousand task order from GSA Public Buildings Service for cooling tower replacement and refurbishment design at the Major General Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis (September 2026), a $241.7 thousand order from GSA for basement slab void fill and wall replacement design at the Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse in Columbus (August 2023), and a $214.3 thousand order from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for courthouse renovation design at Potter Stewart Federal Courthouse in Cincinnati (February 2024). Scope spans courthouse renovations, mechanical and electrical system replacements, ADA compliance studies, water system upgrades, HVAC design, and hazardous materials assessments.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward EPA. The EPA Office of Administration and Resource Management and the EPA broadly account for 175 awards and $83.6 million in combined potential value—roughly 58% of all awards and 58% of total potential value across the portfolio. GSA Region 5 (Public Buildings Service) places 84 awards valued at $21.9 million. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts contributes 21 awards at $1.4 million. Together these three customers represent 58% of award count coverage and 76% of potential-value coverage. EPA's dominance reflects Elevar's position as a single-award incumbent on the EPA's $23 million facility services IDIQ and repeated task-order activity under EPA regional architect-engineer contracts.

Elevar holds two major parent vehicles. The EPA single-award IDIQ (contract 68C03114 and related EPA contracts 68C06043, 68C08040, 68C13042) anchors approximately 307 task orders with $20.6 million in combined potential value. The GSA Region 5 multiple-award IDIQ (PBS OH IN IL Architect Engineering Services 2017-2022 and its successor) carries 70 task orders valued at $4 million, with additional GSA-region work flowing through the current contract vehicle. These vehicles are the primary paths to new task orders; Elevar does not hold positions on government-wide GWACs or broad-based civilian IT vehicles.

Activity has contracted markedly year over year. The firm received 21 awards in 2022, declining to 14 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 8 in 2025, and 6 through mid-2026—a trajectory suggesting either recompete losses or a shift in customer ordering patterns. The recompete cliff is modest: only 9 awards with combined potential value of $1.1 million complete within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure relative to the $143.7 million total portfolio potential value. However, the year-over-year decline suggests material customer concentration risk if EPA task order volume slows or if the firm loses the GSA Region 5 vehicle on next competitive round.

The vendor operates entirely as a prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint in the award record. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $250 thousand across FY2022–FY2023 (a partial and understated view of the firm's federal revenue, capturing only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work centered around $210/hr (median), with rates spanning roughly $199–$221/hr across the percentile spectrum, positioning Elevar in the mid-market for federal architect-engineer labor on fixed-price delivery orders. The firm's delivery model is in-house design and engineering without material sub-engagement.

Elevar's NAICS profile is concentrated: 336 awards under Engineering Services (NAICS 541330) and 133 under Architectural Services (NAICS 541310), reflecting its pure-play A/E positioning. The firm was founded in 1967 and operates from Cincinnati, with geographic performance scope spanning Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and nationwide EPA facility coverage. All recent awards carry firm-fixed-price structures and Total Small Business set-aside designations where applicable, signaling Elevar's business model is built around small-business vehicles and fixed-price design scoping rather than T&M or cost-reimbursable engagement.