Boiler Efficiency Institute, LLC

Boiler Efficiency Institute, LLC, doing business as Energy Projects, is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) based in Auburn, Alabama, that delivers boiler safety testing, training, compliance inspections, and standard operating procedure development to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards). The vendor operates as an SDVOSB under NAICS 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors), with a complementary PSC footprint in boiler and steam-plant inspection and maintenance services.

Energy Projects' federal customer base is concentrated exclusively within the VA system. The top five customer entities account for 53% of recent awards by count and 44% of combined potential value, led by VA Technology Acquisition Center Austin (31 awards, $8 million combined potential value) and VA Headquarters (30 awards, $4.9 million), with Veterans Integrated Service Networks 15, 8, and 19 rounding out the active set. The vendor holds a primary vehicle position on a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (36E77620D0009) that has generated 63 task orders valued at $7.6 million; this vehicle was recompeted in December 2025, with Energy Projects awarded a replacement IDIQ (36C77625Q0261) on December 15, 2025, carrying a $2.42 million ceiling through December 14, 2030. A second tier of IDIQs includes Facilities Maintenance and Management (25 task orders, $680 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract 36C77626D0023 (12 task orders, $399 thousand), and VA255P1600 (3 task orders, $405 thousand).

Recent representative work spans boiler safety device testing ($73,282 delivery order for Bay Pines VA, Florida, May 2026), boiler plant safety device training ($56,462 delivery order for Loma Linda VA, California, September 2026), boiler safety testing and training ($518,328 delivery order under VA Technology Acquisition Center, September 2024), and boiler program review services ($24,598 delivery order for VISN 23, August 2026). Two purchase orders address procedure development and facility-specific compliance: a $50,000 boiler program development package for Perry Point VA Medical Center (Maryland, March 2026) and a $211,267 semi-annual boiler safety device inspection contract for Black Hills VA (South Dakota, September 2025).

Activity has remained steady at 13–19 awards per year from 2022 through 2026, with 171 total awards in the source data spanning from 1986 to September 2026. Only ten awards (combined potential value $414 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reflecting a recompete landscape already managed through the December 2025 replacement IDIQ. The vendor operates as a pure prime across its visible portfolio; a single subcontract award under VHA Integrated Healthcare Transformation (IHT) IDIQ consulting support (July 2022) represents 1% of recorded activity.

SCI-reportable invoiced revenue on prime federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $3.8 million from FY2023 through FY2025 (zero invoicing in FY2022). The trajectory shows growth from $901 thousand in FY2023 to $1.6 million in FY2025, with federal FTE delivery of 1.7, 1.5, and 3.2 contractors in those respective years. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work ran a median of $293.73/hr, with a range from $228.30/hr at the 10th percentile to $458.72/hr at the 90th percentile, consistent with specialized boiler engineering and certification labor. No subcontractor hours are reported across SCI-captured prime contracts, indicating the vendor builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on subs for service-contract execution.

Boiler/HVAC (steam plant & chiller) services, boiler safety testing, apprenticeship training, professional engineers, Ph.D.'s, mechanical engineers