ESA South, Inc.

ESA South, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) based in Pensacola, Florida, is a prime contractor that delivers construction, facilities modernization, infrastructure upgrades, and mechanical and electrical system replacements for military bases, Veterans Affairs medical centers, and Department of Defense healthcare facilities, operating predominantly as a prime on full-and-open and set-aside contracts without reliance on subcontractors.

ESA South is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation holding dual SBA certifications as both a SDVOSB and veteran-owned small business (VOSB), both valid through October 6, 2026. The firm competes across both SDVOSB set-aside and full-and-open procurements with roughly equal frequency; recent awards split between "No Set-Aside Used" and explicit "Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business" designations. Primary NAICS framing is Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (163 of 248 awards), with secondary activity in Remediation Services, Roofing Contractors, and Heavy Civil Engineering. PSC concentration centers on hospital and infirmary maintenance (59 awards), repair and alteration (23 awards), and new construction (12 awards). The vendor's capability portfolio reflects deep specialization in healthcare facility infrastructure: representative prime work includes an $81.1 million VA Building 1 renovation at Biloxi (awarded January 2025, completion November 2027), a $46.7 million EHRM infrastructure upgrade at VA West Los Angeles (awarded October 2021, invoiced $45.8 million through FY2023), a $58.4 million replacement of air handling units at Malcolm Randall VAMC in Gainesville (awarded October 2022, completion March 2027), and a $10.6 million uninterruptible power supply infrastructure upgrade at Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command in Gulfport under the NAVFAC SE Gulf Coast Area MACC (awarded September 2025, completion July 2027).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward VA and Army Medical Command. The top five customers by award count—VA VISN 8 (47 awards, $331.6 million), Army Medical Command (43 awards, $582.8 million), Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville (14 awards, $7.1 million), VA VISN 15 (12 awards, $92 million), and VA VISN 16 (11 awards, $89.6 million)—account for 51% of recent awards. When ranked by potential value, concentration shifts markedly: Army Engineering Support Center Huntsville anchors the portfolio with five awards carrying $1.37 billion combined potential value (the Medical Repair and Renewal VII indefinite delivery contract awarded January 2025, ceiling $1.3 billion), followed by VA VISN 22 (seven awards, $654.5 million), Army Medical Command (43 awards, $582.8 million), Navy NAVFAC (seven awards, $348.7 million), and VA VISN 8 (47 awards, $331.6 million). This divergence signals that ESA South captures high-volume task-order work through several large regional VA IDIQ vehicles while concentrating its largest single capacity through the Army's MRR VII vehicle.

ESA South holds seven major indefinite delivery contracts: the Medical Repair and Renewal VII $1.3 billion vehicle with Army Engineering Support Center Huntsville (multiple award, base through January 2032); a $600 million VISN 22 Construction Services MATOC with VA (SDVOSB set-aside, base through June 2029); a $249 million Healthcare and Medical Research Laboratory Facility MATOC with Defense Health Agency (no set-aside, base through September 2029); a $249 million NAVFAC SE Gulf Coast Area MACC with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (small business set-aside, base through May 2029); a $170 million Louisville District Southeast Region Design Build MATOC with Army Corps of Engineers (mentioned in source detail); a $100 million VISN 1 Construction MATOC with VA (VOSB set-aside, base through November 2029); and a $40 million VISN 16 MATOC with VA (SDVOSB set-aside, base through September 2028). These vehicles anchor task-order activity: the top five parent vehicles account for 60 task orders with $68.9 million combined potential value, led by Indefinite Delivery Contract W9127813D0047 (22 task orders, $15.4 million).

Activity is cyclical rather than trending upward. Awards per year show nine in 2022, seven in 2023, eleven in 2024, five in 2025, and one through mid-2026—reflective of large single-award contract capture in specific fiscal years rather than consistent pipeline growth. Eight awards carrying combined potential value of $294.4 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure across EHRM infrastructure and facility modernization work.

Service Contract Inventory data captures $153.1 million in invoiced federal service-contract revenue across FY2022–FY2024: $23.2 million in FY2022 (9.2 FTEs), $75.5 million in FY2023 (25.1 FTEs), and $54.5 million in FY2024 (22.0 FTEs). SCI is a partial view covering only federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and does not include goods, products, or classified work; the $153.1 million figure is a subset of ESA South's total federal construction and renovation billings, which reached $616.3 million obligated dollars across all awards (11% of the $5.66 billion combined potential value). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran median $868.50/hr, with senior labor pricing through $2,578.06/hr at the 90th percentile and entry rates near $468/hr at the 10th percentile. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, ESA South performed 100% of work in-house with zero subcontractor hours reported, indicating a vertically integrated delivery model and absence of reliance on subs for infrastructure and construction work.

ESA South holds a single identified subcontract award: a Hurricane Sally repair package under prime contractor BL Harbert International LLC in November 2021 for building repairs. The vendor's 248-award portfolio shows 247 prime awards (100%) and one sub award (0%), positioning the firm as a prime-focused construction services provider with minimal sub exposure in the recent record.

ESA South, Inc. is a verified SDVOSB business founded in 1999. Working from our principal office in Cantonment, Florida and satellite offices in Ft. Hood, TX and Poplar Bluff, MO we specialize in providing construction and construction management services for commercial and Government agencies, with projects ranging from $5,000 to more than $10,000,000. We have extensive experience supporting Multiple Award IDIQ contracts for the Design and Construction of Federal Facilities.