ESA South, Inc.

ESA South, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned small business (VOSB) based in Pensacola and Cantonment, Florida, delivers construction, infrastructure modernization, and facilities maintenance services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and Army Corps of Engineers as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in full-and-open and SDVOSB set-aside procurements without reliance on subcontractors.

ESA South operates as a Subchapter S corporation and vertically integrated prime performing 100 percent of work in-house across its construction portfolio. The vendor holds dual SBA certifications as both SDVOSB and VOSB (valid through October 6, 2026) and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted procurements with equal frequency. Primary NAICS concentration runs to 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), which accounts for 165 of 250 awards, with secondary exposure in remediation services, roofing, and heavy civil engineering. The firm's capability portfolio centers on healthcare facility infrastructure upgrades, mechanical and electrical system replacements, HVAC and UPS power infrastructure modernization, fire suppression improvements, facility renovations, and design-build construction at VA medical centers and military healthcare installations.

Customer concentration is extreme and anchored by healthcare networks. The top five funding customer organizations account for 50 percent of awards by count and 58 percent of combined potential value. By award count, Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 leads with 47 awards worth $332.2 million, followed by Army Medical Command with 42 awards worth $571.8 million. By combined potential value, the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville dominates with five awards carrying $1.37 billion in combined ceiling, driven primarily by ESA South's $1.3 billion Medical Repair and Renewal VII (MRR VII) multiple-award IDC awarded January 30, 2025. Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 holds the second-largest value share at $654.5 million across seven awards, anchored by a $600 million VISN 22 Construction Services MATOC awarded June 25, 2024, set aside for SDVOSB. Army Medical Command's $571.8 million reflects delivery-order work under the MEDCOM Healthcare Facility Design, Repair, and Construction indefinite-delivery contract. Navy Facilities Engineering Command contributes $348.7 million across seven awards, including a $99 million Kings Bay Submarine Base MACC (single-award, awarded February 2, 2022) and a $249 million NAVFAC Southeast Gulf Coast Area MACC (multiple-award, awarded May 2, 2024, set-aside for Total Small Business).

Recent major definitive contracts include a $45.9 million VA Dallas EHRM infrastructure upgrades construction award (September 2026, firm fixed-price, no set-aside), an $81.2 million VA Biloxi Building 1 renovation award (January 2025, firm fixed-price, no set-aside), a $46.3 million VA Columbia EHRM infrastructure upgrades award (December 2023, SDVOSB set-aside), a $45.4 million VA Indianapolis EHRM infrastructure upgrades award (November 2023, SDVOSB set-aside), and a $59 million VA Malcolm Randall HVAC replacement award (October 2022, SDVOSB set-aside). Delivery-order work under parent vehicles includes a $10.6 million Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command UPS infrastructure upgrade at Gulfport, Mississippi (September 2025, under NAVFAC SE Gulf Coast Area MACC), an $11.8 million Army Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital switchgear repair at Fort Johnson, Louisiana (September 2025, under Defense Health Agency's Healthcare and Medical Research Laboratory Facility MATOC), and a $5 million Kings Bay Trident Refit Facility blast media removal (September 2024, under Kings Bay MACC).

IDV portfolio spans seven active indefinite-delivery vehicles totaling approximately $2.86 billion in combined ceiling: the $1.3 billion Medical Repair and Renewal VII contract (January 2025, multiple-award, no set-aside); the $600 million VISN 22 Construction Services MATOC (June 2024, multiple-award, SDVOSB set-aside); the $249 million Healthcare and Medical Research Laboratory Facility MATOC with the Defense Health Agency (September 2024, multiple-award, no set-aside, Central Region); the $249 million NAVFAC Southeast Gulf Coast Area MACC (May 2024, multiple-award, Total Small Business set-aside); the $100 million VISN 1 New England Healthcare System Construction MATOC (October 2024, multiple-award, VOSB set-aside); the $99 million Kings Bay MACC (February 2022, single-award, no set-aside); and the $40 million VISN 16 Gulf Coast MATOC (September 2023, multiple-award, SDVOSB set-aside). Task-order activity on these vehicles shows 22 task orders against W9127813D0047 (IDC, $15.4 million combined value), 10 task orders against VA248C1854 (IDC, $25.7 million combined value), and 9 task orders against VA25512D0064 (IDC, $19.5 million combined value).

Award activity declined from nine awards in 2022 to three in 2026, but the portfolio carries substantial recompete exposure: nine awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $296.1 million, representing both renewal opportunity and near-term revenue risk. SCI-reported federal service-contract invoicing totaled $220.2 million across FY2022–FY2025, with $23.2 million invoiced in FY2022, $75.5 million in FY2023, $54.5 million in FY2024, and $67.1 million in FY2025. Across those four years, SCI shows roughly 9.2 to 27.2 FTEs delivered per fiscal year, with FY2025 showing 27.2 FTEs. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid hourly rates ran a median of $868.50/hr, with a range from $467.82/hr (10th percentile) through $2,578.06/hr (90th percentile), reflecting the mix of skilled trades, project management, and supervisory labor on infrastructure projects. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, ESA South reported zero percent sub-engagement — no subcontractor hours — indicating a fully integrated delivery model consistent with the firm's stated vertically integrated posture across its construction portfolio.

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.