EWA Direction Inc.

EWA Direction Inc. operates as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) prime contractor providing facilities maintenance, medical waste management, HVAC systems support, and vehicle repair services to federal agencies as a 100% prime footprint, with no subcontractor exposure. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, and also carries SBA certifications as a small disadvantaged business and HUBZone joint venture participant, with SDVOSB and VOSB designations expiring April 19, 2027.

EWA Direction's customer concentration is heavily weighted to Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Navy. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 leads by award count with 68 awards ($9.7 million combined potential value), while the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command carries the largest dollar value across 28 awards ($19.3 million combined potential value). Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 represents the third major customer with 24 awards ($15.4 million). Together, these three customers account for 79% of recent awards and 88% of combined potential value. EWA Direction also works with Veterans Integrated Service Network 19, 17, 10, and 6; the Marine Corps; and the Marine Air Ground Combat Center. Across the portfolio, SDVOSB set-asides recur heavily—the vendor wins under both SDVOSB Sole Source and Competitive 8(a) set-aside designations, as well as Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open procurements.

The capability portfolio centers on three core domains: regulated medical waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal; HVAC chiller and boiler plant maintenance, testing, preventive maintenance, and emergency repairs; and water treatment systems, cooling towers, and generator maintenance for healthcare facilities. Secondary capabilities include animal carcass removal and incineration, biohazard remediation, vehicle repair and procurement (especially trucks and trailers for the Marine Corps), and specialized facilities operator services. Representative prime work includes a $3.36 million SDVOSB NTX boiler and chiller plant maintenance purchase order with VA VISN 17 for the Garland VA Medical Center (awarded March 14, 2026, running through April 30, 2031); a $1.94 million SDVOSB medical waste collection and disposal purchase order with VA VISN 21 for seven Palo Alto-area facilities (awarded May 31, 2023, running through May 30, 2028); and a $5.36 million Total Small Business IDC with VA VISN 19 for regulated medical waste collection, transportation, treatment, and destruction across eight medical centers and 76 additional sites of care in the Rocky Mountain region (awarded July 1, 2024, running through July 31, 2027).

EWA Direction holds six named IDVs, all single-award vehicles reserved for small business or SDVOSB. The largest are a $5.36 million VA VISN 19 IDC for regulated medical waste (awarded July 1, 2024), a $4.94 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command IDC for recurring and nonrecurring biomedical waste management and disposal services in San Diego (awarded March 15, 2023, running through September 30, 2028), a $3.03 million VA VISN 6 IDC for medical waste collection (awarded October 2, 2023), and a $2.00 million VA VISN 21 IDC for HVAC chiller maintenance and repairs at Mather, California (awarded October 1, 2023, running through September 30, 2028). EWA Direction also places task orders under older Naval Facilities Engineering Command autobody services and VA VISN 22 waste removal vehicles. Across these IDVs, task-order activity shows recurring medical waste collections, chiller maintenance cycles, and vehicle repair orders at consistent annual volumes.

Activity has declined sharply year over year from a peak of 23 awards in 2023 to 7 awards in 2026 (most recent, September 1). The contractor faces a significant recompete cliff: 16 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $15.4 million, representing 23% of the total portfolio value. Major contracts reaching expiration include the $3.36 million VISN 17 boiler plant maintenance order (April 30, 2031), the $2.00 million VISN 21 chiller maintenance order (September 30, 2028), the $1.94 million VISN 21 medical waste order (May 30, 2028), and the $4.94 million Navy biomedical waste order (September 30, 2028).

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, EWA Direction invoiced $3.2 million from FY2023 through FY2024, growing from $1.2 million across 0.3 FTEs in FY2023 to $2 million across 1.2 FTEs in FY2024. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor self-performs all work with zero subcontractor engagement. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts range from a 10th percentile of $425.45/hr to a median of $906.49/hr to a 90th percentile of $2,164.21/hr, reflecting a mix of entry-level technicians and specialized engineering labor. SCI captures only federal service contracts and excludes goods, vehicle procurements, micro-purchases, and non-federal revenue, so the $3.2 million represents a partial view of EWA Direction's federal footprint; the vendor's full federal contract portfolio carries $66.3 million in combined potential value with $30.3 million obligated as of the source date.

EWA Direction specializes in Environmental Maintenance, Mechanical Maintenance and Equipment Rentals.

* Equipment and Vehicle Rentals (BSVE) - vehicle, bus, truck and equipment short-term and mid-term rentals.

* Environmental Maintenance - Hazardous Waste Management and Collection, Biohazard, BioMed Waste, laboratory waste...

* Mechanical Maintenance - Interstitial space surveys, Facility Condition Assessments, Facilities Management Support Services (O&M)

Additionally, Construction Management Personnel (Safety, Quality Control, Inspectors & Document Control)