Gale Construction Company Of Illinois

Gale Construction Company Of Illinois 100 Division, doing business as Gale Construction Company, is an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certified prime contractor based in Joliet, Illinois, that delivers heavy civil construction, facility rehabilitation, and infrastructure repair services to federal agencies across the United States. The vendor holds concurrent SBA certifications as an 8(a) Business Development Program participant and HUBZone firm, competing predominantly under total small business, 8(a), HUBZone, and woman-owned small business set-asides; roughly 70% of recent awards carry set-aside designations. Gale operates as a prime on 100% of its federal awards, with no subcontractor footprint.

Gale's capability portfolio centers on structural concrete repairs, levee stabilization, parking lot and roadway paving, facility renovations including lead and asbestos abatement, loading dock rehabilitation, skylight replacements, sprinkler and fire protection system upgrades, and civil works maintenance at federal installations. Representative recent work includes a $3.75 million total small business definitive contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for major maintenance and repairs—including hazardous materials removal, exterior replacements, and interior upgrades—at Eatons Neck Coast Guard Station in Northport, New York (awarded May 2026); a $5.05 million total small business definitive contract with the Army Corps of Engineers for R-613 follow-on structural rehabilitation and hazardous-materials abatement repairs in Bellevue, Nebraska (awarded February 2026); and a $1.31 million HUBZone definitive contract with the Army Corps for Milan/Big Island levee system repairs including riprap placement and gate stem replacement in Milan, Illinois (awarded July 2024).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to civil works and federal real property customers. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers accounts for 50 awards and $321.8 million in combined potential value, with the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service adding another $101.1 million across multiple region-specific contracts. The top five customers by potential value represent 91% of combined award value. Within the Corps footprint, engineering districts at Jacksonville, Rock Island, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Huntington have all placed orders; GSA concentration sits with Region 6 (Kansas City, St. Louis, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas) and Region 3 (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware).

Gale holds six active indefinite delivery vehicles. The largest is a $95 million multiple-award IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District (awarded November 2025, through November 2030) for civil works and flood recovery projects. A $75 million GSA PBS multiple-award IDIQ covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware counties (awarded May 2026, through April 2027) opened in the Mid-Atlantic region. The vendor also maintains a $25 million GSA PBS Region 6 IDIQ for construction services across Kansas City, St. Louis, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas (awarded February 2024, through January 2029); a $24.9 million Army Corps single-award IDC for Coralville paving and facility maintenance in Iowa City (awarded August 2023, through August 2026); a $23 million Army Corps multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for concrete, stone, sand, and dirt materials (awarded July 2024, through July 2029); and a $4.5 million Air Mobility Command single-award IDC for noncomplex construction at Scott Air Force Base (awarded September 2023, through September 2025). Task-order activity under these vehicles has averaged 5 to 7 orders per year across the portfolio.

Activity has been uneven. Awards per year ran 18 in 2022, 18 in 2023, 12 in 2024, 11 in 2025, and 6 year-to-date in 2026; the decline from 2023 through 2026 may reflect the maturity of large IDVs rather than demand loss. Five awards with combined potential value of $10.7 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure.

Service Contract Inventory reporting captures a subset of Gale's federal service work. SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled approximately $10 million from FY2022 through FY2025, peaking at $3.8 million in FY2024 and dropping to $3.5 million in FY2025. The SCI dataset shows roughly 2.9 FTEs in FY2024 (the SCI high) and 1.8 FTEs in FY2025, reflecting the highly project-based nature of construction contracting where FTE counts vary with contract phase. On federal service contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $267.67 per hour, with senior labor and specialty trades pricing through $779.97 per hour; the 10th percentile figure of $0.00/hr reflects administrative or ceremonial records. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for an average 10% of contractor hours, with three named subcontractors reported across the portfolio, indicating Gale performs the majority of work with its own labor and retains tight control over execution. Gale's SCI footprint is a strict subset of its federal delivery; the majority of the vendor's work is goods (materials procurement) or products (equipment rental) not captured in SCI, and SCI does not cover classified contracts or work below the $150,000 reporting threshold.

Gale Construction Company is a general contractor performing both vertical and horizontal construction projects. Work history includes design-build projects. GCC self-performs concrete construction and heavy civil work, excavation, levees, building installations, marine work and earth work. GCC has 25 years of experience with federal, local and state municipalities. Additionally, Gale Construction performs commercial work for Norfolk Southern Railway, Standard Parking, Waste Management and EcoLabs. GCC has a diverse performance record.