Gema Contractor Service Corp.

Gema Contractor Service Corp., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and 8(a) certified firm based in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, operates as a prime contractor delivering facility maintenance, grounds management, and minor construction services to federal agencies across the Caribbean, competing predominantly under SDVOSB and 8(a) set-asides. The company is minority-owned (Hispanic American) and self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, with a corporate structure registered in SAM since 2004.

Gema's capability portfolio centers on grounds maintenance, building repairs, and facility services rooted in concrete federal work. Its largest contract is a $7.3 million Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business definitive contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 for ground maintenance and related services at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with the third option period exercised in May 2023 and ultimate completion in April 2028. A second major vehicle is a $2.27 million SDVOSB purchase order from VA VISN 8 for parking garage cleaning services at the same facility, with the third option period exercised in October 2022 and running through September 2027. More recently, the National Cemetery Administration awarded Gema a $6.84 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract in September 2025 for comprehensive grounds maintenance of Morovis National Cemetery in Puerto Rico, including mowing, edging, trimming, irrigation maintenance, fertilization, pest control, and headstone cleaning; two base-year delivery orders totaling approximately $956 thousand were issued in September 2025, and a first option-year delivery order for $821 thousand was awarded September 1, 2026. Representative smaller-value work includes 8(a) Sole Source purchase orders from the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 2 for painting and refreshing ($29.7 thousand), kitchen equipment maintenance ($9.8 thousand), and traffic sign installation ($22.2 thousand) at federal facilities in San Juan and Guaynabo.

Customer concentration is sharp and tilted heavily toward VA programs. The top five agencies account for 71% of recent awards by count, but the VA dominates by dollars: VA VISN 8 anchors 21 awards with $16.4 million combined potential value (59% of the portfolio), while the National Cemetery Administration adds 6 awards worth $8.8 million. GSA Public Buildings Service Region 2 contributes the second-highest award count at 45 orders but only $1.1 million in combined value, reflecting a high-volume, low-dollar-per-order posture typical of facility maintenance task calls. By potential value, VA VISN 8 and NCA together represent 92% of the portfolio, creating substantial customer concentration and recompete exposure.

Gema holds a single active parent vehicle: the National Cemetery Administration Indefinite Delivery Contract 36C78625D50504 (not to be confused with a different IDIQ vehicle with a similar number under which earlier task orders were placed). Five task orders under related IDIQs carry $2 million in combined potential value. The company does not sit on government-wide vehicles such as GWACs or multi-agency BPAs; its work flows almost entirely through direct agency solicitations and agency-specific IDIQs.

Award activity peaked in 2023 with 24 awards, then contracted sharply to 6 in 2024 and 3 each in 2025 and 2026 (year-to-date), indicating a significant slowdown. This deceleration coincides with the shift from numerous small GSA Region 2 purchase orders toward larger, multi-year VA contracts. Eight awards totaling $11.6 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent near-term recompete exposure.

Gema competes exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of tracked awards); no subcontract work appears in the source. The company does not subcontract most of its work—the National Cemetery Administration IDIQ explicitly caps subcontracting at 50% of contract value to non-veteran-owned businesses and mandates a minimum crew of 15 employees year-round, indicating Gema performs the bulk of work in-house.

NAICS and PSC concentration reflects the service scope: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (26 awards), Landscaping Services (16 awards), and Painting and Wall Covering Contractors (9 awards) dominate the category distribution. PSC codes cluster around Repair or Alteration of Office Buildings (31 awards), Housekeeping—Landscaping/Groundskeeping (18 awards), and Maintenance of Office Buildings (7 awards), confirming a facility-centric, Puerto Rico-based operational footprint. All performance is rooted in Puerto Rico, with most work at VA Caribbean Healthcare System facilities in San Juan, National Cemetery Administration grounds at Morovis, and GSA federal buildings in the San Juan metropolitan area.

8(a)certified and SDVOSB Verified general contractor. Construction, remodeling & alterations, gypsum board, accoustical roof contractors, design construction, office modules, landscaping & ground maintenance services, among other related services.