Guardian Construction, Inc.

Guardian Construction, Inc., an SBA 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Layton, Utah, delivers construction, renovation, and infrastructure improvement services to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor on small-business set-aside projects, with 95% of recent awards in prime roles and 5% as a subcontractor. The company is minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned, operating as a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation with an 8(a) certification valid through November 2029.

Guardian Construction's footprint centers on facility modernization and infrastructure work across federal installations. The vendor's primary capability portfolio spans commercial and institutional building construction (50 awards), HVAC and mechanical systems work (29 awards), highway and bridge construction (8 awards), roofing (8 awards), and water infrastructure (7 awards). Representative prime work includes a $17.2 million design-build contract with the National Park Service for a shuttle bus maintenance facility at Grand Canyon National Park (awarded June 2025, firm fixed price, completion June 2027); an $11.8 million contract from NPS for trail and bridge rehabilitation at New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia (awarded April 2026, completion May 2028); and a $10.9 million Defense Intelligence Agency contract for modernization of Denver International Airport's air traffic control tower facility (awarded April 2023, completion April 2026). The vendor also delivered a $10.5 million Army Corps of Engineers award for construction of an Aircrew Readiness Facility at Beale Air Force Base, California (awarded July 2025, completion October 2026).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Federal Aviation Administration dominates the portfolio: FAA Headquarters and FAA Southwestern Region together account for 33 awards worth $3.03 billion in combined potential value, representing 93% of the vendor's portfolio dollars. The National Park Service National Office (13 awards, $68.1 million), U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region (12 awards, $10.9 million), and GSA Public Buildings Service Region 9 (9 awards, $3.9 million) round out the top-five customer set, covering 96% of total potential value. The vendor has worked with 40 distinct federal agencies, but this broad agency list masks deep dependency on FAA volume.

Guardian Construction holds three single-award Basic Ordering Agreements with the FAA, each valued at $999,999,999 and valid through July 2033, awarded July 5, 2023. These BOAs enable rapid task-order placement for construction, renovation, and modernization at Air Traffic Control Centers, Airport Traffic Control Towers, and Terminal Radar Approach Control facilities across Eastern, Central, Western, and Alaska service areas, with orders ranging from $10,000 to over $2 million. The vendor also holds two Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the U.S. Forest Service: Region 2 Road and Bridge Construction MATOC ($50 million ceiling, awarded July 2025, completion July 2030) and Region 4 Road and Bridge Construction MATOC ($50 million ceiling, awarded May 2025, completion April 2030), both total small business set-asides. A multi-award General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 9 MACC vehicle carries 7 task orders. These vehicles position Guardian as a sustained supplier to FAA's air traffic control infrastructure modernization mission and as an emerging USFS partner for western forest-service road and bridge work.

Activity has run between 17 and 27 awards annually over 2022–2025 (18 in 2022, 27 in 2023, 18 in 2024, 17 in 2025), with two awards recorded in 2026. Combined potential value across all 137 awards reaches $3.28 billion, though obligated dollars total only $172.6 million (5% of potential), reflecting the heavy weight of unobligated FAA BOA ceilings. Ten awards totaling $66.8 million in potential value reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in that window. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows FY2024 invoicing of $18.9 million across 17.1 FTEs (government-delivered labor), with a trajectory of growth from $3.3 million and 5.9 FTEs in FY2022. SCI-derived blended government-paid rates run median $269.08/hr, with senior labor priced through $560.31/hr and entry-level labor at $121.06/hr, reflecting a mix of HVAC technicians, carpenters, project managers, and field supervisors on facility projects.

Guardian Construction operates primarily with internal delivery teams; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 15% of total contractor hours, with 21 named subs reported. The vendor subcontracts to Guardian EC II JV LLC (a related entity based on sub-award records) on GSA Public Buildings Service work in the Southwestern region, including federal courthouse and IRS building renovations in Tucson, Las Vegas, and Oakland. The sub relationship with Guardian EC II JV LLC—appearing on seven sub-award records dating from February 2023 through February 2025—suggests a formal teaming or organizational structure rather than arms-length subcontracting to external firms.

Set-aside posture is 8(a)-dominant: 90% of named prime awards carry either Total Small Business set-asides or 8(a) Sole Source designations; roughly 10% compete full-and-open or under no set-aside. This 8(a) concentration reflects Guardian's deliberate positioning as a certified program participant and aligns with the vendor's three decade-plus track record of federal construction work across military bases, national parks, national forests, and civilian facilities. The vendor's federal prime contract awards exceed $200 million in aggregate historical value, with SCI-reported service-contract invoicing now running $18.9 million annually as of FY2024.

Guardian has amassed extensive experience and specializes in Federal Contracting as a Design-Build/General Contractor. Guardian is known for providing simple and comprehensive solutions to difficult and complex construction problems and has a proven track record of delivering projects on-time, within budget, and exceeding client expectations, without sacrificing safety and quality.

With a strong history of completing projects in critical and occupied environments. We offer design build, design bid build, interior and exterior renovations, roofing, electrical, mechanical and HVAC, flooring, carpentry, waterproofing, plumbing, sprinkler, fire alarm, glazing & windows, masonry & site work, concrete, structural repairs, curb & sidewalk repairs, commissioning, asbestos & lead abatement, office renovation, open work space remodeling, courthouses, laboratories, historical and preservation alterations, health care facilities, framing and drywall, prefabricated metal buildings, excavation.