HGS Engineering Inc.

HGS Engineering Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) headquartered in Anniston, Alabama, delivers environmental compliance auditing, water quality testing, occupational safety services, and facilities maintenance to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor on set-aside and full-and-open vehicles. The company competes across both SDVOSB-designated and unrestricted procurements, with SDVOSB set-asides recurring across roughly 40% of recent prime awards and Total Small Business set-asides accounting for an additional 15%.

HGS Engineering's federal footprint centers on the Department of Veterans Affairs, which funds roughly 30% of recent prime awards by count and anchors the vendor's most active contract vehicles. The company's core capabilities—Legionella and dental water line testing, environmental compliance auditing, lockout/tagout procedure development and training, spill prevention planning, HVAC water treatment, and janitorial services—flow from a $86.71 million GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract (through June 2027) and multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts and Blanket Purchase Agreements with individual VA Veterans Integrated Service Networks. Over the past three years, HGS Engineering has delivered Legionella testing at medical centers including Tampa, Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre, Milwaukee, Dallas, Portland, and across Michigan and Indiana facilities; lockout/tagout program development at Birmingham, Kansas City, Marion, and Syracuse VA locations; and sterile processing supply water testing at Rochester and East Orange clinics. Representative dollar magnitudes include a $542,361 three-year dental and groundwater testing contract with VA Tampa (VISN 8), a $421,272 Legionella testing order from VA Dallas (VISN 17), and a $690,928 janitorial services contract with the Bureau of Land Management Medford office in Oregon through 2028.

Customer concentration by award count diverges from concentration by potential value. The top five funding agencies by count (Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, GSA Region 9, VA VISN 2, VA VISN 8, VA VISN 7) account for 26% of awards but only 11% of combined potential value. By dollars, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region leads with $24.9 million across 20 awards, followed by VA VISN 4 ($9.6 million, 22 awards), Federal Emergency Management Agency ($9.6 million, 14 awards), VA VISN 7 ($7.9 million, 23 awards), and VA VISN 2 ($7.6 million, 32 awards). The divergence reflects that DLA and GSA Region 9 place numerous small task orders (averaging $59,000 and $88,000 respectively), while Forest Service and FEMA awards carry higher individual ceilings.

HGS Engineering holds position on a $49 million Multiple Award IDIQ with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District for Eastern European environmental compliance services (through September 2030, minimum guarantee $2,500), a $50 million LMIR Blanket Purchase Agreement with the USDA Forest Service (through March 2033), and $7 million hazmat and wildlife/forest service BPAs with Forest Service regions. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (354 task orders, $107.2 million combined potential value) remains the vendor's primary parent vehicle by order count and dollar volume, feeding work across the VA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Labor Job Corps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Army Corps of Engineers, and National Park Service.

Activity has grown year over year—24 awards in 2022 to 61 in 2024—before declining to 42 in 2025 and 14 through September 2026 (partial year). Thirty-four awards worth $12.4 million combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting moderate recompete exposure concentrated in VA water testing, Forest Service environmental audits, and lockout/tagout program tasks.

SCI-reported invoicing totaled $13 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $5.6 million, 32.3 FTEs; FY2023: $3.3 million, 25.5 FTEs; FY2024: $4 million, 28.2 FTEs), capturing only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold. On federal services contracts reported in SCI, HGS Engineering derives median government-paid rates around $78/hr, with the 10th percentile at $35/hr (laborer roles) and 90th percentile at $235/hr (senior program management); the company self-performed 97% of reported hours across prime contracts, with minimal subcontractor engagement (3% average sub-hours share, two named subs). The GSA labor portfolio spans 162 categories at $34.25–$143.38/hr, ranging from high-school-level laborers and HVAC mechanics through master's-level EHS project managers, with no security clearances offered.

HGS Engineering operates as a prime contractor on 100% of awards in the source footprint, with two sub awards (both to Leidos, providing environmental compliance audit support). The company's teaming strategy emphasizes direct delivery rather than reliance on subcontractors, positioning it as a self-contained services provider to federal clients rather than a feeder to larger system integrators. The vendor's SDVOSB and VOSB certifications (expiring July 31, 2027) anchor pursuit across set-aside vehicles while enabling participation in full-and-open procurements; recent award splits show roughly 40% SDVOSB set-asides, 15% Total Small Business set-asides, and 45% unrestricted competition.

HGS offers a full spectrum of environmental engineering, safety and energy conservation support to the federal government and to over 200 private sector businesses.