Ironwood Commercial Builders Inc.

Ironwood Commercial Builders Inc., a women-owned small business headquartered in Concord, California, operates as a prime contractor delivering design-build construction, facility renovation, infrastructure maintenance, and civil engineering services to federal agencies, competing predominantly under small-business set-asides (100% of awards are prime, no subcontracting footprint). The company holds SBA certification as both an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), positioning it across both total small business and 8(a) sole-source designations.

Ironwood's capability portfolio centers on federal facility modernization, HVAC rehabilitation, electrical system upgrades, exterior masonry restoration, infrastructure repairs, and construction services across commercial and institutional buildings. Recent representative work includes a $7.7 million delivery order from NASA Ames Research Center for domestic water infrastructure restoration at Moffett Federal Airfield (September 2026), a $7.4 million design-build masonry project and dry rot treatment at the Browning Courthouse in San Francisco for GSA Region 9 (August 2025), and a $14.5 million disaster-recovery design-build for fire crew facility relocation in Quincy, California for U.S. Forest Service Region 5 (November 2023). The company also holds contracts for comfort station replacements, parking lot rehabilitation, sewer system work, and road reconstruction across western federal lands under the Great American Outdoors Act.

Customer concentration is moderate and split between large-ceiling IDIQs and task-order volume. GSA Public Buildings Service Region 9 dominates by award count (57 awards, $115.7 million combined potential value), reflecting Ironwood's established position on GSA construction contracts in the Pacific region. However, the dollar picture is anchored by two massive IDIQ ceilings: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (4 awards, $750 million combined potential value) for a Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract awarded June 2026, and Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters (2 awards, $500 million combined potential value) for the Great American Outdoors Act MATOC extended through June 2027. These two vehicles account for 63% of combined potential value across the portfolio despite representing only six of 181 total awards. GSA Region 9, by contrast, represents volume-driven activity with smaller ceiling values.

Ironwood's vehicle position reflects a portfolio built on federal construction IDIQs and MATOCs. The Great American Outdoors Act MATOC issued by Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service carries a $250 million ceiling (December 2021, extended through June 2027) and anchors 32 task orders worth $47.2 million. The GSA Public Buildings Service Region 9 MACC ($250 million ceiling, through June 2027) supports 7 task orders valued at $17.2 million. A $50 million Region 2 Road and Bridge Construction MATOC with U.S. Forest Service (awarded July 2025) and a $500 million GSA EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) construction IDIQ (November 2022) round out major vehicles. Ironwood also holds a $450 million Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract with NASA Armstrong (June 2026) and basic ordering agreements with Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service ($5 million ceiling, August 2025). These vehicles enable task-order competition across Department of Interior, U.S. Forest Service, GSA, NASA, and DoD agencies.

Activity has been volatile year-over-year: 16 awards in 2022, rising to 31 in 2023, then declining to 13 in 2024, rebounding slightly to 8 in 2025 and 12 in 2026 (through September). Combined potential value across 181 awards totals $2.37 billion; obligations amount to $185.9 million (8% of potential value), indicating a portfolio weighted heavily toward option periods and future task orders. Fourteen awards totaling $58.9 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure for those vehicles and task orders.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue shows $72.7 million across FY2022–FY2025, with $27.5 million invoiced in FY2025 (the highest year in the SCI dataset). FTE levels reported in SCI averaged 12.6 in FY2022, declining to 5.8 in FY2025, though FY2025 invoicing surged, indicating higher billing rates or project-driven staffing. Government-paid hourly rates derived from SCI invoiced amounts show a median of $255.68 per hour, with 90th percentile rates reaching $615.14 per hour, positioning Ironwood in the mid-to-upper range for federal construction labor pricing. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed an average of 43% of contractor hours, with 232 named subcontractors engaged over the period; this indicates Ironwood operates as a prime with significant sub-reliance for specialized trades and field labor.

Ironwood competes across 44 distinct federal agencies. Beyond GSA Region 9 and NASA Armstrong, active customers include Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (13 awards, $2.7 million), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (7 awards, $427 thousand), Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation (7 awards, $5.6 million), NASA Ames Research Center (7 awards, $17.6 million), Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (6 awards, $55.6 million), and Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency Distribution (5 awards, $72.9 million). Work is geographically concentrated in western states (California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Washington) with regional administrative centers at Department of Interior field offices, GSA regional hubs, and U.S. Forest Service regional headquarters. The company's small-business posture — 8(a) sole-source and total small business set-asides across the portfolio — positions it as a preferred vehicle for federal facility modernization mandates under Great American Outdoors Act and GSA deferred-maintenance initiatives.

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