JE Richards Inc.

JE Richards Inc., a large commercial electrical contracting company based in Lanham, Maryland, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) providing electrical installation, maintenance, repair, and upgrade services to civilian federal agencies, primarily the National Gallery of Art. The company is a subsidiary of Mcphee Electric, LIMITED, and competes in the full-and-open market without SBA set-asides.

JE Richards' federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated with the National Gallery of Art, which accounts for 80 of 153 total awards and $41 million of the $52 million combined potential value across the vendor's award history. This concentration dominates the top-customer rankings by both award count and potential value — the next largest customer by dollars, the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division, represents only $140 thousand in combined potential value. Secondary customers include the US Agency for International Development (10 awards, $100 thousand), the Smithsonian Institution (6 awards, $59 thousand), and the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (5 awards, $74 thousand). The customer base spans 16 distinct federal agencies, but National Gallery of Art work comprises approximately 79% of the vendor's federal potential value.

The vendor holds two active indefinite delivery contracts with the National Gallery of Art. The PXD ELECTRICAL IDIQ, a single-award IDC valued at $10.66 million and running through December 2026, has been the primary vehicle for gallery work since January 2022, with task orders spanning LED fixture upgrades ($299 thousand), permanent collection maintenance ($316 thousand), electrical circuit provisioning in the SC-16 data center ($49 thousand), and archive hallway services ($2.1 thousand). A second multiple-award ELECTRICAL IDIQ contract, valued at $8 million and awarded in October 2025 with a completion date of September 2030, extends the vendor's framework for recurring electrical and facilities support work. Beyond the National Gallery of Art, the vendor has awarded contracts with the Smithsonian Institution for data line installation (31 Category 6 lines, $9.96 thousand in December 2022) and electrical floor configuration updates ($7 thousand in December 2022). Top parent vehicles by task-order volume are all National Gallery of Art IDCs: NGA09IDC4979GS (32 task orders, $2.8 million), NGA03Y89 (15 task orders, $3.8 million), and NGA04979GS09 (14 task orders, $690 thousand).

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on electrical contracting services, with primary NAICS concentration in Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors (101 of 153 awards). Work spans LED fixture installation and upgrade, permanent collection electrical support for museums, electrical panel upgrades, data center electrical infrastructure, audiovisual equipment wiring, and general facilities electrical maintenance across federal cultural institutions in Washington, DC. Activity has declined in recent years — eight awards in 2022 contracted to one award in 2026 — with only three awards (combined potential value $526 thousand) facing ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and thus triggering recompete exposure. The vendor operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor; a single Service Contract Inventory record in FY2022 shows the vendor as a named subcontractor with 1.0 FTE, and three sub-award records show JE Richards subcontracting to The Aerospace Corporation on low-voltage/electrical facilities services, to Salient Crgt, Inc. on direct labor funding realignment, and to Kaiyuh Services, LLC on lobby glass replacement and electrical equipment installation. The vendor has registered in the System for Award Management since 2003.