J'S Associates, LLC

J'S Associates, LLC, a women-owned small business headquartered in Dunkirk, Maryland, operates as a prime contractor delivering facilities maintenance, operations and management, and janitorial services to civilian federal agencies across the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and National Capital Region. The firm holds SBA certifications as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and competes predominantly through total small business set-asides and woman-owned small business designations on GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicles, though it also wins open competitive procurements.

J'S Associates' footprint centers on facility operations and maintenance across federal buildings managed by the General Services Administration. The firm specializes in HVAC services (chiller repair, heat exchanger replacement, boiler maintenance, cooling tower work), plumbing and drain line repairs, electrical infrastructure upgrades, roof and structural repairs, fire safety and sprinkler system maintenance, water quality management, janitorial services, and emergency facility response. Recent work includes a $488,997.71 exterior masonry cleaning delivery order for the USDA Jamie L. Whitten Building in Washington, DC (July 2025); a $391,855.05 janitorial services contract for the USDA National Arboretum campus (September 2025, with four optional renewal years); a $350,260.92 operations and maintenance delivery order at the Southeast Area facility in Charleston, South Carolina (September 2025); and a $146,380.61 janitorial task order for the same Southeast Area location (June 2026). The firm also holds two recently awarded indefinite delivery contracts: a $548,765.86 single-award IDC with USDA Agricultural Marketing Service for Cotton and Tobacco Program facility maintenance in Memphis, Tennessee (October 2025 through June 2030), and a $333,507.28 single-award IDC with USDA Agricultural Research Service for operations and maintenance at the Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina (September 2025, with potential through September 2026).

Customer concentration is extreme and regional. GSA Public Buildings Service Region 5 dominates with 267 awards worth $141.3 million combined potential value (51% of the total portfolio by dollars); this region encompasses Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan federal properties where J'S Associates operates multiple large blanket purchase agreements. GSA National Capital Region ranks second with 234 awards totaling $46 million. GSA Region 4 (Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) accounts for 74 awards worth $27.6 million, driven primarily by a $10.4 million single-award BPA covering combined operations and maintenance and janitorial services at six Tennessee federal buildings (Estes Kefauver, Fred Thompson U.S. Courthouse, Columbia and Cookeville courthouses) awarded May 2024 through January 2027. Together, the top five customer entities account for 88% of combined potential value across the entire portfolio. Sixty-one distinct customer agencies have placed awards, but 74% of awards cluster within the top five GSA regional entities, reflecting J'S Associates' positioning as a regional facilities contractor rather than a national prime.

J'S Associates operates predominantly through GSA Multiple Award Schedule BPAs. The firm holds parent vehicles totaling approximately $31 million across four major indefinite delivery contracts: a $15.1 million BPA with GSA Region 5 for operations and maintenance at the Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building in Chicago (through May 2034); a $10.4 million single-award BPA covering six Tennessee federal buildings (through January 2027); a $5.3 million BPA for consolidated facilities management at the E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana (through November 2034); and a $548.8 million USDA IDC for Memphis (through June 2030). The GSA Multiple Award Schedule accounts for 954 task orders totaling $266.3 million in combined potential value. BPA calls issued under these vehicles are typically firm fixed-price orders ranging from $2,600 to $488,997, with the bulk falling between $5,000 and $50,000. The vendor competes across open procurements, total small business set-asides, and woman-owned small business set-asides, with recent awards split roughly evenly between set-aside and non-set-aside designations.

Activity has grown modestly over five years: 101 awards in 2022, climbing to 133 in 2024, then declining to 85 in 2025 and 91 through mid-2026. In the next twenty-four months, sixty-three awards with ultimate completion dates fall into recompete window, representing $12.5 million combined potential value—a modest exposure suggesting steady but not aggressive near-term recompete pressure. The portfolio's dominant NAICS are 561210 (Facilities Support Services, 872 awards) and 238110 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors, 93 awards), reflecting the vendor's core business as a facilities maintenance and operations contractor.

Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $17.9 million across three fiscal years (FY2022–FY2024): $1.9 million in FY2022 (23.4 FTEs), $5.2 million in FY2023 (28.4 FTEs), and $10.8 million in FY2024 (56.3 FTEs). The workforce trajectory on federal service contracts shows rapid scaling—more than doubling from FY2023 to FY2024. Median government-paid hourly rates run around $74.95/hr, with the 10th percentile at $23.87/hr (custodial roles) and the 90th percentile at $352.53/hr (senior project management). GSA Schedule labor categories span twenty-three positions from Custodian-Janitor ($30.29/hr) through Facilities Manager ($135.76/hr), with education requirements from high school through bachelor's degree and experience profiles ranging from entry-level to ten years. The vendor staffs contracts entirely with direct labor; across SCI-reportable prime records, subcontractor hours represent 0% of total hours. This make-or-buy posture—building and scaling its own delivery teams rather than relying on subs—is consistent with the facilities maintenance business model where labor availability and supervisory control are critical to responsive emergency repair capability.

The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor across the award portfolio (1,111 prime awards; 1 sub award), has maintained continuous federal contractor registration since at least November 2003, and appears to operate as a self-contained service delivery entity without notable teaming partnerships. The firm's competitive positioning rests on regional depth (particularly GSA Region 5), responsiveness to emergency facility requirements (sprinkler repairs, water damage, HVAC failures), and eligibility for women-owned and small disadvantaged business set-asides that dominate the GSA facilities maintenance procurement landscape.

Operation & Maintenance, Facillites Management, Janitorial Services, Custodial Services, Grounds Maintenance, Landscaping & Snow Removal Services,

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