KAL Architects, Inc.

KAL Architects, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business (WOSB) headquartered in Irvine, California, delivers architectural and engineering design, construction administration, and facility assessment services exclusively as a prime contractor to federal agencies across defense, civilian, and veterans health sectors. The firm competes predominantly under small business set-asides — Total Small Business designations account for roughly 60% of recent awards — and holds minority-owned and Subchapter S corporation designations. KAL Architects operates across NAICS 541310 (Architectural Services) and 541330 (Engineering Services), with a primary PSC footprint in architect-engineer general and construction-focused work spanning hospitals, military facilities, and federal real property.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of the Air Force. The top five customers account for 56% of awards by count and 71% of combined potential value, led by VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (83 awards, $54.1 million potential value) and the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center (8 awards, $1.32 billion potential value). The Air Force Materiel Command proper generated 41 awards ($24.8 million) and Air Combat Command 25 awards ($11.4 million). This concentration reflects KAL's deep, sustained engagement with large military installations and VA medical centers. The Army Corps of Engineers ranks third by dollar value ($250.7 million across 13 awards), creating a split between high-volume VA/Air Force work (measured by award count) and very-large-dollar architecture-engineering IDIQs anchored to USACE.

KAL Architects holds eight significant indefinite delivery contracts that anchor its federal footprint. The largest is a $249.5 million Enterprise A-E West Region multiple-award IDIQ with MICC Fort Campbell (awarded April 1, 2026, set-aside Total Small Business, completion March 31, 2036), which will support architecture-engineering across military installations and federal real property. A $249 million Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division A-E MATOC (awarded November 1, 2024, no set-aside, completion October 31, 2029) provides vertical architect-engineer services for military design and interagency projects. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $40 million A/E IDIQ (awarded December 12, 2025, Total Small Business set-aside, completion December 11, 2030) covering EPA Regions 5 through 10 for preliminary studies, feasibility work, energy audits, and construction quality control across 26 states and territories. NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center issued a $75 million West Regional Architect Engineer Services IDIQ (awarded July 14, 2025, multiple award, completion July 13, 2030). A $10 million USDA Agricultural Research Service Pacific West Area A/E IDC (awarded June 14, 2024, Total Small Business, completion June 13, 2029) funds design and construction administration across ARS facilities. The Department of Interior and Forest Service awarded a $50 million architecture-engineering MATOC (awarded September 22, 2022, Total Small Business, completion September 30, 2027). Air Combat Command's $4.5 million architect-engineer IDIQ for Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases (awarded June 1, 2022, Partial Small Business, completion May 31, 2027) has generated approximately 19 visible delivery orders totaling over $4.3 million. The Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento holds a $9.9 million A/E contract (awarded September 15, 2022, Total Small Business, completion September 26, 2027).

Recent capability work exemplifies KAL's vertical positioning in federal facilities. A $6.8 million Air Force Civil Engineer Center definitive contract (awarded July 22, 2024, no set-aside) covers Title II architect-engineer services for an Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance facility repair and construction at Beale Air Force Base, with completion July 24, 2028. A $1.5 million Environmental Protection Agency delivery order (awarded August 11, 2026, Total Small Business) provides architect-engineer construction follow-on services for the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center Region 6 Laboratory construction and renovation project at Ada, Oklahoma, with performance in Irvine and completion December 11, 2030. A $1.4 million Air Force Materiel Command delivery order (awarded December 29, 2023, no set-aside) funded dormitory architecture and engineering at Edwards Air Force Base with completion February 17, 2025. A $1.3 million Air Force ENDIST Albuquerque delivery order (awarded September 28, 2025, no set-aside) upgraded laser laboratories at Kirtland Air Force Base Buildings 760 and 770, with completion February 29, 2028. Recurring award themes across the portfolio include planning charrettes, Title I/II design documentation, facility assessments, building system upgrades (HVAC, fire suppression, electrical), dormitory and hangar renovations, seismic evaluations, and construction administration—all firm fixed price and predominantly at military installations in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Oklahoma.

Award activity has fluctuated but remained consistent: 24 awards in 2022, declining to 16 in 2023, rebounding to 26 in 2024, then moderating to 12 in 2025 and 11 in 2026. The vendor faces recompete exposure of $16.6 million in combined potential value across 17 awards completing within the next twenty-four months. KAL Architects operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards); sub-award activity is absent from the portfolio. Service Contract Inventory reporting for FY2025 captured $370 thousand in invoiced federal service-contract revenue across 2.4 FTEs, with a median government-paid rate of $35.71/hr and minimal sub-engagement (2% average sub-hours share across prime contracts). This SCI figure is a narrow slice of the vendor's federal contract work and does not reflect the broader design-and-engineering delivery anchored to delivery orders under large IDIQs. The vendor's total combined potential value across all 406 awards reaches $2.47 billion, with $107.9 million obligated to date (4% realization rate), reflecting the characteristic front-loading of ceiling values in indefinite delivery vehicles.

KAL Architects is a full-service Architectural & Engineering design firm providing planning, programming, preliminary design, full design, interior design, and construction management of complex environments including federal, state, municipal, healthcare, private sector, and quality-of-life facilities throughout the US. https://www.kalarchitects.com/