KAL Architects, Inc.

KAL Architects, Inc. provides architectural and engineering design services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, holding a portfolio of more than $2.47 billion in combined potential value across 399 prime awards. The firm is a woman-owned small business and self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Irvine, California, structured as a Subchapter S Corporation and Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) American owned. KAL Architects competes predominantly under small business set-asides—Total Small Business and Partial Small Business designations characterize the majority of its footprint—while also winning full-and-open delivery orders, particularly against larger indefinite delivery vehicles.

The firm's core capability is vertical architect-engineer services: conceptual and preliminary design, Title I and Title II construction documentation, facility assessments, planning charrettes, construction administration, and equipment installation across military infrastructure, healthcare facilities, and civil works. Recent representative work includes a $6.823 million Title II architect-engineering delivery order from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center for repair and construction of an Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance facility at Beale Air Force Base (July 2024); a $1.808 million conceptual charrette from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center for hangar renovation at Fairchild Air Force Base (September 2021); and a $1.412 million delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command for dormitory architecture and engineering at Edwards Air Force Base (December 2023). Task orders span facility renovations, utility system design, seismic evaluations, lightning protection systems, fire suppression design, building management system upgrades, and HVAC repairs across Air Force, Army Corps of Engineers, Veterans Affairs, Department of Interior, USDA, NASA, and EPA installations.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of the Air Force and Department of Veterans Affairs. The top five customers by award count—VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (82 awards), Department of the Navy (63 awards), Air Force Materiel Command (39 awards), Air Force Air Combat Command (25 awards), and VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management (16 awards)—account for 56% of total awards. By potential dollar value, the rankings shift toward larger IDV holders: Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center alone anchors the portfolio with $1.32 billion across eight awards, followed by Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Los Angeles ($250.7 million across 13 awards), Department of Defense ($77.5 million across 10 awards), VA VISN 22 ($54 million across 82 awards), and Air Force Headquarters Air Force Medical Support Agency ($47.6 million across four awards). The concentration signal is high: 71% of all potential value flows from the top five customer buckets, with a single Air Force customer (Materiel Command CECO) representing over half the portfolio ceiling.

KAL Architects holds seats on multiple large federal architect-engineer vehicles. The firm was awarded a $249.5 million multiple-award IDC from MICC Fort Campbell in April 2026 for Enterprise A-E West Region services (Total Small Business set-aside, running through March 2036). A $75 million multiple-award IDC from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (July 2025) provides West Regional Architect Engineer Services across NASA facilities. A $249 million multiple-award contract from Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division (November 2024) furnishes vertical architect-engineer services for Military Design and Interagency International Services under the Regional A-E Vertical Design Services parent. A $40 million multiple-award EPA contract (December 2025) covers architect-engineer services for EPA Regions 5–10 (Total Small Business set-aside). The $11.875 million single-award contract with Air Force Materiel Command at Edwards Air Force Base (August 2021, through August 2026) has generated 33 delivery orders valued at $9.3 million combined. The $4.5 million partial-small-business Air Combat Command IDIQ for Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases (June 2022–May 2027) has issued multiple task orders. Older standing vehicles include a $50 million Department of Interior/Forest Service MATOC (Total Small Business, September 2022–September 2027), a $10 million USDA Agricultural Research Service Pacific West Area contract (Total Small Business, June 2024–June 2029), and a $9.9 million Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division contract (Total Small Business, September 2022–September 2026). These vehicles collectively represent the firm's primary task order pipeline and demonstrate its established footprint across defense, civilian health, civilian infrastructure, and environmental agencies.

Activity has been cyclical but remains substantial. Awards per year show 24 in 2022, 16 in 2023, 26 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and four in the first half of 2026—the recent decline likely reflects year-to-date reporting. Across the portfolio, only 11 awards (combined potential value $7.2 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure relative to the firm's large standing IDVs. The firm has not subcontracted to other primes in the available award data; all 399 awards are prime positions. KAL Architects' service geography spans military installations in California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, and scattered federal facilities nationwide, with administrative operations centered in Irvine and project delivery at customer sites.

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/