Kaula AE LLC

Kaula AE LLC, a Native Hawaiian Organization-owned, SBA 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, operates as a prime contractor delivering flooring replacement, carpet installation, asbestos abatement, and facility engineering services to federal agencies across Hawaii and the Pacific region. The company competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides and full-and-open competition, with 100 percent of its recent federal footprint as prime awards across delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. Kaula AE LLC is structured as a limited liability partnership with two named joint-venture subsidiaries: Kaula Element Joint Venture, LLC (self-certified small disadvantaged business, Native Hawaiian Organization-owned) and Ghd-Kaula AE Joint Venture (minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, Native Hawaiian Organization-owned).

Customer concentration centers on civilian infrastructure and facility agencies across the Pacific region. The top five funding agencies account for 83 percent of awards by count, led by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region (24 awards, $6.5 million combined potential value), the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region (18 awards, $5.5 million), and the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command (6 awards, $6.9 million). The top-by-potential-value ranking surfaces Navy NAVFAC's outsized dollar concentration—$6.9 million across 6 awards—versus the NPS Pacific West Region's volume-driven position of 24 awards. Department of the Navy Installations Command, Department of the Navy United States Pacific Fleet Forces, and Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office round out the active customer set. The agency footprint spans military installations on Oahu (Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Wheeler Army Airfield) and civilian sites including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Haleakala National Park, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam, and Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site.

Kaula AE LLC holds three principal indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its work order stream: a $4.3 million single-award competitive 8(a) IDC with Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region for flooring replacement and carpeting at Army installations on Oahu (October 2022 through October 2026, with 20 task orders carrying $1.3 million combined potential value), a $6.4 million single-award 8(a) IDC with the Department of the Navy for carpet and resilient floor replacement services across Navy locations on Oahu (referenced as valid through October 2026 in source materials, with 23 task orders carrying $1.2 million combined potential value), and a Department of the Interior IDIQ contract (140P8219D0001) with 32 task orders valued at $3.5 million combined potential value. Delivery orders under these vehicles range from approximately $7,800 to $255,500 and encompass carpet replacement, asbestos abatement and flooring remediation, vinyl composite tile installation, floor preparation, and facility maintenance at named buildings and locations.

The award portfolio has grown from 11 awards in 2022 to 22 in 2024, demonstrating sustained activity expansion, though 2025 and 2026 year-to-date counts remain sparse (4 and 2 awards respectively) in the source snapshot. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $166 thousand), indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window; the principal IDC vehicles extend through October 2026 or later. Representative recent work includes a $255 thousand Army delivery order for floor abatement and repair or alteration work at Schofield Barracks (December 2023), a $177 thousand Department of the Interior Design Development Services contract for a buried filtered water tank installation at Kula, Hawaii (July 2023), a $189 thousand National Park Service contract for Title III A/E services to replace a failing shoreside dock at Pearl Harbor (November 2021), and a $166 thousand Defense Logistics Agency Pacific Region delivery order for asbestos abatement and flooring installation at Building 201, Schofield Barracks (April 2026, firm fixed price with completion April 2027).

Capability concentration runs heavily toward flooring and facility services: 48 of 82 awards fall under NAICS 321918 (Flooring Contractors), with 25 awards under PSC code for housekeeping carpet laying and cleaning, 22 under repair or alteration of office buildings, and 33 under engineering services (NAICS 541330, Architect and Engineering—General). The work footprint reflects sustained demand for facility maintenance and infrastructure improvements at Pacific-region military installations and national parks, with project scope ranging from routine carpet and flooring replacement to design development and engineering services for water system rehabilitation, bridge replacement, electrical improvements, and shoreline barrier installation. Combined potential value across all 82 awards stands at $22.1 million, with $6.3 million obligated to date (29 percent). The company's 8(a) status and Native Hawaiian Organization designation align it with federal priorities for minority-owned contracting in Hawaii and the Pacific territories.

Kaula AE was formed in 2015 to provide architectural, engineering, environmental, and construction management services. Kaula AE's professional lineup includes a full range of civil, environmental, transportation and structural engineering, architecture, interiors, environmental planning, and construction management services, including civil site development, utility infrastructure, roadway, environmental, architectural and interior design, sustainability, facility assessment for buildings, water and wastewater treatment, drainage, and storm water control. Led by a core group of six highly experienced senior professional licensed engineers and architects, our key personnel have over 220 years of collective experience in professional engineering and architecture.