Kekolu Contracting, LLC

Kekolu Contracting, LLC, a Native Hawaiian Organization-owned small disadvantaged business certified under the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program through September 2029, delivers construction, facilities maintenance, and infrastructure upgrade services to the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor across multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicles and delivery orders. The La Plata, Maryland–based firm operates without subcontractors and competes predominantly on 8(a) set-aside and open competitive bases across 29 federal agencies, with a portfolio weighted heavily toward repair, alteration, and maintenance of military buildings—particularly HVAC systems, electrical infrastructure, roof repairs, fire protection installations, and structural modifications.

Kekolu's customer concentration centers on the Air Force and Navy. The top five funding agencies account for 70% of recent awards by count and 54% by potential value. Air Force Materiel Command leads by dollar magnitude (59 awards, $214.8 million combined potential value), followed by Navy Facilities Engineering Command (9 awards, $375.7 million), Air Force District Washington (127 awards, $144 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (54 awards, $129.1 million), and Air Force (128 awards, $32 million). The divergence between rankings reflects Navy Facilities Engineering Command's concentration of high-value single awards, while Air Force District Washington and the Air Force place numerous smaller delivery orders. Recent activity shows accelerating volume—four awards in 2022, eighty-six in 2022, rising to one hundred ninety-two in 2025 and fifty-five through August 2026.

Kekolu holds four major parent contract vehicles. The Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER)—a $200 million single-award competitive 8(a) IDIQ with Air Force Materiel Command extending through July 2029—anchors the portfolio with two hundred ninety-nine task orders valued at $74 million combined. An 8(a) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity construction contract with Naval Sea Systems Command carries one hundred four task orders valued at $34.1 million and extends through 2029. Air Force District Washington holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA282324D0006) with one hundred seven task orders valued at $26.3 million. Three additional Basic Ordering Agreements with Naval Sea Systems Command cover mechanical/controls, electrical, and fire alarm and protection services through November 2029. The Smithsonian Institution awarded two Job Order Contracts in March 2025—one single-award competitive 8(a) IDIQ and one multiple-award Total Small Business IDIQ, both extending through March 2030—establishing framework contracts for on-demand facility services at Smithsonian museums and properties in the Washington, D.C. area.

Kekolu's award footprint spans commercial and institutional building construction (465 awards) and HVAC contracting (109 awards) under NAICS 236220 and 236110. The Portfolio Service Classification (PSC) codes show concentration in repair or alteration of miscellaneous buildings (164 awards), repair or alteration of office buildings (90 awards), and maintenance of office buildings (44 awards). Representative prime work includes a $2.54 million Naval Sea Systems Command delivery order for Integrated Detection Systems and chiller replacement at Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head, Maryland (October 2025, 8(a) sole source); a $1.97 million roof replacement at the same facility (October 2025, no set-aside); a $6.48 million Naval Air Systems Command delivery order for building 2272 multiple parts and work at Patuxent River (September 2025, open competition); and a $1.55 million Naval Air Systems Command delivery order for Air Handling Unit replacement (September 2025, no set-aside). On the Air Force side, the $915 million SABER IDIQ ceiling generates numerous delivery orders, including a $1.28 million Naval Sea Systems Command delivery order for a temporary fabric structure warehouse with electrical, HVAC, and fire alarm systems at Indian Head (April 2026, 8(a) sole source) and a $915,038.84 Air Force Materiel Command delivery order for three 70-ton chiller replacements in barracks buildings at Eglin Air Force Base (June 2026, Competitive 8(a)).

Kekolu operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no identified subcontract relationships in the source data. The company maintains a subsidiary, Kekolu-Rio Vista Joint Venture, LLC, which carries minority-owned and Native Hawaiian Organization-owned designations. The parent company's 8(a) certification, combined with its Native Hawaiian Organization ownership, recurs across the entire prime footprint; Kekolu competes on both set-aside (predominantly Competitive 8(a) and Total Small Business) and full-and-open bases with roughly equal frequency based on award distribution. Forty-one awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a combined potential value of $34.5 million in recompete exposure. Over the past five years, Kekolu has grown from four awards in 2022 to a peak of one hundred ninety-two in 2025, averaging delivery orders in the $275,000 to $500,000 range, with occasional multi-million-dollar comprehensive renovation and infrastructure projects anchoring higher-value orders. Combined potential value across all 594 awards stands at $1.66 billion; obligated dollars total $194 million (12% of potential value), reflecting the IDIQ and delivery-order structure characteristic of federal facilities maintenance contracting.

Kekolu Contracting, LLC (kay-KOH-loo) provides DoD and non-DoD Government Construction Contract management on IDIQ, Stand-alone and Firm Fixed Price Government contracts. Kekolu provides outstanding past performance experience, corporate resources with small business responsiveness and customer-focused attention.