KEO & Associates Inc.

KEO & Associates Inc., a Detroit-based SBA 8(a)-certified minority-owned and Black American-owned small disadvantaged business, operates as a prime contractor delivering facility repair, alteration, and construction services to federal civilian agencies. The vendor competes predominantly under small-business set-asides — 8(a) sole source and competitive 8(a) designations account for the bulk of recent prime awards, with full-and-open competitions on remaining task orders — and holds a strategic $50 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with GSA Region 5 covering repair and alteration services across six Midwestern states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin).

KEO's capability portfolio is rooted in concrete facility construction and maintenance work: HVAC system replacements, roof repairs and replacements, door and window installations, parking lot and retaining wall construction, interior renovations, security improvements, and building infrastructure upgrades. Representative prime contracts include a $5.15 million Department of Justice definitive contract (May 2023) for renovation of the Executive Office for Immigration Review at the Minton-Capehart Federal Building in Indianapolis with FY2024 invoicing of $4.6 million across 1.9 FTEs; a $3.13 million GSA Region 5 delivery order (August 2023) for automatic transfer switch replacement at the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago; a $1.8 million GSA definitive contract (January 2025) for design-build retaining wall and fence replacement in Abiquiu, New Mexico; and a $1.39 million GSA Region 5 delivery order (April 2022) for roof replacement at the Ann Arbor Federal Building. Recent 2026 awards include a $395 thousand GSA definitive contract (April 2026, ultimately completed March 2026) for roof replacement at Pittsburgh International Airport and a $39 thousand NOAA definitive contract (June 2026) for roof replacement at the TDWR building in Indianapolis.

Customer concentration is extreme and heavily skewed to GSA Region 5. The top five customer agencies account for 82% of awards but 90% of combined potential value, led by GSA Public Buildings Service Region 5 (30 awards, $118.1 million combined potential value) and Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters (29 awards, $14.6 million). FAA regions account for 86 awards across three regional offices (Southwestern, Headquarters, Southern), generating $21.3 million combined potential value, but these are smaller task orders clustered around HVAC and roof work at air traffic control towers and radar facilities. GSA Region 5 is the strategic anchor, generating 70% of the total potential value across its $50 million IDIQ plus delivery orders. The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (14 awards, $7.6 million) and Department of Justice (combined $5.1 million) round out the active set, with work focused on facility hardening and courthouse renovations.

KEO holds two primary vehicle positions. The $50 million GSA R5 Regional Construction IDIQ (awarded September 2024, base period through November 2025 with four one-year options) anchors the vendor's federal footprint, with guaranteed minimums of $2,000 and annual maximums of $10 million per contract year; task order data is sparse in the source, but the IDIQ summary describes support for multiple federal agencies including GSA, Department of Justice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. KEO also holds positions on three Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration indefinite-delivery contracts (DTFAEN15D00007 with 52 task orders worth $9.1 million combined potential value, along with two others), primarily for HVAC and roof work at FAA facilities nationwide.

Activity has been uneven. Over the past five fiscal years, awards ranged from 2 in FY2025 to 14 in FY2023, with 3 awards in 2026 (data cuts as of mid-June). The recompete cliff is minimal — only one award (valued at $39 thousand) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, suggesting substantial contract runway, particularly on the newly awarded GSA Region 5 IDIQ. SCI-reported federal services activity shows invoiced revenue of $7.9 million in FY2022, $9.8 million in FY2023, and $13.4 million in FY2024 across 3.3, 5.2, and 4.0 FTEs respectively; these figures capture service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and exclude goods, products, and classified work. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $423/hr (likely field labor) through a median of $885/hr to a 90th percentile of $13,956/hr (likely project management or specialized engineering roles). Across all SCI prime records, KEO self-performed 100% of reported contractor hours with zero subcontractor engagement, indicating a build-your-own-team posture rather than a sub-heavy model.

KEO operates exclusively as a prime contractor — the vendor holds 159 prime awards and zero sub-awards in the source, competing directly for federal work rather than feeding larger primes. Primary work concentrates under NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, 115 awards) with secondary categories in HVAC contracting (12 awards) and roofing (10 awards). PSC concentration aligns: Repair or Alteration of Office Buildings (55 awards), Construction of Radar and Navigational Facilities (48 awards), and Maintenance of Air Traffic Control Towers (8 awards) dominate the portfolio. Geographic scope encompasses federal facilities nationwide, with administrative overhead and operational presence centered in Detroit and Midwest-concentrated work under GSA Region 5 covering six states.

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