Korte Construction Company

Korte Construction Company, doing business as The Korte Company, is a large for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri that delivers design-build and design-bid-build construction services to federal defense and military agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis. The firm competes without SBA certifications and has executed 126 prime awards across 24 federal customer agencies with combined potential value of $24.7 billion, with $2.17 billion obligated to date.

Korte's capability portfolio centers on military construction, infrastructure repair and renovation, and specialized facilities. Representative recent work includes a $149.78 million design-build contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District for Squadron Operations and Aircraft Operations Facilities at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada (awarded October 2024, completion April 2027); a $126.2 million design-build contract for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Consolidated Maintenance Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California (awarded September 2023, completion January 2027); a $106.1 million design-build contract for the Disaster Resiliency Program Phase 2 at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada (awarded October 2025, completion October 2027); and a $36.7 million design-build contract for a Network Enterprise Center at Fort Hunter Liggett, California (awarded January 2025, completion September 2027). Scope work spans aircraft maintenance facilities, medical clinic renovations, operations facilities, hazardous materials storage, airfield pavements, administrative buildings, and laboratory complexes. Korte's projects emphasize compliance with Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria, antiterrorism and force protection standards, and SCIF construction where required.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command, which accounts for 19 awards and $21.22 billion in combined potential value—86% of the firm's total potential value. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District (12 awards, $674.2 million), the Defense Health Agency (6 awards, $546 million), the Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District (8 awards, $504.5 million), and the Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District (3 awards, $445.7 million) round out the top five, together covering 95% of potential value. The top five customers represent 52% of award count, indicating that Navy work dominates dollars while other agencies contribute lower-value task orders.

Korte holds position on multiple large indefinite delivery vehicles. The firm sits on a $16 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command for design-build and design-bid-build construction at various locations in Hawaii and Wake Island (awarded June 2025, completion June 2033, individual task orders ranging $40 million to $300 million). Additional NFAC contracts include a $1.105 billion multiple-award IDC for Southeast region general construction (awarded September 2021, completion September 2026). Korte also holds four regional Design Build Construction IDIQ MATOCs with the Defense Health Agency: a $249 million single-award contract for Central Region services (awarded September 2024, completion September 2029); a $99 million multiple-award contract for Northern Region services (awarded January 2026, completion January 2031); a $99 million multiple-award contract for Pacific Region services (awarded August 2024, completion August 2029); and a $99 million multiple-award contract for Southern Region services (awarded September 2025, completion September 2030). The Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District awarded a $245 million multiple-award IDC for general construction and repair (awarded August 2025, completion August 2030), and the USACE Savannah District awarded a $249 million single-award IDC for North Carolina and regional construction (awarded November 2023, completion July 2029). These vehicles position Korte for rapid task order issuance across defense medical, general military construction, and naval facilities portfolios.

Activity shows variable annual volume—two awards in 2022, two in 2023, ten in 2024, nine in 2025, and three year-to-date in 2026—with the spike in 2024–2025 driven primarily by major IDIQ awards and large definitive design-build contracts. Ten awards with combined potential value of $553.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure. Korte engages a consistent subcontractor network for specialized trades, including electrical firms (Helix Electric, Guarantee Electrical Construction, Electricraft Inc.), mechanical and HVAC design-build providers (Charles E. Jarrell Contracting Company, Ieng LLC), roofing and structural specialists (Pittsburg Tank & Tower Company, D & D Welding & Fabrication), fire protection vendors (Cosco Fire Protection, RLH Fire Protection), and drywall, glazing, and interior finishes subcontractors (Jordan Drywall Inc., Bill Morris Contracting, Jetstream Construction Inc.). Recent awards include women-owned small business and 8(a) certified subs such as Maranatha Sheet Metal and Seamair Construction on the Vandenberg Space Force Base project.

Korte operates through a parent structure that includes one named subsidiary, Korte–River City JV, a for-profit joint venture, though the source provides no detail on its operational role or capability contribution. The parent firm's federal presence spans registration in SAM.gov since 2002 and demonstrates sustained capacity across multiple regions and customer agencies, with 88 of 126 awards classified under Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (NAICS 236220) and the remainder under Industrial Building Construction and related categories.