Kovilic Construction Co Inc.

Kovilic Construction Co Inc., a small business based in Franklin Park, Illinois, is a heavy civil engineering and infrastructure construction prime contractor delivering bridge rehabilitation, road and highway reconstruction, dam and spillway work, and water resource projects to federal agencies across a 100% prime portfolio with no subcontractor activity. The vendor operates exclusively under total small business set-asides on a majority of its awards and competes full-and-open on the remainder, with 58% of its award count and 83% of its combined potential value concentrated among the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Park Service.

Kovilic's federal footprint spans 193 prime awards with combined potential value of $237.2 million and $171.4 million obligated (72% of potential value), accumulated over a forty-five-year relationship with federal agencies. The vendor's work is grounded in heavy construction specialization: 48 awards fall under NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), with 27 additional awards under NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), and 7 under water and sewer infrastructure. Representative recent work includes a $10.22 million total-small-business-set-aside definitive contract awarded by the Federal Highway Administration on August 28, 2024, for roadway and infrastructure improvements at New River Gorge National Park & Preserve in West Virginia, encompassing mechanically stabilized earth walls, pipe culverts, guardrail replacement, and roadway excavation with completion targeted for October 31, 2027; a $13.648 million total-small-business-set-aside definitive contract from the Federal Highway Administration on August 31, 2023, for rehabilitation of three bridges on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, including substructure, superstructure, grading, and pavement reconstruction work; and a $1.64 million delivery order under the Federal Highway Administration's Mid-Atlantic Regional Construction IDIQ issued on October 24, 2025, for design finalization and construction of Lick Creek Trail Bridge replacement in Ceres, Virginia, including temporary access infrastructure and helicopter landing pad work with completion by December 1, 2027. Kovilic also performs substantial Army Corps of Engineers work: a $905,300 total-small-business-set-aside contract awarded July 1, 2025, for spillway machinery platform concrete rehabilitation at Fishtrap Lake, Kentucky, and a $727,000 total-small-business-set-aside contract from November 29, 2024, for spillway bridge concrete repairs at Garrison Dam, North Dakota.

The Federal Highway Administration anchors Kovilic's customer base with 36 awards valued at $154.3 million (65% of combined potential value), the bulk placed under an $80 million Mid-Atlantic Regional Construction IDIQ with the Federal Highway Administration (9 task orders valued at $9.3 million), though the vendor also holds delivery orders under other regional construction IDIQs. The Army Corps of Engineers supplies 22 awards with $20 million combined potential value, split between distinct engineering districts. The National Park Service (National Office) accounts for 3 awards valued at $11.6 million. The Department of the Navy and Department of the Army together contribute 46 awards (24% of award count) with smaller individual values. Seven awards (combined potential value $34.9 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure across Federal Highway Administration delivery orders and Corps of Engineers definitive contracts.

SCI-reported invoicing of $31.7 million across FY2022–FY2025 reflects activity heavily concentrated in FY2024, which recorded $29.8 million invoiced under 30.3 FTEs, with FY2023 contributing $1.9 million under 1.2 FTEs and FY2022 and FY2025 showing zero SCI-reportable billing. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $575.74 per hour, with senior labor pricing extending through $2,003 per hour and junior-level positions at $105.59 per hour. Kovilic performs all work with internal labor — the SCI dataset shows zero subcontractor hours across its prime service contracts — positioning the vendor as a self-delivery operator rather than a feeder to larger integrators or a build-your-own-team model.