Makers Architecture And Urban Design LLP

Makers Architecture and Urban Design LLP, a Seattle-based SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business, delivers architectural, engineering, and facilities planning services to the federal government primarily as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), with a concentrated customer base in the Department of the Navy and a $40 million and $25 million single-award IDIQ footprint supporting Navy Region Northwest and Southwest installations.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on facilities planning, asset evaluations, installation development plans, basic facility requirements analysis, master planning, engineering studies, project development documentation, archaeological and cultural resource surveys, climate resiliency planning, and building facility recapitalization strategy work for military installations. Representative prime work includes a $1,068,690 delivery order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command for optimization planning and MILCON project documentation at Naval Base Ventura County (awarded May 2024), a $1,015,906 order from NAVFAC for installation development plan updates at Naval Station Everett, Washington (September 2024), a $974,150 delivery order from NAVFAC for an Area Development Plan at Naval Special Warfare Center Kodiak, Alaska (June 2024), and a $690,762 order from NAVFAC for waterfront infrastructure assessment at Naval Base San Diego (September 2024). Across these efforts, the vendor competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on its core Navy vehicles, with secondary awards carrying no set-aside designation.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of the Navy. The top five funding agencies account for 84% of recent award count and 90% of combined potential value. Naval Facilities Engineering Command leads with 76 awards worth $108.7 million combined potential value, followed by Navy Installations Command (27 awards, $37.5 million) and the broader Department of the Navy (58 awards, $28.8 million). The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard represents 83 awards, trailing NAVFAC in dollar magnitude but notable in volume. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accounts for 10 awards worth $7 million. The vendor also holds sub-award positions with Coast Guard prime contractors Reid Middleton Inc., WSP USA Inc., and joint ventures on specialized facility studies.

Makers Architecture operates primarily under two single-award Navy IDIQs: a $40 million NAVFAC contract awarded April 2023 with ultimate completion April 2028 (29 task orders, $11 million combined potential value) and a $25 million contract awarded September 2022 with ultimate completion September 2027 (26 task orders, $12.8 million combined potential value), both designated Total Small Business set-asides and covering five-year ordering periods for Navy Region Northwest and Southwest installations. The vendor also holds positions on three additional Navy IDIQ vehicles — N4425598D4414 (23 task orders), N4425511D6007 (20 task orders, $5.9 million), and N4425516D2000 (19 task orders, $8 million) — primarily issuing to Coast Guard customers. Work is performed across Washington, California, and Alaska naval and marine installations, with administrative oversight in Seattle.

Activity trajectory shows growth from 10 awards in 2022 to a peak of 21 in 2024, declining to 13 in 2025 and 3 through June 2026. Seven awards worth $3.2 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a moderate recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio totals 304 prime and sub awards since 1991, with $221.7 million combined potential value and $59.5 million obligated (27% draw). NAICS concentration runs to Engineering Services (93 awards), Architectural Services (73 awards), and Landscape Architectural Services (59 awards); PSC concentration sits on Architect and Engineering–General landscaping and interior layout categories (155 awards) and other A-E general categories (99 awards).

Makers Architecture operates as a prime contractor on its Navy vehicles and subcontracts infrequently. SCI-reported activity is minimal (three records spanning FY2022–FY2024, all as named subcontractor, yielding roughly 0.8–0.9 FTEs annually), reflecting the vendor's core positioning on firm-fixed-price architectural and engineering delivery orders above the SCI threshold rather than on labor-hour or time-and-materials service contracts. When subcontracting, Makers brings on specialized engineering and design partners — Reid Middleton on Coast Guard facility design, WSP USA on MCON preliminary design — rather than operating as a cost-plus pass-through, anchoring work to its own planning and master-design leadership.

MAKERS is an award-winning architectural and urban design firm providing services to clients throughout the Pacific Northwest and the United States. Founded in 1972, the firm provides a client-oriented business approach stressing attention to project requirements, design quality, and budget. Our specialties include urban design, community planning, and facility planning. MAKERS is a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). Our plans achieve results because we seek to balance the complex issues that come with every project. We offer professional services to clients of all sizes. From local community design guidelines to large-scale master plans for U.S. Navy bases, our plans and projects all include an implementation strategy tailored to the unique needs of our projects and clients.