Makers Architecture And Urban Design LLP

Makers Architecture and Urban Design LLP is a Seattle-based architectural and engineering firm specializing in federal government contract work with the Department of Defense, particularly the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. As an SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business, the firm provides comprehensive facilities planning, architectural and engineering services, and infrastructure modernization support for military installations across the Western United States. The firm operates as a multi-disciplinary practice delivering planning, urban design, and architecture services focused on supporting the defense and federal sector.

Makers Architecture has delivered an extensive portfolio of services through federal prime contract awards totaling millions of dollars since 2021. The firm's primary work encompasses architectural and engineering services including facility condition assessments, asset evaluations, installation development plans, basic facility requirements analysis, master planning, engineering studies, and project development documentation for naval and marine installations. Notable service areas include archaeological and cultural resource surveys, climate resiliency planning, building facility recapitalization strategy studies, waterfront infrastructure assessments, facility optimization planning, and military construction project documentation. The firm has served as prime contractor on delivery orders awarded by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Department of the Navy, Navy Installations Command, Naval Air Warfare Center, U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Marine Corps. Project locations span the Western United States, with particular concentration at Naval Base Kitsap (Bangor and Bremerton), Naval Station Everett, Naval Base San Diego, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Camp Pendleton, Naval Special Warfare Center (Kodiak, Alaska), and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Individual delivery order values range from approximately $90,000 to over $1.2 million, with all awards utilizing firm-fixed-price contract structures and no set-aside designations beyond the firm's women-owned small business status. Subcontractor relationships include partnerships with WSM Pacific Siop (document control, quality control, and design charrettes), WSP USA Inc., Jacobs/Ewingcole Joint Venture, and Mn-Bmcd SE JV.

Makers Architecture holds two significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Department of the Navy that establish the contracting vehicles for the majority of its federal work. The primary IDC, awarded by Naval Facilities Engineering Command on April 14, 2023, carries a $40 million ceiling value with a five-year ordering period extending through April 13, 2028. This single-award contract was designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and establishes a firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicle enabling NAVFAC to issue task orders for facilities planning, industrial engineering, and architectural/engineering services supporting Navy Region Northwest and Southwest installations. The second IDC, awarded by the Department of the Navy on September 28, 2022, carries a $15 million ceiling value and extends through September 27, 2027, similarly providing facility planning services across Navy installations in the Western United States. Both IDCs serve as parent vehicles generating numerous delivery orders for specific projects, with task orders addressing comprehensive facility assessments, master planning, installation development plans, asset evaluations, facility condition inspections, climate resiliency planning, archaeological surveys, basic facility requirements analysis, and architectural and engineering design services at naval and marine installations throughout the region.

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.