Explore Design, LLC

Mccool Carlson Green, LLC, doing business as MCG Explore Design, provides multi-discipline architecture and engineering design services to the federal government as a prime contractor (99% of awards), with specialization in military facility design and cold-region infrastructure projects in Alaska. The firm is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Anchorage, Alaska, operating as a for-profit limited liability company with over 40 years of experience supporting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District initiatives. MCG Explore Design competes predominantly in unrestricted (full-and-open) federal procurements rather than set-aside categories; none of its recent awards carry set-aside designations.

MCG Explore Design's customer concentration is extreme: the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska accounts for 38 awards valued at $344.6 million combined potential value — representing 98% of the vendor's total federal award portfolio by dollars and 49% by count across a portfolio of 78 total awards spanning nine distinct federal customer agencies. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (including Region 10) places 21 smaller awards totaling approximately $4 million; the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces, the Judicial Branch, and the Department of Justice US Marshals Service Alaska round out the customer set. Capstone work for USACE Alaska includes a $7.5 million delivery order for hangar facility design at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (awarded September 2023, completion December 2027), a $6.6 million delivery order for JBER Design People Center renovation (awarded September 2022, completion December 2027), a $4.1 million delivery order for JBE077 HC-130J Simulator Facility (awarded December 2025, completion June 2030), and a $1.9 million delivery order for unspecified architectural work (awarded April 2025, completion July 2026). Smaller work includes operations and maintenance manual development for Moose Creek Dam at Chena Lakes Project ($326 thousand, November 2023) and interior design services at Fort Wainwright ($135 thousand, July 2023).

MCG Explore Design holds three significant indefinite delivery contracts with USACE Alaska District totaling approximately $298 million. The largest, a $249 million multiple-award contract for multi-discipline architecture and engineering services (awarded September 2024, completion September 2029), has issued two delivery orders to date. Two additional USACE Alaska IDCs generate activity under vehicle designations W911KB17D0006 (17 task orders, $5.6 million combined potential value), W911KB12D0003 (8 task orders, $6.5 million combined potential value), and W911KB21D0005 (5 task orders, $8.7 million combined potential value). A GSA Public Buildings Service IDC (GS10P08LTD0056) has generated 21 task orders valued at approximately $750 thousand. The vendor's award activity has been sparse in recent years — two awards in 2025, three in 2024, four in 2023, one in 2022, and four in 2021 — suggesting that most work is now concentrated under the three large USACE Alaska IDCs rather than individual small orders. Four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $17.7 million and face recompete exposure in that window.

MCG Explore Design operates primarily as a self-delivery prime (99% of awards); the vendor has appeared as a named subcontractor on only one federal contract sub-award on file, a design manager and architectural work subcontract under Unit Company (awarded December 2023). Service Contract Inventory data, which covers federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes goods and products, shows minimal capture — one SCI record in FY2024 as a subcontractor, representing 0.6 FTEs. This is consistent with MCG Explore Design's posture as a design-focused firm issuing task orders under its own USACE Alaska master IDCs rather than operating as a sub-vendor on other prime vehicles. The vendor's capability footprint spans architectural services (37 awards), engineering services (28 awards), and interior design and construction support across CONUS Alaska locations including Anchorage, Fort Wainwright, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, with work scope extending to potential Wake Island engagements under USACE Alaska blanket authority.

McCool Carlson Green is a design firm with over 40 years of successful projects. We offer design services in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, and beyond. Our services include architecture, interior design and planning.