Minnesota Elevator Inc.

Minnesota Elevator Inc., doing business as Mei-Total Elevator Solutions, is a Mankato, Minnesota-based Subchapter S corporation that manufactures and services elevators and vertical transportation equipment for federal facilities as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) on full-and-open competitive contracts, with no SBA set-aside designations across its footprint. The company has held federal contracts continuously since 2001 and operates across 22 distinct customer agencies with a combined recent award potential value of $53.6 million, of which $10.8 million has been obligated.

Minnesota Elevator's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward military and federal facility infrastructure. The top five funding agencies account for 65% of recent award count: the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region leads with 42 awards ($5.2 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (23 awards, $1.6 million), the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield (21 awards, $970 thousand), and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 5 (16 awards, $569 thousand). The potential-value ranking diverges sharply: GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors $40 million in combined potential value from a single award, while the Army's 42 awards total $5.2 million—illustrating a portfolio mix of large IDVs and numerous smaller delivery orders. The vendor also serves the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Homeland Security Secret Service, the Air Force Academy, and Army Corps of Engineers across its prime work.

Capability framing centers on elevator maintenance, repair, modernization, and inspection services. Representative work includes a $351,534 modernization of Elevators 3 and 4 at Fort Leavenworth (September 2023, Army), a $319,748 modernization of Elevators 1 and 2 at Fort Leavenworth (July 2022, Army), a $199,375 delivery order for vertical transportation equipment maintenance at the Air Force Academy (May 2025), and quarterly elevator maintenance and emergency repair services at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield (recurring BPA calls, 2021–present). Scope spans routine preventive maintenance, annual safety inspections, component replacements (hydraulic pumps, brake boards, controller boards, door cables, interlock switches), hydraulic system servicing, electrical troubleshooting, and full modernization projects. Service is delivered on-site at federal facilities nationwide, with administrative and operational support based in Mankato.

The vendor holds four significant indefinite delivery vehicles: a $2.226 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of the Army Southwest Region for elevator and chair lift services at Fort Leavenworth through June 2027 (39 task orders issued to date), a $2.8 million single-award IDC with the Air Force Academy for elevator modernization, repair, and maintenance through April 2032, a $357,963 single-award IDC with Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District for elevator services at the Table Rock Lake Visitors Center through September 2030, and a $162,488 single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons for quarterly elevator maintenance at the Springfield Medical Center through September 2028. The vendor also maintains positions on the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule, from which 35 task orders have been issued. Work is distributed across 39 delivery orders under the Army Fort Leavenworth IDC, 35 task orders under the GSA MAS, and 12 task orders under BPA 36C25520A0045.

Activity has been variable: 17 awards in 2022, 25 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 19 in 2025, and 6 year-to-date in 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal—only two awards with combined potential value of $42 thousand are scheduled for completion in the next twenty-four months, signaling low near-term recompete exposure and stable vehicle holdings. The vendor's most recent award was a BPA call from the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons on July 1, 2026, for quarterly elevator maintenance at Springfield ($5,507).

GSA Schedule labor rates span $205.31 to $241.34 per hour across apprentice, service mechanic, and repair/modernization mechanic categories, with Other Tech School or Certification education requirement and no security clearance roles offered. Service Contract Inventory reporting captured minimal activity (0.3 FTEs in FY2022 as a named subcontractor), reflecting that most of the vendor's federal work is structured as goods and maintenance service orders below or outside the SCI $150,000 reporting threshold. The vendor operates predominantly as a prime contractor with minimal subcontracting engagement; one sub-award appears in the source—a $9,245 elevator circuit board installation sub to Serrato Corporation on a Flint Hills Job Corps Center modernization (August 2025).

The vendor's federal footprint is concentrated in facility infrastructure support—81 awards classified under NAICS 332999 (Other Building Equipment Contractors), 31 under Facilities Support Services, and 18 under machinery repair—anchored by long-standing relationships with the Army, VA, Bureau of Prisons, and GSA for critical vertical transportation infrastructure across domestic federal installations.

Independent Elevator Contractor that specializes in Service, Repair, Modernization and Installation of Elevators.