MSC Design Build LLC

MSC Design Build LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) based in Ogden, Utah, operates as a prime contractor delivering design-build construction, emergency repair, and facilities support services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, with 100% of recent awards issued as prime contracts and a nineteen-year tenure serving Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 (VISN 19) healthcare infrastructure across Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Oklahoma.

Customer concentration is extreme: VISN 19 accounts for 114 awards with $691.6 million combined potential value—representing 73% of all awards and 99% of total potential value. The remaining customer base includes the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region (2 awards, $3.7 million), the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Ogden Air Logistics Complex (3 awards, $881 thousand), and minor work through Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration and the Department of the Treasury. MSC Design Build holds a $500 million multiple-award IDIQ with VISN 19 (Design Build MATOC 2024-2029) set exclusively for SDVOSBs, running through May 31, 2027, with individual task orders ranging from $2,000 to $20 million for construction, renovation, engineering, and facilities support at VA medical centers and clinics across the five-state region. Eight task orders under this vehicle carry $12.1 million in combined potential value. The vendor also places work under a prior VISN 19 Construction Services contract (2016-2021) representing 9 task orders worth $9 million and holds smaller positions on indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements with the Air Force.

MSC Design Build's capability portfolio centers on hospital and healthcare facility infrastructure: emergency repairs (water main breaks, HVAC system failures, biohazard pipe replacement, flooding and blackwater cleanup), system replacements (heat exchangers, booster pumps, soft water systems, uninterruptible power supplies), capital construction (emergency department and support expansion valued at $16.3 million awarded February 2022 with ultimate completion September 2026), and facility renovations (mechanical spaces, building systems, flooring, ramps and stairs, air handling units). Representative work includes a $7.65 million SDVOSB delivery order awarded September 25, 2024 for unspecified construction and renovation services (completion August 30, 2026), the $16.3 million emergency department expansion project awarded February 2022, a $2.9 million soft water system replacement and rehabilitation delivery order awarded May 22, 2026, and recurring emergency repairs ranging from $7,260 for container moving to $1.1 million for emergency demolition. The vendor's award portfolio spans five fiscal years (2022–2026) and encompasses roughly 170 prime awards with combined potential value of $702.3 million, though only $100.3 million (14%) is obligated to date.

Activity volume has remained modest and relatively flat: 7 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 8 in 2024, declining to 5 in 2025 and 5 in 2026 year to date. Two awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $3.2 million, representing minimal recompete exposure in the immediate window. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $27.4 million across FY2023–FY2025: $7.9 million in FY2023 (13.4 FTEs), $9 million in FY2024 (6.0 FTEs), and $10.5 million in FY2025 (5.4 FTEs). On federal service contracts captured in SCI, government-paid hourly rates range from a 10th percentile of $111.28/hr to a median of $313.19/hr, with senior labor pricing extending to $6,494.13/hr at the 90th percentile. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed 33% of total contractor hours on average, with 27 named subcontractors reported across the prime portfolio. The vendor's operational model treats subcontractors as project-specific resources rather than core team; the OR booms and flooring contract (awarded September 30, 2022, $5.2 million, completion August 7, 2026) represents a notable exception, with subcontractors performing 93% of contractor hours while MSC Design Build maintained a lean prime operation with one reported subcontractor.

MSC Design Build's market position is nearly monolithic: VISN 19 dependency means the vendor's growth and cash flow are entirely linked to VA healthcare capital and maintenance budgets in a single geographic region and organizational unit. The vendor competes predominately under SDVOSB set-asides on the VISN 19 vehicles, with no documented prime awards outside the VA or the Air Force and National Park Service. The 19-year tenure at Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and established presence across VISN 19 clinics create deep institutional knowledge and switching costs, but the award concentration and flat activity trajectory suggest limited pipeline diversification.

Our team has worked with the Federal Government since 1992, previous projects include Army COE at Anniston AL, Tooele UT, Aberdeen MD, Pine bluff AR. and Umatilla OR, we have also worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs in SLC and NAVFAC in FL.