N.k. Bhandari, Architecture & Engineering, P.C.

N.K. Bhandari, Architecture & Engineering, P.C., doing business as N K Bhandari Architect Engineers P C, is a small business architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Liverpool, New York, that operates as a prime contractor delivering facility design, engineering, and construction-support services to federal agencies across 40 distinct customer organizations. The firm competes predominantly under total small business set-asides and holds three significant indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicles: a $50 million multiple-award contract with the Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (awarded September 2022, expiring September 2027), a $5 million single-award contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (awarded July 2022, expiring July 2027), and a $25 million GSA Public Buildings Service multiple-award contract for architectural and engineering design services in the Northeast and Caribbean Region.

N.K. Bhandari's customer base shows pronounced concentration by potential value in federal facilities and infrastructure modernization. The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Construction and Facilities Management anchors the portfolio with 45 awards totaling $84.6 million in combined potential value (roughly 29% of the firm's total $293.6 million footprint), followed by GSA's Public Buildings Service Central Office Land and Ports of Entry Division ($60.7 million across four awards), the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service ($50 million single award), and GSA Region 2 ($43.6 million across 134 awards). By award count, GSA Region 2 leads with 134 awards, but the dollars concentration diverges sharply—the VA awards, though fewer in number, carry substantially higher individual ceiling values. The FDA (58 awards, $8.8 million) and Air Force Research Laboratory (37 awards, $11 million) round out the active tier.

The firm's capability portfolio centers on architectural and engineering design services for federal facility modernization, infrastructure repair, and construction support. Concrete representative work includes a $4.67 million construction-manager-as-advisor delivery order with GSA for an FDA laboratory building at the Denver Federal Center in Colorado (awarded November 2022, expiring June 2029); a $2.23 million CBP International Mailing Facility seizure vault, office, and operational floor renovation design and installation order in Jamaica, Queens, New York (awarded August 2021, expiring March 2027); a $713,974 CBP JFK MSST Design Project in New York (awarded October 2022, expiring July 2026); a $679,122 GSA delivery order for fire alarm replacement design and maintenance & installation at the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains, New York (awarded January 2024, expiring December 2026); and a $260,414 GSA delivery order for comprehensive design and engineering services in Rochester, New York (awarded April 2023, expiring July 2026). Work spans pre-design, design, cost and project controls services (PCCS), and post-construction services including management and inspection (M&I) with multiple site visits. Recurring scope includes mechanical and electrical system upgrades, HVAC replacements, asbestos abatement surveys and air monitoring, roof structural assessments, fire protection and life safety design, security hardening, and post-earthquake building inspections.

Activity has grown year over year—24 awards in 2022, declined to 14 in 2023, recovered to 17 in 2024, and jumped to 24 in 2025, with five awards in the first half of 2026. Thirty-one awards (combined potential value $14 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor across its current federal footprint; no sub-award history appears in the source data.

On federal services contracts captured in SCI (a subset of total federal revenue), N.K. Bhandari invoiced $5.4 million across FY2022–FY2024, with FY2024 at $3.1 million across 2.5 FTEs, marking steady growth from $632 thousand and 1.1 FTEs in FY2022. Government-paid hourly rates on these prime contracts ran a median around $188.68/hr, with the 10th percentile at $112.41/hr and the 90th percentile reaching $364.62/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed an average 62% of total contractor hours, reflecting N.K. Bhandari's reliance on specialized subs for delivery. The firm engages a recurring cast of 44 named subcontractors, with C & S Engineers Inc., Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc., and Axias NY LLC appearing most frequently across awards for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and cost estimating support. Additional named subs include Karagozian & Case, Inc. (blast and structural engineering), Atlas Evaluation & Inspection Services (special construction inspections), Atlantic Testing Laboratories, LIMITED (hazardous materials consulting and testing), and Crawford Consulting Services, Inc. (construction management).

The firm's primary service-delivery model leans on subcontracting depth rather than internal labor—a posture consistent with the 62% sub-hours share in SCI records and the recurring multi-disciplinary scope of federal facility projects requiring specialized mechanical, electrical, structural, and environmental expertise. This makes N.K. Bhandari a prime vehicle for federal clients seeking comprehensive architectural and engineering services bundled with proven sub-team relationships rather than a self-contained delivery organization.

CONSULTING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL/STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, CPM SCHEDULING, A/E DESIGN SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION.