Nichols Custom Builders & Design, Inc.

Nichols Custom Builders & Design, Inc., a Charlotte, North Carolina-based minority-owned small disadvantaged business certified under the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program, performs federal construction, renovation, and facility-management services as a prime contractor exclusively. The company is Black American-owned, self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, holds DOT Certified DBE designation, and operates as a Subchapter S corporation; it competes predominantly under 8(a) sole-source and Total Small Business set-asides.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on federal courthouse and government-facility interior finishes, security infrastructure, and building systems work. Representative recent awards include a $368,292 8(a) sole-source definitive contract from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (February 2025) for active vehicle barrier replacement and induction-loop installation at the John L. McMillian Federal Building in Florence, South Carolina; a $279,367 8(a) sole-source purchase order from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (September 2024) for security system upgrades and Customs Declaration System implementation at the CBP Office of Trade in Charlotte, North Carolina; and a $255,311 Total Small Business delivery order from the U.S. Marshals Service (July 2026) for security closet construction at the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Work spans carpeting and panel installation, millwork repair, garage-door and roll-up-door replacement, finish upgrades, HVAC modifications, and wall partitioning across the Carolinas and Southeast.

Customer concentration is split between large-dollar federal real-estate vehicles and smaller discrete facility projects. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 4 accounts for $45 million in combined potential value (three awards) via three recently awarded multiple-award IDIQ contracts with $15 million ceilings each, running through November 2029 and structured to support task orders under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold ($250,000 maximum per order). The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts represents the next tier at $1.2 million across eight awards, followed by the Department of Justice US Attorney's Offices ($632 thousand, three awards), the Department of the Air Force ($432 thousand, three awards), and GSA Region 4 ($415 thousand, three awards) — together these five customer agencies account for 71% of all awards and 97% of combined potential value.

Nichols sits on three GSA Public Buildings Service Region 4 multiple-award IDIQ vehicles totaling $45 million in ceiling value awarded December 1, 2024, with performance through November 2029. Four delivery orders totaling approximately $361 thousand have been issued to date under the IDIQ framework for courthouse and federal-facility finish work. The vendor has also executed task orders under a fifth-year IDIQ contract (47PE1925D0067), with five delivery orders valued at $618 thousand combined.

Activity has grown modestly — two awards in 2022, two in 2023, five in 2024, and three in 2025–2026. Three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $442 thousand, creating a modest recompete exposure. The vendor's federal work is classified under NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) for 26 of 28 awards; the portfolio is weighted toward PSC code B-22 (Repair Or Alteration Of Office Buildings) for 22 awards.

Service Contract Inventory data shows minimal SCI-reportable activity — $561 thousand invoiced across FY2023 alone, with 0.1 FTEs captured in that fiscal year. SCI is a partial federal services dataset and does not reflect the vendor's construction-contract and goods revenue, which dominate the prime footprint. The $2,551.81/hr rate posture reflects a single large FY2023 contract captured in the SCI system and is not representative of the vendor's typical award structure (predominantly firm-fixed-price construction delivery orders ranging from $12,500 to $368,292). Nichols performs all work internally with zero subcontractor engagement across SCI-reportable prime contracts.

Remodeling, Framing, Construction, Painting, hardwood floors, masonry, concrete, Build Outs, Upfits, Interiors, Flooring, General Contractor, Metal, wood, Drywall