Pem-Harkins JV LLP

Pem-Harkins JV LLP, operating through its Pem, Inc. Division, is a minority-owned, HUBZone-certified small disadvantaged business joint venture providing design-build and general construction services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across defense, homeland security, and state department customers. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) under set-aside vehicles, with work split between HUBZone, Total Small Business, and Competitive 8(a) designations.

Pem-Harkins is a partnership based in Columbus, Ohio, classified under NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) with a portfolio dominated by construction of office buildings, administrative facilities, and educational infrastructure. The joint venture comprises Pem, Inc. and Harkins Builders and carries active or interim SECRET facility clearances with minimum bonding capacity of $15 million per single contract and $30 million aggregate, positioning the firm for classified federal construction projects.

The vendor's customer concentration clusters on defense infrastructure. By award count, the Department of Homeland Security US Secret Service leads with four awards totaling $8.7 million, followed by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Louisville (three awards, $176 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Naval Sea Systems Command (four awards combined, $280.7 million). By dollar volume, the concentration shifts sharply: DOD Washington Headquarters Service anchors the portfolio with a $300 million IDIQ ceiling (one active task order, $10 thousand), the Navy's NAVFAC contract carries $249 million, and the Army Corps of Engineers' Louisville District Design Build MATOC accounts for $176 million. This means Pem-Harkins holds positions on three large vehicles but has drawn relatively modest task orders against them to date.

The vendor operates under three parent vehicles: the Design Build Design Bid Build Multiple Award Construction Contract North Area of Responsibility (Naval Sea Systems Command, three task orders, $31.7 million combined potential value), the Louisville District Southeast Region Design Build MATOC (Army Corps of Engineers, two task orders, $6 million), and the Washington Headquarters Service Multiple Award Construction Contract II (WHS, one task order, $10 thousand). Recent representative work includes a $24.3 million firm fixed-price delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for planning and construction components at a Ridgeley, West Virginia facility (ultimate completion May 10, 2026), a $7.34 million NAVFAC delivery order for construction of a load bank platform and emergency egress modifications at Building 77 Philadelphia Naval Base (ultimate completion July 21, 2026), a $6 million delivery order from the Army Corps of Engineers for construction and renovation of Building 4517 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (ultimate completion May 11, 2027), and a $2.2 million Competitive 8(a) definitive contract from the Secret Service for design-build renovation of the Magaw Shoot House at the Joint Justice Training Center in Washington, D.C. (completed November 2022).

Activity shows distinct clustering: seven awards in 2021, then a gap through 2023 and 2024 with one award in 2025 and one in March 2026. Combined potential value is $804.4 million, but only $83.5 million (10%) has been obligated, reflecting heavy reliance on large-ceiling IDIQs with modest initial task-order drawdown. Two awards totaling $13.4 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure on Secret Service and Army Corps of Engineers work.