Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, LLC

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, operates as a prime contractor delivering fire protection and safety infrastructure maintenance, inspection, and repair services across federal civilian and defense agencies. The vendor holds a parent-and-subsidiary corporate structure with seven named operating subsidiaries including Marquee Fire Protection, Life Safety Designs, Koetter Fire Protection of Austin, Frazier Fire, Keystone Fire Protection, and Vanguard Fire and Supply, positioning the group as a fully integrated regional fire safety provider. Pye-Barker competes almost entirely as a prime (95% of recent awards), predominantly on full-and-open and total small business set-aside solicitations with no reliance on 8(a) or other formal SBA certifications beyond small disadvantaged business status.

The vendor's service delivery spans fire alarm system inspections and maintenance, fire suppression system inspection and repair, hydrostatic testing and requalification of compressed gas cylinders, fire extinguisher maintenance and certification, emergency repairs, and specialized safety assessments for federal facilities. Representative prime work includes a $400,008.75 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by Air Mobility Command in October 2023 for fire extinguisher maintenance services at the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, running through March 2029; a $177,762 total small business set-aside purchase order from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education in July 2025 for five-year fire prevention services at Flandreau, South Dakota; a $127,500 definitive contract from Defense Health Agency for fire alarm system maintenance, inspection, and testing at Moncrief Army Health Clinic, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; and a $66,321.27 total small business set-aside delivery order from the Department of the Army for fire suppression and fire extinguisher maintenance at Petersburg, Virginia, awarded July 2025 with completion through July 2027. The vendor also holds a $200,000 blanket purchase agreement with Air Force Materiel Command running through September 2029 for hydrostatic testing and requalification of compressed gas cylinders at Hill Air Force Base.

Customer concentration is diffuse across 22 distinct federal agencies, with the top five customers accounting for 55% of recent award volume. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard leads by award count (15 awards, $113 thousand combined potential value), followed by Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons facilities at Federal Correctional Complex Coleman (6 awards, $90 thousand) and Butner (5 awards, $154 thousand). However, the dollar-value rankings diverge materially — the Air Force Air Mobility Command anchors $595 thousand across two awards (the multi-year McConnell AFB contract dominates this share), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education carries $341 thousand across two awards. Coast Guard work clusters in low-value fire system repairs and hydrostatic testing at multiple coastal facilities and vessels. Correctional facility work emphasizes recurring annual and semi-annual fire sprinkler and alarm inspections in the $3,000–$20,000 range per order.

Pye-Barker's activity shows moderate recent growth — six awards in 2022 to fourteen in 2024, moderating to twelve in 2025 and four captured awards as of June 2026 (recent four-week period). Seven awards (combined potential value $442 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure. The vendor's parent-vehicle footprint is narrow; the source identifies only three named IDVs: an Army single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for ALTESS fire suppression maintenance ($75,000 ceiling through July 2027), the Air Force Materiel Command BPA noted above, and one additional Army contract vehicle. The breadth of awards across distinct contracting offices and single purchase orders suggests Pye-Barker competes primarily on spot procurements and small indefinite delivery contracts rather than riding large government-wide or agency-wide vehicles.

Subcontractor activity is minimal — only 5% of recent awards fall in the sub category, and Service Contract Inventory data captures only four SCI records across FY2022–FY2024 (all as named subcontractor, zero as prime), reflecting sub-$150,000 thresholds on most federal work or goods-oriented (non-service) delivery. Named sub positions include fire alarm maintenance and sprinkler repair work under Management & Training Corporation on the Clearfield Job Corps Center operations contract and fire protection installation work under Dawson Enterprises on an Air Force Central Headquarters facility repair contract, both recent (November 2025 and earlier). The vendor does not appear to operate as a feeder sub to larger primes; subcontracting is ancillary to its prime posture. The corporate structure suggests most delivery is performed through Pye-Barker itself or its directly owned subsidiaries rather than through external subcontractor networks.

Pye-Barker's award footprint clusters in fire control equipment maintenance and repair (10 awards), ship and marine equipment maintenance (8 awards, likely Coast Guard vessel work), housekeeping/fire protection (6 awards), and fire-fighting/rescue/safety equipment inspection and repair (9 awards combined across two PSC codes). The vendor's customer and service mix reflects regional depth in the Southeast — with headquarter and subsidiary locations across Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and the Midwest — combined with willingness to travel for military base and federal facility work nationwide. Federal revenue concentration and the scale of individual awards ($2.4 million combined potential value across 60 awards, $2.1 million obligated) indicate Pye-Barker is a specialized regional operator with a stable but modest federal footprint, competing on recurring inspection and maintenance contracts where local or regional presence and specialized fire safety expertise create competitive advantage.