Ritz Construction Inc.

Ritz Construction Inc., a Frederick, Maryland-based Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) operating under multiple SBA certifications, delivers facility construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance services to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor under 8(a) sole-source, competitive 8(a), HUBZone, and total small business set-asides. The company holds no subcontract positions in its federal footprint; all 336 awards across the past five years are prime work, with combined potential value of $2.02 billion and $255.8 million obligated to date.

Ritz Construction competes predominantly through set-aside vehicles. Recent work exemplifies the portfolio: a $14.7 million total small business delivery order for Quarters 6 whole house revitalization at Marine Barracks Washington under the Naval Facilities Engineering Command's Washington AOR Small Business MACC (April 2025); a $13.3 million partial small business definitive contract for historic structure preservation at Hampton National Historic Site with the National Park Service (September 2025); a $11.8 million total small business delivery order for Social Security Administration Supply Office of Inspector General renovations under GSA's East Coast Corridor IDIQ (May 2024); and a $4.8 million competitive 8(a) definitive contract for Building 351 renovations at Letterkenny Army Depot with Army Corps of Engineers (October 2024). Work spans HVAC system design and installation, electrical and plumbing infrastructure, mechanical equipment replacement, structural repairs, hazardous material abatement, parking structure rehabilitation, roof replacement, and interior renovation across federal facilities.

Customer concentration tracks heavily toward Navy and civilian agency infrastructure missions. The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command leads by potential value (36 awards, $793.9 million), followed by the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 3 ($218.3 million across 7 awards). The National Institutes of Health ranks third by potential value ($46.8 million, 23 awards) despite fewer orders than the Navy Installations Command (39 awards, $11.7 million), signaling that Ritz secures larger individual projects from NIH. The Department of the Interior National Park Service and Defense Logistics Agency round out the top five. Together, the top five agencies represent 57% of combined potential value.

Ritz operates under twelve named parent vehicles, the largest being a $750 million multiple-award MACC with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Washington AOR Small Business MACC 2024–2032, total small business set-aside, extended to July 30, 2032). A $300 million multiple-award MACC at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (Air Mobility Command, total small business, March 2025–March 2032) and a $250 million Department of Interior/U.S. Forest Service design-build MATOC (total small business, through April 2, 2028) follow. Single-award IDIQs include a $4.5 million NIH Construction IDIQ (April 2024–April 2027, no set-aside), a $4.5 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command Bethesda IDIQ (June 2025–June 2030, 8(a) sole source), and a $4 million Navy Installations Command IDIQ (September 2023–September 2028, 8(a) sole source). Ritz also holds a $200 million GSA Region 3 general construction services IDIQ (January 2023–December 2026, total small business) and a $75 million GSA Region 3 IDIQ for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware (May 2026–April 2027, total small business). The 21 task orders under a single Naval Facilities Engineering Command contract (N4008519D1769) generated $3.2 million; the top five vehicles account for roughly half of active task-order volume.

Activity has remained flat to declining in recent years. Annual awards peaked at 65 in 2024; 2025 saw 49 awards and 2026 has carried only 6 as of the snapshot date (July 29, 2026). Twenty awards with combined potential value of $64.1 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating significant recompete exposure and pipeline risk.

SCI-reported invoicing of federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $36.6 million across FY2022–FY2024 (a partial view excluding goods, micro-purchases, and non-federal revenue). FY2024 showed $16.3 million invoiced across 50.8 FTEs, a sharp increase from FY2023's $8.2 million and 2.2 FTEs, reflecting workforce scaling on larger projects. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $81.52/hr to a median of $367.91/hr and a 90th percentile of $3,012.13/hr, indicating a mix of labor-intensive installation work and specialized technical or design labor. Across prime contracts in the SCI dataset, subcontractors performed an average 12% of contractor hours; the vendor named 10 distinct subcontractors, suggesting Ritz builds its own delivery teams on most work and brings specialized subs for targeted scope elements rather than operating as a sub-heavy prime.

Ritz Construction's ownership structure reflects EDWOSB and 8(a) standing. The company is a Subchapter S corporation, woman-owned and Asian-Pacific American owned, holding active SBA 8(a) Program Participant certification (expires December 23, 2025), HUBZone Firm designation, WOSB, and SDB certifications. These designations anchor the company's competitive posture: 42% of its award count and approximately 60% of its potential value flow through set-aside vehicles reserved for these designations. Recompete activity and shrinking annual award volume suggest the vendor faces pipeline tightening and increasing reliance on vehicle renewals and task-order utilization under existing IDIQs to sustain revenue.

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