Ritz Construction Inc.

Ritz Construction Inc., doing business as Ritz Construction, is an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and SBA-certified 8(a) Program Participant based in Monrovia (Frederick area), Maryland, that operates as a prime contractor delivering facility construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance services to federal agencies predominantly through set-aside vehicles. The company holds concurrent certifications as a HUBZone Firm and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and holds concurrent self-certified status as a small disadvantaged business. Ritz Construction competes almost entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards), with no sub-award activity in the source data, and pursues work across both 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) set-asides, with occasional full-and-open competition on established IDIQs.

Ritz Construction's capability portfolio centers on concrete facility construction and maintenance work: commercial office and institutional building renovation, HVAC system design and installation, mechanical and electrical infrastructure work, roof replacement, plumbing and fire suppression system installation, demolition and hazardous material abatement (including asbestos remediation), interior fit-outs, and site work. Representative work includes a $4.5 million definitive contract with NIH for Building 10 facility deficiency remediation and renovation (October 2025, 8(a) sole source); a $2.75 million USDA contract for design, removal, and installation of an effluent decontamination system at the National Center for Applied Plant Protection in Laurel, Maryland (October 2023, HUBZone set-aside); a $13.26 million National Park Service contract for preservation of historic structures including enslaved quarters and support buildings at Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Maryland (September 2025, partial small business set-aside); and a $14.7 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command delivery order for whole-house revitalization at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., including lighting, mechanical, and courtyard improvements (April 2025, total small business set-aside).

Customer concentration skews heavily toward defense and federal facility operators. The top five funding agencies account for 41% of recent award count and 57% of combined potential value. Naval Facilities Engineering Command leads by potential value at $807.9 million across 36 awards, anchored by a $750 million multiple-award Washington AOR Small Business MACC (2024–2032) and an 8(a) sole-source $9 million IDIQ (June 2025). General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 3 represents the second-largest value concentration at $218.3 million across 7 awards, driven by a $75 million multiple-award IDIQ (May 2026) and a $200 million multiple-award contract (January 2023, both total small business set-aside). Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Construction accounts for $47.6 million across 24 awards, supported by a $4.5 million single-award IDIQ (April 2024). Department of the Interior National Park Service contributes $43.8 million across 22 awards, and Defense Logistics Agency Distribution contributes $49.4 million across 9 awards, primarily for modular building provision and facility work. Navy Installations Command and Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery round out the top tier with $7.1 million and $4.6 million respectively.

Vehicle position reflects a diversified IDIQ portfolio. Ritz Construction holds named positions on at least a dozen active indefinite delivery contracts with combined ceiling values exceeding $2 billion, including the $750 million NAVFAC Washington AOR MACC, the $300 million Air Mobility Command Multiple Award Construction Contract at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (March 2025), the $250 million Department of Interior/Forest Service Great American Outdoor Design-Build Construction MATOC (March 2023), and the $200 million GSA PBS Region 3 General Construction Services IDIQ. Smaller single-award vehicles include a $9 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command 8(a) sole-source IDIQ (June 2025), a $4.5 million NIH Construction IDIQ (April 2024), and $4 million single-award vehicles with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (June 2024) and Navy Installations Command (November 2022). A $1 million single-award Smithsonian JOC (May 2025) and Smithsonian facility repair and alteration vehicle round out the active portfolio. Task orders issued against these vehicles span from $500 to $18.8 million, reflecting the vendor's ability to execute both discrete maintenance work and larger renovation projects.

Activity trajectory shows year-over-year decline in recent quarters. Award volume peaked in 2024 at 65 awards, declined to 50 in 2025, and has dropped sharply to 15 awards in the first nine months of 2026, indicating either a trailing reporting lag or genuine slowdown in new awards. Combined potential value across all 346 awards stands at $2.03 billion, with $258.1 million obligated to date (13% drawdown), suggesting a robust pipeline of task orders against existing vehicles. The recompete cliff presents material exposure: 23 awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $67.7 million and will require competitive reprising or re-award.

Service Contract Inventory (SCI) reporting reveals a labor-intensive delivery model. Across FY2022–FY2025, Ritz Construction invoiced $70.7 million on SCI-reportable prime service contracts, with FY2025 showing $34 million invoiced across 59.0 full-time equivalents, representing a scaling-up from FY2024's $16.3 million across 73.5 FTEs. The high FTE swing suggests project-driven staffing rather than permanent headcount. Government-paid hourly rates span a wide range—median $306.55/hr, with 10th percentile at $75.05/hr (apprentice or laborer roles) and 90th percentile at $1,603.85/hr (senior engineer or design-build leadership). This rate spectrum reflects a mix of trade labor, supervisory staff, and specialized technical roles. Subcontractors perform an average of 21% of contractor hours across prime contracts, with 26 named subs reported, indicating Ritz Construction builds delivery teams using a core crew augmented by specialized trade partners for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and painting scope.

Ritz Construction's 8(a) certification carries an expiration date of December 23, 2025, creating a regulatory inflection point: the company's ability to pursue 8(a) sole-source set-asides and compete within 8(a) competitive vehicles will end unless the certification is renewed. This status shift will force a strategic pivot to HUBZone, WOSB, and full-and-open competition on existing IDIQs and new procurements, materially altering the competitive posture and potentially opening access to larger primes as a subcontractor on unrestricted opportunities.

Design-Build, Demolition, Carpentry, Drywall, General, General Construction, Trim, Sheetrock, Paint, Finishing, Design, Build, Metal, Framing, Wood, Custom, Landscaping, Snow/Ice Removal