RQ Construction, LLC

RQ Construction, LLC, a large for-profit construction services provider headquartered in Carlsbad, California and subsidiary of DPR Construction, is a prime contractor delivering commercial and institutional building construction, facility repairs, and infrastructure modernization across Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security agencies, competing predominantly under full-and-open (non-set-aside) designation. The company operates as a 93% prime footprint with specialized capacity in design-build and design-bid-build military construction, supported by fourteen joint venture subsidiaries (RQ-AECOM, RQ-Bauer, RQ-Dpr, RQ-Blackwater, and others) that enable teaming with engineering firms, general contractors, and specialized trades.

RQ Construction's customer concentration is heavily skewed to Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), which accounts for 98 of 181 total awards and $19.14 billion of the $26.2 billion combined potential value across the vendor's portfolio. The top five customers by dollar value — NAVFAC, Coast Guard (3 awards, $4.03 billion), Navy Installations Command (16 awards, $605.4 million), Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore (2 awards, $499 million), and Naval Air Warfare Center (2 awards, $432.7 million) — represent 94 percent of combined potential value. This concentration reflects RQ Construction's dominant position on Navy facility modernization and infrastructure programs.

RQ Construction holds multiple large indefinite delivery contracts that anchor its federal work. The Commercial and Institutional MACC V with NAVFAC carries a $3 billion ceiling and has been exercised through at least June 12, 2026, with task orders including a $133.8 million modernization of Halligan Hall B-234 at Naval Postgraduate School, a $122.4 million Norfolk Naval Shipyard Triplex and Building 163 repair, and an $95.18 million Special Operations Forces Command facility upgrade in San Diego. The $4 billion National Multiple Award Construction Contract III with the Coast Guard (September 29, 2023 through September 30, 2033) includes a $32.03 million delivery order for Runway 1-19 recapitalization at Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The $1.105 billion Southeast Area of Responsibility Multiple Award Construction Contract with NAVFAC (September 28, 2021 through September 27, 2026) has generated eleven task orders totaling $553.7 million, including a $123.7 million Trident Training Facility recapitalization at Kings Bay, Georgia. Additional vehicles include a $2.5 billion Facilities and Infrastructure MACC for NAVFAC Pacific (Guam and Pacific areas), a $1.999 billion Navy General Construction Southeast AOR vehicle (June 5, 2025 through June 4, 2030), a $249 million NSGB Cuba MACC (January 14, 2025 through January 13, 2030), and a $245 million Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District design-build contract through September 19, 2029. RQ Construction also holds a $500 thousand single-award BPA with Army Southern Command for ready-mix concrete serving the Joint Task Force Beef mission, which has generated twenty task orders for concrete and aggregate materials.

Recent award activity shows sustained volume: 21 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 26 in 2024, 25 in 2025, and 3 awards through April 2026. The recompete cliff presents material risk — 22 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.12 billion, including the Southeast Area of Responsibility vehicle completing September 27, 2026.

RQ Construction's capability portfolio centers on design-build and design-bid-build delivery of large-scale military facility construction, renovation, and infrastructure repair. Representative recent prime awards include a $72.3 million design-build Expeditionary Mobile Combat Laboratory at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California (October 27, 2028 completion, under Commercial and Institutional MACC V); a $82.4 million design-bid-build renovation of Building CEP-201 at Naval Station Norfolk with structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, roofing, and plumbing scope, partnering with Southern Spear Ironworks for structural steel, TST Tactical Defense Solutions (8(a)-certified SDVOSB) for roof systems, and Blackwater Electric (WOSB) for electrical work; and a $56 million Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, with subcontractors including Bergelectric, Alpha Mechanical, McClain Mechanical, and Coffman Engineers. On the subcontractor side, RQ Construction engages as a sub to Vectrus Systems LLC on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay base operations support and waterline inspection work (six award dates between February 2025 and December 2025, including recurring and non-recurring construction scope).

The vendor's footprint across the top parent vehicles is concentrated: the Southeast Area of Responsibility MACC (11 task orders, $553.7 million), NAVFAC Southwest Commercial Construction 2010-2016 (9 task orders, $280.7 million), two BPAs with Army Southern Command (the primary BPA generating 20 task orders for $196 thousand combined, and a second BPA with 14 task orders for $712 thousand), and a third BPA generating 12 task orders for $364 thousand. Category concentration reflects both large construction projects and materials supply: 109 awards carry NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), 50 awards are NAICS 327320 (Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing), and 11 are Facilities Support Services. The firm obligated only $3.83 billion of its $26.2 billion combined potential value (15 percent), indicating a substantial tail of task order capacity not yet exercised.

RQ Construction competes as a large business across all awards; no set-aside categories characterize the prime portfolio. The subsidiary structure — fourteen joint ventures with names such as RQ-Dpr (general contractor partnership), RQ-AECOM (engineering), RQ-Blackwater (electrical specialty), and RQ-Sletten (heavy civil) — signals a templated teaming model enabling the vendor to field full-service construction teams for large, complex military projects while distributing execution risk across specialized partners. This structure is typical of large construction prime contractors competing for billion-dollar MACC vehicles where design, engineering, trade, and project management capabilities must be fielded in concert across multiple concurrent delivery orders.