Rutherford & Chekene

Rutherford & Chekene, a small-business prime contractor based in San Francisco, California, delivers seismic and structural engineering services to federal facilities across the General Services Administration's eleven regions and the Department of State, operating exclusively as a prime on federal awards (100% of recent activity) under small-business set-asides and full-and-open competition.

The vendor's customer base concentrates sharply on GSA's Public Buildings Service. The top five funding agencies account for 51% of recent awards by count and 90% by potential value, led by GSA Region 10 (5 awards, $71.2 million combined potential value), GSA Region 1 (2 awards, $10 million), and GSA's Central Office Acquisition Services Division (5 awards, $5.5 million). The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters (8 awards, $5.4 million) and the Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (4 awards, $3.5 million) round out the significant customers. A marked gap between award-count and potential-value rankings reflects GSA Region 10's anchoring of dollars: GSA Region 9 leads by volume (10 awards) but carries only $2.3 million in combined value, while GSA Region 10's five awards represent the bulk of the portfolio's potential.

Rutherford & Chekene holds a $10 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract (total small business set-aside, issued September 15, 2023, expiring September 14, 2027) with GSA's Public Buildings Service for seismic and structural engineering services across all eleven regions. The three most recent task orders under this IDIQ include a $291,791 delivery order awarded July 20, 2026, for third-party peer review services related to Tacoma Union Station (due June 6, 2027), a $248,537.31 delivery order awarded September 16, 2024, for a seismic investigation study of the Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego (due November 28, 2025), and a $93,706.25 total small business set-aside delivery order awarded February 21, 2024, for a 911 seismic evaluation study at a federal building in Portland, Oregon (completed February 28, 2025). The vendor also operates under four additional indefinite-delivery contracts: 47PA0117D0002 (22 task orders, $74 million combined potential value), GS09P04KTD0085 (27 task orders, $2.2 million), INF15PC00033 (9 task orders, $395 thousand), and 47PB0123D0007 (3 task orders, $634 thousand).

The portfolio spans 116 total prime awards dating to 1980, with recent activity declining — six awards in 2021, one each in 2022 and 2023, two in 2024, and one in 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $106.7 million against $11.4 million in combined obligated dollars (11% utilization). Only one award (combined potential value $292 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory data captures minimal activity — $557 thousand in SCI-reportable invoiced amount across FY2022 only, with 1.3 FTEs reported that fiscal year and zero FTEs in FY2023 and FY2024. On the five SCI records in scope, government-paid rates ranged from $41.25/hr at the tenth percentile to a median of $206.26/hr, reflecting a mix of junior field labor and senior engineering staff. The vendor operates with zero named subcontractors across SCI-reportable prime contracts, building delivery entirely with direct labor. NAICS concentration runs across Engineering Services (38 awards), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (28 awards), and Architectural Services (11 awards), with PSC work coded primarily to Architect and Engineering—General categories.

Structural engineering

Geotechnical engineering