Sargent Engineers Inc.

Sargent Engineers Inc., a small engineering firm based in Olympia, Washington, delivers structural and civil engineering services—primarily bridge inspections, load ratings, and infrastructure assessments—to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) under total-small-business set-asides. The vendor operates predominantly as a prime, with minimal subcontractor engagement; three sub-awards under Bratslavsky Consulting Engineers represent its SCI-visible subcontractor footprint for FY2024–FY2025.

The vendor's customer concentration is extreme and geographically focused. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 27 awards and $42.7 million in combined potential value—99% of the vendor's total award portfolio. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission contributes 10 awards with no dollar value specified in the source. Five other federal agencies (Department of Agriculture main, Forest Service Job Corps, and Department of the Interior) round out the customer set, collectively representing less than one percent of potential value. This concentration reflects Sargent's positioning as a specialized Forest Service architect-engineer contractor serving Oregon, Washington, and Alaska infrastructure programs.

Sargent holds a multi-award Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ awarded September 22, 2025, with a $24.999 million ceiling through September 20, 2030, set aside for total small business and covering Forest Service Regions 6 and 10 (the Northwest Zone). The contract has generated no task orders as of the summary date but represents the vendor's primary future vehicle. Two older IDIQs—Indefinite Delivery Contracts AG05K35305K35006 and 1205G219D0009—account for 19 and 9 task orders respectively, valued at $773 thousand and $1.5 million combined. Representative recent prime work includes a $600.5 thousand delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 for 2026–2027 regional-office special inspections and bridge inspections (ultimately due February 29, 2028) and a $311.7 thousand delivery order for 2022 bridge inspection services, both priced firm fixed price and both conducted under Total Small Business set-asides.

Activity has been episodic over the past five years—three awards in 2021, one in 2022, then two each in 2024 and 2025, with one award in 2026. The vendor reports only one award (valued at $601 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The SCI dataset, which covers federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, shows minimal visibility: 0.8 FTEs delivered across two sub records in FY2024 and 0.4 FTEs across one sub record in FY2025, reflecting Sargent's positioning as a delivery prime on project-based delivery orders rather than as a labor provider on ongoing service contracts. Across the 64 awards in the portfolio, engineering services dominate (48 awards), with architect-and-engineering inspection work (14 awards) and general AE design and landscaping work (26 awards) forming the core technical capability set.

Structural Engineering for Bridges, Building, Reservoirs, and other Structures