Services To Enhance Potential

Services To Enhance Potential, doing business as Step, is a tax-exempt non-profit organization and AbilityOne Non-Profit Agency headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. The organization specializes in providing facility maintenance and operational support services to federal agencies while advancing its core mission of creating employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Since its registration in the federal procurement system on June 1, 2009, Step has established itself as a reliable provider of janitorial, snow removal, and landscaping services across multiple federal facilities in Michigan.

Step's federal contract portfolio demonstrates substantial experience in facility maintenance services. The organization has received multiple firm-fixed-price delivery orders from the General Services Administration Region 5, valued between $2,394.54 and $35,000.00 each, for snow removal and landscaping services at the Ann Arbor Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan. These delivery orders, awarded between March 2023 and October 2025, represent recurring annual engagements for snow removal services, with a progression from $2,394.54 in fiscal year 2024 to $32,577.50 in fiscal year 2025, culminating in a $35,000.00 contract awarded in October 2025 for performance through April 30, 2026. Additionally, Step secured a significant $1,292,384.64 definitive contract from the Federal Aviation Administration's Southwestern Region, awarded on September 16, 2022, for janitorial services at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport's air traffic control tower, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026. None of these federal contract awards utilized set-aside designations, indicating Step's competitive positioning in open federal procurement markets.

Step's federal grant portfolio includes a Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts valued at approximately $19.1 million, awarded on June 1, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2025. This grant supports a curatorial development program dedicated to advancing the careers of artists with developmental and intellectual disabilities, reflecting the organization's broader commitment to serving individuals with disabilities beyond its facility maintenance operations. This grant represents Step's expansion into arts and cultural programming, demonstrating the organization's diverse capacity to manage federal funding across multiple program areas.

Step currently holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the General Services Administration Region 5. The primary IDC, valued at $1,342,950.08, was awarded on November 1, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2026, for janitorial and related services at the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Under this single-award IDC, GSA Region 5 has issued delivery orders for snow removal services, including a $24,959.50 order for fiscal year 2025 and a $14,462.12 order for fiscal year 2024. A second IDC, valued at $141,427.04, was awarded on March 1, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2023, for janitorial and related services at the Ann Arbor Federal Building, representing a transfer and extension of services from another non-profit agency. These IDCs provide Step with flexible vehicle authority to deliver ongoing facility maintenance services to federal facilities in Michigan while maintaining its commitment to employment integration for individuals with disabilities.