Sherlock, Smith & Adams Inc.

Sherlock, Smith & Adams Inc., a Montgomery, Alabama-based architectural and engineering services firm, operates as a federal prime contractor (99% of recent awards) delivering comprehensive design, engineering, and construction support services for military installations, medical facilities, and federal infrastructure projects. The company competes in both small-business set-aside and unrestricted procurements, with a portfolio anchored by large indefinite delivery contracts from the Army Corps of Engineers and Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

Sherlock, Smith & Adams holds eight active IDCs with combined ceilings exceeding $1.1 billion. The largest are a $449 million contract with USACE Engineering Support Center Huntsville for Veterans Affairs architect-engineer services (Total Small Business set-aside, through January 2030), a $249 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command contract for medical treatment facility design and engineering (awarded September 2023, ultimate completion September 2028), a $200 million USACE Huntsville Medical Division architect-engineer services IDC for Department of Defense medical facilities (Total Small Business, through January 2029), and a $190 million USACE Honolulu District contract for miscellaneous military and civil works project design (unrestricted, through March 2030). Recent additions include a $140 million USACE Savannah District general design architect-engineer services IDC (Total Small Business set-aside, awarded October 2025) and a $100 million USACE Fort Worth District contract supporting Department of Homeland Security vertical facilities (unrestricted, through September 2029). A $30 million USACE Interagency & International Services contract targets Central and South American projects through June 2029. Under these vehicles, recent task orders include a $383,651 comprehensive interior design package for DLA-ENDIST Savannah under the Savannah District IDC (Total Small Business set-aside, completion October 2026), a $719,810 clear water rinse services delivery order at Eglin Air Force Base for ENDIST Mobile (unrestricted, completion January 2027), and a $120,849 Llopango Barracks construction support task order for ENDIST Mobile in El Salvador (unrestricted, completion September 2026).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense infrastructure agencies. The top five customers by potential value account for 80% of combined potential value: USACE Engineering Support Center Huntsville ($449 million across four awards), Naval Facilities Engineering Command ($345.1 million across 28 awards), USACE Savannah District ($144.8 million across 35 awards), USACE Fort Worth District ($101.2 million across four awards), and USACE ($30 million across 12 awards). By award count, the Department of the Navy leads with 184 awards, followed by the Department of the Army (143 awards), General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (92 awards), and USACE Savannah District (35 awards). The divergence between volume and dollars reflects the preponderance of small task orders under larger Navy contracts versus fewer but higher-value Army Corps IDCs. Sherlock, Smith & Adams' core capability centers on architect-engineer services for medical facilities, military installation design, vertical construction (barracks, dining facilities, offices, training centers), and horizontal construction (airfields, roads, infrastructure). Work is performed nationwide and in overseas locations including Hawaii, Pacific territories, and Central America. The company's IDC portfolio spans NAICS 541310 (Architectural Services) and 541330 (Engineering Services) across 169 awards coded to general landscaping and interior layout design and 163 awards for general architect-engineer work. All work is performed in-house; the vendor carries minimal subcontract exposure (1% of awards) with no named prime relationships disclosed in recent activity. Activity has grown from two awards in 2022 to eight in 2025, with only three awards (combined potential value $1.2 million) reaching completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating low near-term recompete pressure and extended visibility into existing vehicle task-order pipelines.

Sherlock, Smith & Adams (SS&A Design Collective) is an employee-owned Architectural-Engineering firm that was founded in 1946 in Montgomery, AL. We specialize in Federal projects, with sub-specialties in the Department of Defense. We are a multi-discipline design firm offering a full range of services leveraged exclusively for the benefit of our clients. We provide full design services in-house including: Project Management, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Plumbing Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Cost Estimating, Site Planning, Medical Planning, Equipment Planning, Sustainability (LEED & Guiding Principles), Value Engineering, Peer Review and Inspection, Construction Administration, and Quality Control / Quality Assurance.