Stanley Consultants, Inc.

Stanley Consultants, Inc., doing business as Stanley Consultants Engineering And Architecture, is a Des Moines, Iowa-based architectural and engineering firm that operates exclusively as a prime contractor on federal design, inspection, and feasibility-study work for the Department of Agriculture. The firm is a subsidiary of SC Companies, Inc., a Muscatine, Iowa-based parent entity. Stanley Consultants competes in full-and-open procurement without set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Stanley Consultants' federal customer base is heavily concentrated in the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which accounts for 100% of combined potential value across the vendor's 57 recent awards. Within APHIS, the breakdown is clear: Headquarters and subordinate programs anchor 32 awards worth $37.8 million (92% of portfolio value), the Plant Protection and Quarantine division holds 13 awards totaling $2.6 million, Veterinary Services manages 5 awards valued at $621 thousand, and two minor NRCS regional offices round out the remaining $70 thousand. This customer concentration is among the tightest in federal contracting — 91% of awards cluster within APHIS divisions. Stanley Consultants' capability set centers on architectural and engineering services for APHIS research and protection facilities: designer of record services, construction inspection, feasibility studies for laboratory redesign, HVAC system analysis, utility infrastructure planning, and specialized laboratory facility planning. Representative work includes a $1.16 million delivery order (October 2025) for designer of record services on the Animal & Zoonotic Disease Center construction project at Des Moines; a $293,902 feasibility study and assessment (September 2022) to redesign the Mycobacteriology Laboratory at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa, performed in partnership with Hera Laboratory Planners (a small disadvantaged business subcontractor); a $417,989 delivery order (July 2022) for designer of record and construction inspector services on the Combined Underground Utility Improvements Project at Moore Air Base, with Urban Infrastructure Group, Inc. (a Hispanic American-owned, small disadvantaged business) performing construction inspection; and a $137,414 infrastructure study (June 2022) of raw water piping at Moore Air Base, with Jimenez Engineering Solutions, LLC (an 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business) providing survey services.

Stanley Consultants operates primarily from two parent contract vehicles with USDA APHIS: the USDA APHIS Nationwide Architectural and Engineering Services indefinite delivery contract (spanning 2016–2021, supporting 33 task orders worth $8 million in combined potential value) and an indefinite delivery contract (12639521D0055, supporting 19 task orders worth $3.3 million). The underlying $15 million USDA APHIS IDIQ vehicle, awarded July 9, 2021, and extending through June 30, 2026, permits task orders ranging from $100,000 to $5 million and encompasses facility design, construction, and inspection services across APHIS divisions nationwide. Recent awards under this vehicle include the October 2025 Animal & Zoonotic Disease Center order (ultimately completing November 2027), a July 2026 construction inspector delivery order for the World Screwworm Dispersal Facility dye area addition in Edinburg, Texas ($213,570, completing November 2026), and a May 2026 scoping meeting for a Mexican fruit fly rearing facility design project ($26,196, completing July 2026).

Activity declined notably in recent years — seven awards in 2022, dropping to one in 2023, then recovering to four in 2024 and five in 2025 — with only two awards reported year to date in 2026. Three awards (combined potential value $1.4 million) face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, exposing Stanley Consultants to modest recompete risk as those task orders complete. The firm regularly subcontracts with small disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) firms, and minority-owned engineering and construction companies — including Hera Laboratory Planners, Jimenez Engineering Solutions, and Urban Infrastructure Group — signaling a deliberate posture toward engaging certified disadvantaged vendors on APHIS facility work.

SCI-reported invoicing in FY2022 totaled $30 thousand across 0.8 FTEs, reflecting minimal SCI-reportable service-contract activity for that period; this figure captures only contracts above the $150,000 threshold and does not represent the firm's total federal revenue, which the delivery-order awards above clearly exceed. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran a median of $17.84 per hour, with a 10th percentile of $6.30 per hour and a 90th percentile of $29.38 per hour. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Stanley Consultants performed zero sub-hours share — all work delivered in-house — consistent with the firm's narrow specialization in APHIS facility design and inspection services where it maintains direct staff capability.