Starr II, A Joint Venture

Starr II, A Joint Venture is a FEMA-focused prime contractor providing flood risk analysis, mapping, dam safety program operations, building science research, and architect-engineering services exclusively to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a fully vertically integrated firm with no material subcontractor reliance. The joint venture, formed between Starr Technical Risk Agency and Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation and headquartered in Calverton, Maryland, competes exclusively as a prime contractor in full-and-open procurements under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) and PSC A-E-General.

Starr II's entire award footprint—121 prime awards with $1.7 billion combined potential value—sits with FEMA. The Federal Emergency Management Agency accounts for 106 awards (98% of award count) and $1.63 billion in potential value, with subordinate FEMA offices including the Mitigation Section (4 awards, $63.9 million) and regional divisions. Two parent vehicles dominate the portfolio: the Risk MAP Production and Technical Services IDIQ carries 84 task orders worth $475.7 million, and Indefinite Delivery Contract 70FA6021D00000005 (the PTS ZONE 3 vehicle awarded in September 2021 with a $390 million ceiling) anchors 35 task orders worth $235.2 million. Representative recent work includes a $64.0 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for FEMA Zone 3 Standard Operations 3 architect and engineering services (March 2024), a $14.9 million delivery order for flood mapping program advancement and legacy project completion through September 2029 (September 2026), a $9.8 million FY23 Region 10 risk mapping order (August 2023), and a $12.3 million order for Federal Flood Risk Management Standard implementation across Zone 3 (July 2023).

Activity has declined recently—five awards in 2022, nine in 2023, eleven in 2024, two in 2025, and seven in 2026—with fourteen awards (combined potential value $113 million) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. SCI-reported invoicing across federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $214.6 million from FY2022 through FY2025, with FY2022 at $59.7 million across 203 FTEs, FY2023 at $48.8 million across 175 FTEs, FY2024 at $60.7 million across 254 FTEs, and FY2025 at $45.3 million across 103 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on Starr II's SCI-reported prime contracts ranged from a median of $118.13 per hour to a 90th percentile of $173.82 per hour. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed roughly 1% of total contractor hours, with six named subcontractors reported across the prime portfolio—indicating that Starr II self-performs the overwhelming majority of its FEMA delivery and builds no significant sub-dependent delivery model. The joint venture operates with no subcontractor engagement across its FEMA footprint on awards spanning flood risk assessment, dam safety operations, building science publications, emergency action planning, risk mapping architecture, and regional production and technical services.