Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., doing business as V H B, is a for-profit transportation engineering, design, and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, that operates as a prime contractor (93% of awards) across federal civilian agencies with no set-aside designations, competing full-and-open. The firm has accumulated over $883 million in combined potential value across 499 federal awards, with deep concentration in highway safety research, infrastructure design, and environmental assessment and remediation services.

Customer concentration is split between two dominant agencies. The Department of Interior's National Park Service National Office accounts for 108 awards totaling $433.7 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $400 million indefinite-delivery contract for nationwide architect and engineering professional services (2026–2031). The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration anchors the portfolio with 236 awards totaling $347.1 million in combined potential value, primarily through delivery orders against the $33 million Highway Research and Development Services Technical Services Support IDIQ (awarded March 2022, completing September 2027). Together these two agencies represent the overwhelming majority of VHB's federal revenue. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the GSA Federal Acquisition Service are secondary customers with smaller volumes.

Recent FHWA task order work exemplifies VHB's capability depth: a $3.1 million delivery order (September 2026) for virtual, regional, and national safety peer exchanges; a $1.1 million order (October 2024) for developing crash modification factors for pedestrians and roadway departure safety improvements; a $2.4 million order (February 2024) for data administration and analytical services for the Highway Safety Information System VII; and a $1.9 million order (May 2022) for data-driven safety analysis, communications, and technical support. Under the NPS A/E IDIQ, VHB holds current scope for facility rehabilitation and infrastructure design at multiple national park locations, including planning and schematic design at Linville Falls Developed Area ($1.7 million, August 2026), East Potomac Park Golf Course rehabilitation ($389 thousand, September 2026), and carriage road resurfacing at Acadia National Park ($62 thousand, September 2026). NHTSA engagement spans traffic records and crash data research, with orders for state crash data accessibility review ($261 thousand, September 2024) and tribal crash data best practices reporting ($326 thousand, September 2024).

VHB holds five active indefinite-delivery vehicles anchoring its federal contracting posture. The FHWA Highway Research and Development Services Technical Services Support IDIQ ($33 million ceiling, March 2022–September 2027) has generated at least 52 task orders. The NPS Nationwide General Architect and Engineering Professional Services IDIQ ($400 million ceiling, March 2026–March 2031) represents the largest vehicle in the portfolio and funds ongoing national park facility rehabilitation and historic preservation work. OASIS+ Unrestricted (GSA, December 2024–December 2029) provides unrestricted government-wide access for specialized services. The FHWA Office of Safety IDIQ ($48 million ceiling, April 2026–March 2031) supports technical expertise and training delivery in pavement, materials, construction, maintenance, asset management, and financial management. The Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA ($50 million ceiling through March 2033) provides blanket purchase authority under a multiple-award vehicle. Eleven task orders have been placed through the Multiple Award Schedule and The Professional Services Schedule, and the firm competes on multiple other FHWA and NPS vehicles.

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows consistent federal services engagement: FY2022 invoiced $4 million across 10.1 FTEs; FY2023 invoiced $3.8 million across 11.7 FTEs; FY2024 invoiced $4.4 million across 11.0 FTEs; FY2025 invoiced $4.8 million across 13.0 FTEs. These SCI figures represent a subset of federal services contracts above the $150,000 threshold and do not include goods, products, micro-purchases, or non-federal revenue. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $73.80 per hour to a median of $181.82 per hour and a 90th percentile of $458.43 per hour, reflecting a mix of entry-level support and senior technical leadership. VHB self-performs the majority of its federal services work: across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for an average of 8 percent of contractor hours, with 23 named subcontractors engaged across the portfolio.

VHB operates as a subcontractor to larger systems integrators and program managers on approximately 33 federal awards (7% of portfolio). Named prime contractors include Guidehouse Inc. (FHWA Global Benchmarking Program Support), HDR Architecture (engineering facility design at Hanscom Air Force Base), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (architectural services for federally funded research and development center), Applied Research Associates (international commercial motor vehicle driver compensation research), Battelle Memorial Institute (transportation management systems and work zone safety grants program management), and Engineering Design Management (boiler plant repair design at USCG Academy). VHB also performs as a sub-recipient on federal research grants through the National Academy of Sciences, with recent awards for highway safety toolkit development, safe system approach training, and roadway safety audit methodologies (May 2026, October 2025, July 2024).

Activity has moderated from peak engagement: 2022 saw 35 awards, declining to 18 in 2023, rising to 22 in 2024, contracting to 11 in 2025, then rising to 27 through September 2026. Thirty-two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $21.3 million, representing recompete exposure across the FHWA and NPS portfolios. The portfolio is concentrated in engineering services (215 awards) and professional scientific and technical services (149 awards), with secondary depth in environmental consulting (40 awards) and transportation R&D (36 awards). Work is performed nationwide across CONUS and at subordinate National Park Service regional offices (Northeast, Southeast, and other regions), with administrative and operating headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts.