Virginia Energy And Lighting, LLC

Virginia Energy And Lighting, LLC, a Native American-owned, minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) based in Chesterfield, Virginia, operates primarily as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) supplying electrical power infrastructure equipment, uninterruptible power supply systems, diesel generators, switchgear, batteries, and related maintenance services to federal agencies under SBA 8(a) and full-and-open competitive mechanisms. The firm holds SBA 8(a) Business Development Program certification and SDVOSB designation, competing across a mix of set-aside (Competitive 8(a), 8(a) Sole Source, and Total Small Business) and unrestricted awards.

The vendor's recent federal award portfolio is dominated by a $50 billion 8(a) STARS III Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) awarded February 23, 2022, and running through July 1, 2026, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of combined potential value across all 830 awards in the source data. Beyond STARS III, Virginia Energy And Lighting holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (Multiple Award Schedule) awarded February 18, 2025, through February 17, 2030, with a $475 thousand ceiling covering power distribution equipment, energy solutions, and batteries under Special Item Numbers for power distribution (SIN 335999) and batteries (SIN 335911). Individual order limits are capped at $250 thousand with net-30 payment terms and 30-day delivery commitment.

Concrete recent prime work demonstrates the firm's capability portfolio in electrical and power infrastructure. In August 2026, US Fleet Forces Command awarded a $137.7 thousand purchase order for UPS maintenance services at Virginia Beach, Virginia, running through August 30, 2031. In March 2026, the Department of the Army awarded a $438 thousand definitive contract under Total Small Business set-aside for semi-annual preventive maintenance, 24/7 emergency repair, load bank testing, battery replacement, and fluid sampling on six Caterpillar diesel standby generators at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, with a five-year performance period and mandatory two-hour on-site emergency response. In February 2026, Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 awarded a $167.3 thousand SDVOSB set-aside contract for diesel generator preventative maintenance at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. The vendor also executes smaller equipment supply orders: a $306.2 thousand generator panel modification contract with VISN 6 (July 2023); a $523.9 thousand SDVOSB set-aside for UPS preventative and corrective maintenance at Chincoteague, Virginia, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (February 2023, ultimate completion February 10, 2028); and a $949 thousand 8(a) Sole Source contract with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for quarterly electrical inspection services and upgrades at Portsmouth, Virginia, running through September 30, 2028.

Customer concentration is highly fragmented across defense logistics, veterans affairs, and civilian technical agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates by award count (519 awards, $1.6 million combined potential value), followed by DLA Troop Support Hardware (138 awards, $135 thousand) and DLA Aviation (58 awards, $111 thousand), reflecting the vendor's role as a catalog supplier on DLA indefinite delivery vehicles — however, these DLA awards represent micro-purchases and low-dollar supply transactions. By potential value, the GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchor the portfolio at $50 billion (the STARS III GWAC ceiling), followed by Defense Information Systems Agency (7 awards, $12.2 million), the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Enterprise Information Systems (7 awards, $2.6 million), Army Installation Management Command Northeast Region (16 awards, $2.2 million), and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (2 awards, $2 million). Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 places 17 awards valued at $1.4 million combined. The concentration dynamic reveals a structural mismatch: DLA volume dominates numerically but carries minimal value per award, while GSA's STARS III ceiling and DoD agency work anchor the dollar exposure.

Activity trajectory shows significant contraction in recent years: 12 awards in calendar 2023, declining to 5 in 2024, then recovering slightly to 7 in 2025 and 3 through August 2026. This volatility, combined with the 830-award lifetime count dominated by low-value DLA transactions, suggests the firm has shifted from high-volume catalog supply into larger, longer-term infrastructure contracts. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months is modest: 3 awards (combined potential value $1.7 million) reach ultimate completion, with the most significant exposure arising from the August 2031 end-date on the Fleet Forces UPS maintenance order and the March 2031 endpoint on the Army Radford generator contract.

Service Contract Inventory data captures minimal activity: $790 thousand invoiced revenue across a single prime SCI record in FY2022 (1.0 FTE), with no SCI invoicing in FY2023–FY2025. The median government-paid hourly rate on that single SCI record was $379.65/hr. SCI severely underrepresents the vendor's federal activity, as the portfolio is dominated by purchase orders for equipment supply and maintenance services on fixed-price contracts, which fall outside the SCI reporting threshold for service contracts above $150 thousand threshold or are classified as goods rather than services. The sub-hours share on the SCI prime record was 0%.

In the subcontractor role, Virginia Energy And Lighting supplies UPS equipment as a materials provider to Lion Heart Electric Corp. on an Alexandria UPS replacement project (September 2025) and supplies forklift chargers and related equipment to International Towers LLC on DLA Richmond Warehouse work (January 2024). These represent low-value supply relationships rather than service delivery roles.

The vendor competes predominantly on set-aside vehicles — particularly 8(a) STARS III and SDVOSB set-asides across Veterans Affairs, Navy, and civilian technical agencies — with supplemental full-and-open competition on GSA Federal Supply Schedule and small-business set-aside purchase orders. Geographic performance spans Virginia (Chesterfield, Radford, Richmond, Virginia Beach), California (San Diego, Albany), Connecticut (Groton), West Virginia (Harpers Ferry), Iowa (Solon), Idaho (Boise), and other dispersed federal facilities, reflecting national scope across Veterans Affairs medical center networks, DoD installations, and federal civilian research sites.

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