William Lowe & Sons Corp

William Lowe & Sons Corp, a Boston-based family-owned moving and relocation services company, operates as a prime contractor delivering office furniture moving, equipment relocation, storage, installation, property disposal, and facility transition support to civilian federal agencies across the New England region. The vendor is a small business competing predominantly in full-and-open territory, with Total Small Business set-aside designations appearing on a minority of recent awards — most work carries no set-aside.

The company's federal footprint spans 495 prime awards (100% prime, no subcontracting activity) with combined potential value of $21.5 million, though activity has declined materially. Awards per year fell from 15 in 2022 to 14 in 2023, then to 9 in 2024, 4 in 2025, and 2 through mid-2026. Only three awards (combined potential value $243 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting immediate recompete exposure. The vendor's 63 distinct customer agencies reflect a broad civilian customer base, but concentration tilts heavily toward a single high-value anchor: the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 represents 18 awards and $12.8 million in combined potential value (77% of portfolio dollars), anchored by a single-award, Total Small Business set-aside BPA established May 12, 2022, running through May 11, 2027, with a $6 million ceiling. Recent VA VISN 1 calls include a $234.2 thousand call issued April 13, 2026, a $250 thousand call issued May 12, 2024, and a $407.5 thousand call issued May 12, 2023. By award count, the top five customers account for 39% of awards, led by the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (63 awards, $195 thousand combined), the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (44 awards, $17 thousand combined), and GSA Region 1 (43 awards, $917 thousand combined). The divergence between count and dollar rankings reveals the vendor's operational model: the VA BPA and Department of the Navy education and training work carry large per-order values, while GSA MAS task orders run small.

William Lowe & Sons holds position on two primary vehicles. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule BPA (Region 1, $375 thousand ceiling, August 30, 2021 through August 29, 2026) generates 161 task orders valued at $6.1 million combined, supporting moves across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine for agencies including the Social Security Administration, Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, Food and Drug Administration, and others. The VA VISN 1 single-award BPA ($6 million ceiling through May 11, 2027) covers furniture and equipment storing, moving, and installation at the Brockton, Massachusetts facility. The vendor also appears on smaller Navy and Army National Guard IDVs (Comprehensive Furniture Management Services, 69 task orders; Indefinite Delivery Contract N0010203D1600, 68 task orders; GS01P02BWD0087 and GS01P07BWD0018, with 57 and 42 task orders respectively).

Capability work spans routine relocation and excess-property disposal at major federal facilities in the region — furniture moves at the JFK Federal Building, O'Neill Federal Building, McCormack Federal Building, and Williams Coast Guard Building in Boston; facility transitions for the IRS (Burlington, Vermont to Andover, Massachusetts; Warwick, Rhode Island; Stoneham, Massachusetts), Social Security Administration (Portland, Maine to three locations; Warwick, Rhode Island office swing space; Springfield, Massachusetts), Department of Defense (Laconia, New Hampshire to Concord, New Hampshire), Department of Homeland Security USCIS (Williston, Vermont to South Burlington; Colchester, Vermont), and FBI (Bedford, New Hampshire). Recent awards include a $158.7 thousand Drug Enforcement Administration move from JFK and North Andover to New Bedford (May 22, 2025); a $120.4 thousand Food and Drug Administration move (February 6, 2024); a $70.9 thousand Internal Revenue Service move (February 15, 2023); and a $42.5 thousand U.S. Attorney's Office Rhode Island move from Kennedy Plaza to Financial Plaza in Providence (May 31, 2022).

Service Contract Inventory captures minimal activity — $235 thousand in invoiced revenue in FY2023 across 0.2 FTEs, with government-paid rates at $700.65/hr. SCI is a strict view covering only federal service contracts above the $150 thousand reporting threshold and excludes goods procurement; the vast majority of William Lowe & Sons' federal work consists of small task orders under the GSA MAS ($2,900 to $158,700 range) and the VA BPA, which fall below or cluster near the SCI floor. The vendor's NAICS footprint is dominated by Used Household and Office Goods Moving (357 awards) and General Freight Trucking, Local (56 awards); PSC codes center on Transportation/Travel/Relocation — Relocation (217 awards) and Other Transportation (108 awards).

Moving and storage of conventional and systems furniture within New England. Systems furniture installers and resellers. Residential moving within Massachusetts