Bamforth Engineers wins $90 million Navy architect-engineer contract
The women-owned Norfolk firm will design and survey Navy and Marine Corps installations through July 2031 under an indefinite-delivery deal competed among seven offers.
The women-owned Norfolk firm will design and survey Navy and Marine Corps installations through July 2031 under an indefinite-delivery deal competed among seven offers.
Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors Inc.won a $90 million Navy contract for architect-engineer services on July 2, 2026.
The Norfolk, Virginia, firm received a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services at Navy and Marine Corps installations (see war.gov). The first task order was awarded at $5,000 to fulfill the minimum guarantee. The term runs no longer than 60 months, with an expected completion date of July 2031.
Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance, Navy funds of $5,000 are obligated on the award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured through the sam.gov website, with seven offers received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic in Norfolk is the contracting activity (N40085-26-D-0036).
Bamforth traces its roots to 1943, when Chester and Helen Bamforth started a land surveying business in coastal Virginia, and now operates as a small, women-owned business led by President Anna Lee Bamforth (see bamforth.com). The firm has been awarded more than 20 NAVFAC contracts since its first in 1986 (see bamforth.com). Its recent work includes a water treatment plant replacement at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, and a hospital replacement at Fort Irwin, California (see acecva.org).
This is the first contract awarded to Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors Inc.in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $90 million. It is also the 147th Department of Defense contract awarded in Virginia during 2026.
Because this is the first award to the company recorded in the database, it establishes the firm’s initial benchmark within the Navy portfolio. The award falls between the 2026 Navy portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9.2 million and maximum of $8 billion.
This award was announced among 4 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 2, 2026.
This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors Inc., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $90,000,000. It is also the 147th Department of Defense contract awarded in Virginia during 2026. Because this is the first award to Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors Inc. recorded in the database, it establishes the company’s initial benchmark within the Navy portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Navy portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9,235,416 and maximum of $8,000,000,000. Overall, this award was announced among 4 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 2, 2026.
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