Ask HN: List of government vendors in the construction industry?

[kvnn]

I'm considering attacking a business problem for construction vendors to U.S. government agencies.

Primary vendors are the companies that deal directly with a government agency, and delegate work to sub-contractors (a sub contractor would be an electrical contractor, etc).

I'm able to get a list of all construction companies of a certain revenue, and within a few different construction segments, but "government contractor" is not a criteria I've found support for.

Any ideas?

[brudgers]

Federal Construction contracts are let in many forms ranging from traditional design-bid-build to construction management with fee to construction manager at risk to design-build.

Keep in mind that construction licensing laws are local and state laws and thus Federal construction projects are exempt, so scanning through license records will not provide a complete list.

As a practical matter, many Federal projects are specialized, and the contractors who perform the work don't take on other types of projects, so the companies are not well known.

Top it all off with some projects being handled without bid, or added as change orders to existing projects or simply classified and never even published.

My recommendation would be to find a domain expert, I only know what I know because I've been with firms that don't pursue that sort of work architecturally based on the reasons I mentioned. Though I did once interview with URS Griner for a position that was focused on DoD work. We were not a good fit.

Anyway, good luck.

[monkeyspaw]

My company runs a large dataset that includes construction companies and government contractors. Contact me via my profile email if you're interested in talking more about this.

[kvnn]

Oh yeah?! That sounds awesome. Your profile email is NOT public, though.

If you could let me know what it is I'll get right to you. My email is [e-mail]

Thanks,