A Federal Construction Partner You Can Stake an Award On
HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned certified, with the USACE past performance and safety record to back it up.
Vetted Before the Award
Federal construction is a distinct discipline. Success requires more than technical competence; it demands fluency in acquisition rules, agency-specific standards, past-performance documentation, small-business utilization, and the operational realities of working on active government installations. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business with more than 40 years of continuous federal work, we bring both the credentials and the execution capability that agencies need.
We operate as a full-service general contractor capable of self-performing major civil scopes—earthwork, flood control, utilities, concrete, and related work—while managing specialty subcontractors under a single, accountable structure. That combination is particularly valuable on set-aside and partial set-aside procurements, where agencies seek SDVOSB primes that can deliver rather than merely broker the work. Our past performance includes levee repairs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, national cemetery expansions and upgrades for the Department of Veterans Affairs, erosion-control and site work for the National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration, and related civil projects that demonstrate both technical depth and reliable close-out.
We understand the practical demands of federal work: security and access protocols, quality-management systems that satisfy Corps and VA requirements, environmental compliance that survives audit, and documentation packages that support payment and close-out without prolonged negotiation. Proposal development, estimating, and project controls are aligned with the evaluation factors federal agencies actually use—technical approach, past performance, and small-business participation—so that our submissions are competitive on both price and non-price factors.
The long-term objective is clear: to operate at the standard of the nation’s largest federal contractors while retaining the agility, self-perform capacity, and veteran-owned accountability that distinguish a high-performing SDVOSB. Clients who engage us receive a partner structured for federal success—technically capable, administratively disciplined, and oriented toward the same outcome the government seeks: infrastructure that performs, on time and within the public trust.
Set-Aside Eligible
Federal Projects, Named in Text
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NAICS codes, CAGE/UEI, certifications, key personnel, past performance, and bonding.
Self-Perform Capabilities
What Our Customers Are Saying
Fort Gibson National Cemetery Construct Columbarium
Thanks again for you and your teams’ work on this final phase of the project and we look forward to working together on future construction projects. NCA is grateful for RKE’s attention to detail, and quality of work on our National Shrine and honoring our Veterans.
Cottonwood Slough
RKEs project manager, QC staff, safety officer, and project superintendent was engage in the work, ensured long lead time materials were order timely, means and methods provided quality and efficiency, and the labor force performed quality work throughout the project life.
Another of many successful projects provided by RKE. Always a pleasure working with the RKE team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does RKE Contractors hold federal small-business certifications?
Yes. RKE is SBA, HUBZone, and SDVOSB-certified.
Which federal agencies has RKE Contractors built for?
Past performance includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Department of Energy