Government contracts for architectural services in Pennsylvania

Architectural services contracts in Pennsylvania typically cover new building and facility design, modernization design for schools and civic buildings, space planning and programming studies, ADA and building-condition assessments, historic preservation work, and on-call architectural services agreements. Federal posts in this category fall under NAICS 541310 (Architectural Services), with related work under 541350 (Building Inspection Services), and the bulk of the work flows to the GSA Public Buildings Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the VA, and municipal and school-district capital-projects offices. Like engineering, architectural work is selected on qualifications rather than price in most jurisdictions, and small and emerging firms benefit from set-aside on-call pools and mentor-protégé joint ventures.

Pennsylvania currently has 41 open architectural services contracts in our database, with 24 added in the last 30 days. That's enough volume that a focused small business can win recurring work in this state without ever leaving its home market. The most active buyers are VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF (11 open posts) and DEPT OF THE ARMY (7), with the rest spread across other federal civilian agencies, DoD components, and state and local departments active in Pennsylvania.

Beyond federal opportunities, much of the architectural services work in Pennsylvania is posted through Pennsylvania eMarketplace (PA eMarketplace), with recurring buyers including PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), and the City of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania heavily uses statewide cooperative purchasing contracts (Costars) that local governments and school districts can buy off — getting on Costars expands your reach beyond state agencies. ContractRadar pulls federal postings from SAM.gov alongside state and local feeds so an architecture firm doesn't have to monitor each portal manually.