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Plumbing Contractors government contracts in Arkansas

The federal government has already bought plumbing work in Arkansas, and every one of those contracts is public record — filed under NAICS 238220, a code it shares with HVAC. Below is what our copy of that record says about the plumbing side of it: who won, which agencies bought, what the awards were worth, and which contract terms run out soon. Each row was selected by reading its own work description, and the ones we could not read confidently are counted rather than claimed.

Awards under NAICS 238220
310

Arkansas place of performance — one code covering plumbing and HVAC

Reported value
$340.3K

Across the 17 of 310 awards on record under this code whose work description reads as plumbing work

Read as plumbing work
17

Of the 310 descriptions we read — our reading of the text, not a federal classification

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Open under NAICS 238220 in Arkansas — both trades, split further below

How to read this page: NAICS 238220 is titled "Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors" — the federal government files plumbing and HVAC under one code and does not separate them. This page is a filtered view of that code: we read each record's own work description and show the plumbing ones. 17 of the 310 awards we read describe plumbing work, and 130 describe both trades or say too little either way — those appear in no ranking on this page or on the HVAC one. How the split works · 238220 in Arkansas with no work-description filter

How this page separates plumbing from HVAC

It does not separate them by NAICS, because NAICS cannot. The U.S. Census Bureau gives 238220 the title "Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors" — one code, both trades, deliberately. A contracting officer filing a sewer-line repair and one filing a chiller replacement use the same six digits, and no field in the federal record tells the two apart.

So this page reads the work description on each record and keeps the ones that describe plumbing work. The words it reads as plumbing: plumbing, piping, water line, sewer, drain, backflow, plumbing fixture, water heater, lift station. Words that are excluded from a scope — "no plumbing work is included", "plumbing by others" — do not count as signals.

Where the text says both trades, or says neither clearly enough, this page claims nothing. Those rows are counted in the table beside this and then left out of every ranking here and on the HVAC page. A missed contract costs this page one row; a wrongly claimed one would tell you something false about who is winning your work.

This filter is our reading of published text. It is not a federal classification, and the government does not maintain one for these two trades.

Awards under 238220 in Arkansas

On record under this code
310
Descriptions read on this page
310
Read as plumbing work — ranked below
17
Read as HVAC work — not this page's
163
Describe both trades — claimed by neither page
3
No signal either way — claimed by neither page
127

130 of the 310 awards we read could not be confidently assigned to one trade and appear in no ranking on this page.

What Arkansas plumbing contractors contracts are worth

Figures below are calculated across the 17 of 310 awards on record under this code whose work description reads as plumbing work.

Total reported
$340,262

Sum of reported amounts

Average award
$20,015

Mean of reported amounts

Largest award
$108,960

Single largest of the awards read as plumbing work

Smallest award
$1,838

Single smallest of the awards read as plumbing work

Typical award size

Award sizeAwardsShare of those with an amount
Under $25K1482%
$25K – $100K212%
$100K – $1M16%
$1M – $10M00%
$10M and up00%

Bands are fixed dollar ranges, not a statistical fit. Shares are of the 17 analyzed awards that report an amount.

What the record covers

Awards on record under 238220
310
Descriptions read for this page
310
Analyzed on this page — read as plumbing work
17
Median award
$13,172
Distinct recipients in the classified rows
13
Distinct buying agencies
5
Earliest period of performance start
Jun 20, 2017
Latest period of performance start
Jun 20, 2023
Awards reporting an action date
17 of 17

USAspending leaves the action date empty on nearly every contract row it returns, so awards here are ordered by period of performance start — the date that is actually populated. We do not copy one date into the other.

Who is winning plumbing contractors work in Arkansas

These are the incumbents — the companies holding the contracts you would be bidding against or teaming with. Ranked by reported dollars across the 17 of 310 awards on record under this code whose work description reads as plumbing work. A company appearing here is a fact about the public record, not an endorsement or a claim about its current capacity.

RecipientAwardsReported totalLargestMost recent start
STRICKLIN PLUMBING INC.UEI CANJYLYU95S71$108,960$108,960Dec 6, 2017
LOVE'S BACKFLOW TESTING AND REPAIR SERVICES, INC.UEI SPSZUQZK4L872$68,569$53,700Jun 20, 2023
JACK TYLER ENGINEERING, INCORPORATEDUEI Q6G7MTNQ2N861$25,955$25,955Jun 30, 2021
MERRIOTT, TODDUEI LEUGKGXE6ND71$24,800$24,800Apr 13, 2018
FIVE HATS LLCUEI LVJYRZ2JUZK81$23,687$23,687Sep 12, 2018
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANYUEI CDMJTGFTSJL61$19,240$19,240Sep 15, 2017
NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.UEI NUSXWN6MXGL72$15,656$12,669May 31, 2019
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA ARKANSAS, INCUEI DCYJSBRAKDK51$13,274$13,274Aug 30, 2018
S & S PLUMBING INCUEI MUS1P8J8KPN91$13,172$13,172Jun 20, 2017
COLUMBIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES INCUEI RJ65VNSDV4V73$9,409$4,182Apr 1, 2021

Grouped by SAM.gov Unique Entity ID where one is reported, because the same company reaches the federal record under several name spellings.

The agencies buying plumbing contractors in Arkansas

Knowing which agency actually spends the money in your state tells you whose forecast to read, whose industry days to attend, and whose small-business specialist to call. Counts and dollars are across the 17 of 310 awards on record under this code whose work description reads as plumbing work. The table is ranked by reported dollars, which is not the same order as how often an agency buys — one large contract can outrank a buyer that awards small jobs every month, so read the awards column too.

Awarding agencyMost active sub-agencyAwardsReported total
Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army4$201,216
Department of AgricultureAgricultural Research Service8$93,110
Department of the InteriorNational Park Service1$19,240
General Services AdministrationPublic Buildings Service2$15,656
Department of JusticeFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons2$11,040

The NAICS codes plumbing contractors work is bought under

A federal solicitation carries exactly one NAICS code, and that code decides two things at once: whether the bid reaches your feed, and what size standard you have to be under to bid it as a small business. Award counts are across the 17 of 310 awards on record under this code whose work description reads as plumbing work.

NAICSIndustrySBA size standardAwardsReported total
238220Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning ContractorsNAICS 238 family standard: $19.0M average annual receiptsNot 238220's own published figure17$340,262

Industry titles are the official 2022 U.S. Census NAICS titles. Size standards come from our seed of the SBA table at 13 CFR 121.201. Where that seed lists the six-digit code itself, the figure shown is that code's own published standard. Where it does not, the row says so and shows the figure published for the NAICS family the code sits in — that is the family's number, not this code's, and sibling industries do not always share one. A blank means the seed carries neither, never that no standard applies. Confirm the code's own line in the current SBA table before you certify anything. The award columns count only the rows this page reads as plumbing work. The code's own count — 310 awards, both trades — is in the panel above.

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Most recent Arkansas 238220 awards that read as plumbing work

The newest 12 awards by period-of-performance start date, among those this page could classify. Every row links to its own page on USAspending.gov, so nothing here has to be taken on our word.

Award IDRecipientAgencyPlaceStartEndAmount
W519TC23P2344LOVE'S BACKFLOW TESTING AND REPAIR SERVICES, INC.Department of the ArmyWHITE HALL, ARJun 20, 2023Jun 24, 2026$53,700
12445121P0014JACK TYLER ENGINEERING, INCORPORATEDForest ServiceFIFTY SIX, ARJun 30, 2021Dec 31, 2021$25,955
W52P1J21P3035LOVE'S BACKFLOW TESTING AND REPAIR SERVICES, INC.Department of the ArmyWHITE HALL, ARJun 3, 2021Aug 2, 2021$14,869
12405B21P0184COLUMBIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES INCAgricultural Research ServiceSTUTTGART, ARApr 1, 2021Feb 28, 2022$3,389
127J1820P0031THE PLUMBER CONTRACTING INCForest ServiceCLARKSVILLE, ARJun 8, 2020Jan 31, 2021$6,500
47PH0219F0189NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.Public Buildings ServiceLITTLE ROCK, ARMay 31, 2019Jun 30, 2019$12,669
12405B19P0038COLUMBIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES INCAgricultural Research ServiceSTUTTGART, ARNov 26, 2018Oct 30, 2019$1,838
W9127S18P0145FIVE HATS LLCDepartment of the ArmyDIERKS, ARSep 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018$23,687
1232SD18P0593COMFORT SYSTEMS USA ARKANSAS, INCAgricultural Research ServiceSTUTTGART, ARAug 30, 2018Nov 30, 2018$13,274
47PH0218F0229NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.Public Buildings ServiceLITTLE ROCK, ARJul 13, 2018Sep 12, 2018$2,987
15B50818PTP110200SOUTHERN PIPE & SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.Federal Prison System / Bureau of PrisonsFORREST CITY, ARJun 11, 2018Jul 17, 2018$4,584
1232SD18P0332COLUMBIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES INCAgricultural Research ServiceSTUTTGART, ARMay 15, 2018May 15, 2019$4,182

Source: USAspending.gov, the federal government's official spending record. Award IDs are the contract or order numbers as published; the same number can repeat under different parent contracts, which is why each row links by its unique USAspending award identifier.

Open plumbing contractors bids in Arkansas right now

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No open plumbing contractors solicitations with a Arkansas place of performance are posted this minute. They come and go daily — the free weekly digest below emails you the new ones instead of making you re-check.

Past plumbing solicitations in Arkansas

Solicitations whose deadline has passed. You cannot bid these, and every page says so at the top — but the scope, the requirements and the issuing office are still there to read, which is the cheapest preparation there is for the next time the same agency buys the same work.

We hold no closed plumbing contractors solicitations for Arkansas yet. The archive fills as the bids we track pass their deadlines — an empty archive here means our record is young, not that nothing has ever been solicited.

How to use Arkansas award history to win the next contract

Award records tell you who you are really bidding against

A solicitation tells you what an agency wants. The award record tells you what it has actually been willing to pay, and to whom. Before you price a Arkansas job, read the incumbent table above: if one company holds most of the awards under your NAICS code, you are bidding against an incumbent with past performance the evaluators already trust, and your proposal has to give them a reason to switch.

What the plumbing half of 238220 looks like

The plumbing work that reaches this code is mostly repair and replacement rather than new construction: water and sewer lines, interior piping, drains, backflow-prevention assemblies, restroom fixtures, water heaters and lift stations. Because the code is shared with mechanical work, the code is never enough to tell you whether a solicitation is yours — read the statement of work. Two things worth checking before you price a job: whether the specification names a plumbing code the site is inspected against, and whether the work touches a potable-water system, which usually drags certification and permit requirements along with it.

Period-of-performance end dates are your calendar

Most services work is re-competed near the end of its term. An award whose current end date lands in the next twelve months is the earliest honest signal that a new solicitation may be coming — early enough to introduce yourself to the contracting office, request a copy of the current statement of work, and be a known name when the notice posts. It is only a signal: option years exist, and agencies exercise them.

One NAICS code decides whether you count as small

Each solicitation names a single NAICS code, and the SBA size standard attached to that code is the line between bidding as a small business and bidding open. The table above shows what our seed of the SBA table holds: for some codes the code's own published figure, and for the rest only the figure published for its NAICS family, which those rows label as such. A family figure is a rough bearing, not the threshold you certify against — check your own average annual receipts against the code's own line in 13 CFR 121.201 before you self-certify. A wrong certification is the kind of mistake that gets a proposal thrown out after you have already done the work of writing it.

Prevailing wages on federal construction

Federally funded construction contracts over $2,000 carry Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements: the wage determination attached to the solicitation sets the minimum hourly rate and fringe benefits you must pay by trade classification and by county. Those rates go into your bid before your margin does, and they vary within Arkansas — price from the determination attached to the specific solicitation, not from a state average. Our free wage-determination tool points you at the official figures.

Where these numbers come from

Award data on this page is federal contract spending published by USAspending.gov, filtered to a Arkansas place of performance and the NAICS codes listed above. Open bids come from SAM.gov and state procurement feeds. We publish what the record says and label what it leaves blank — where a field is empty upstream, this page says "not reported" rather than filling it in.

Arkansas plumbing contractors contracts — common questions

How many federal plumbing contractors contracts have been awarded in Arkansas?
We hold 310 federal contract awards with a Arkansas place of performance under NAICS 238220, which covers plumbing and HVAC together. Of the 310 we read in full, 17 describe plumbing work, with periods of performance starting between Jun 20, 2017 and Jun 20, 2023. The remaining 293 either describe HVAC work or do not say clearly enough for us to claim them.
Which NAICS codes cover plumbing contractors government work?
One: 238220. Its official U.S. Census title is "Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors", so plumbing and HVAC are filed under the same six digits and the code alone cannot tell them apart. That is why this page is a filtered view of 238220 rather than a separate code — we read each record's own work description. The federal government does not classify the two trades separately, and nothing on this page should be read as saying it does.
Who buys plumbing contractors services in Arkansas?
Across the 17 of 310 awards on record under this code whose work description reads as plumbing work, the agencies that bought most often are Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, General Services Administration. That is by number of awards; the table on this page ranks the same agencies by reported dollars, which can put a different name first when one large contract outweighs many small ones.
Are there open plumbing contractors bids in Arkansas right now?
Not at this moment. Open solicitations turn over constantly; the free weekly digest emails you the new ones for this trade instead of making you re-check.
If plumbing and HVAC share one NAICS code, how is this page plumbing only?
It is not a separate code — it is a filter, and we would rather tell you that than let you assume otherwise. Every award and solicitation under 238220 here is read for what its own description says: plumbing, piping, water line, sewer, drain, backflow, plumbing fixture, water heater, lift station. 130 of the 310 awards we read describe both trades or say too little either way; those are counted here but kept out of every ranking on the page. The same records with no work-description filter are on the Arkansas construction-trades page.
Does a backflow certification matter for federal plumbing work?
Often, and it is set locally rather than federally: backflow-prevention assembly testers are certified by the state or by the water purveyor whose system the building sits on, so the requirement follows the job site, not the agency. The solicitation states which certifications it requires — read that list before you price the job, because a tester certification you do not hold is not something you can obtain between the notice and the due date.

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