InSynergy Wins $30 Million Navy Deal for Pacific Utility Studies

The Honolulu engineering firm secured its largest-ever award, a firm-fixed-price contract covering Japan, Hawaii, Guam and other sites through August 2031.

First Published: August 3, 2026, 1:24 PM ET

HONOLULU, HAWAII — InSynergy Engineering Inc., a Honolulu-based engineering consultancy, won a $30 million Navy contract to study utility systems across the Pacific, as announced on war.gov.

The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award covers architect-engineer services for utility system studies through August 2031, the Navy said in the contract notice. Work spans Japan at 50%, Hawaii at 10%, Guam at 10%, the continental U.S. at 10%, and other locations at 20%, including the Philippines, Australia, Diego Garcia and Singapore.

InSynergy provides interdisciplinary consulting for mechanical, electrical, fire protection and telecommunications engineering, and employs 80 people at its Bishop Street office, according to acechawaii.org. The company serves clients across healthcare, hospitality, government and utility sectors, according to reputableengineers.com. Its principals include Joel P. Yuen, Barry Jim On and Garret Masuda, according to acechawaii.org.

The contract was competitively procured through the sam.gov website, with three offers received, according to war.gov. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity. Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance funds of $10,000 are obligated for the minimum guarantee and expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will draw primarily on operation and maintenance funds.

The award marks a milestone for the firm. This is the largest contract ever awarded to InSynergy Engineering Inc., surpassing its previous record of $9.9 million. It is the company’s first contract of 2026 and brings its total award value for the year to $30 million.

Utility system studies underpin the reliability of power, water and communications networks that serve naval installations. For personnel stationed at bases from Pearl Harbor to Guam, such studies shape decisions on aging infrastructure, energy efficiency and resilience against outages. The Pacific footprint of the work reflects the Navy’s dependence on far-flung facilities that require steady engineering support.

The deal ranks as the 12th Department of Defense contract awarded in Hawaii during 2026. It sits within the Navy’s 2026 portfolio between a year-to-date minimum of $9 million and a maximum of $8 billion. Measured against those figures, the award falls on the smaller end of a service branch that routinely commits billions to shipbuilding and weapons programs.

Small engineering firms have secured Pacific facilities work before. Hawaii’s naval bases have long relied on local consultancies for design and utility support, and competitive procurement through sam.gov regularly draws multiple bidders. The three offers received on this contract underscore a crowded field of island engineering firms chasing federal work.

The next decisions rest with NAVFAC Pacific contracting officers, who will issue task orders under the contract’s five-year ceiling. A date for the first task order has not been announced.

Military utility engineering in Hawaii carries a heavy history, as the islands have shouldered strategic burdens before. The Pearl Harbor naval base, established in the early 20th century, became the target of the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, that drew the United States into World War II and killed more than 2,400 Americans. Rebuilding and hardening the base’s utilities and infrastructure consumed engineering effort for years afterward. The work that followed helped restore Pearl Harbor as the anchor of American power in the Pacific.

This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to InSynergy Engineering Inc., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $30,000,000. It is also the 12th Department of Defense contract awarded in Hawaii during 2026. This is the largest contract ever awarded to InSynergy Engineering Inc., surpassing the company’s previous record of $9,900,000, and it is notable within the Navy portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Navy portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9,046,496 and maximum of $8,000,000,000. Overall, this award was announced among 4 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on August 3, 2026.