Ricky M Triplett

Ricky M Triplett A-1 Backhoe Division, doing business as A-1 Backhoe, is a small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Perkins, Oklahoma that furnishes and installs wastewater infrastructure and sanitation systems for the Indian Health Service as a prime contractor exclusively. A-1 Backhoe specializes in aerobic wastewater systems, septic tanks, drainfields, lagoon systems, and individual well drilling, with all 204 recent awards designated as Total Small Business set-asides and issued by the Indian Health Service across Oklahoma field offices.

The vendor's customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service accounts for 100% of awards and the full $14.2 million in combined potential value. Work is geographically distributed across multiple IHS field office locations in Oklahoma—Pawnee, Shawnee, Clinton, Lawton, and others—with no other federal customer agencies represented in the recent award footprint. The vendor operates entirely through single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements held with IHS, with five BPAs anchoring the recent activity: BPA 75H71123A00092 (26 task orders, $239 thousand combined value), BPA 75H71123A00057 (13 task orders, $120 thousand), BPA 75H71121A00084 (12 task orders, $95 thousand), BPA 75H71123A00051 (10 task orders, $95 thousand), and BPA 75H71121A00083 (9 task orders, $64 thousand). A newly awarded master BPA on July 17, 2025, values at $2.5 million with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2030, and carries a modification to increase the lump sum callout amount to $350,000, establishing a multi-year framework for services across all Oklahoma area field offices.

Activity peaked in 2023 with 43 awards, declining to 27 in 2022, 22 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 5 awards so long in 2026 (through July 8, 2026). Individual task order values typically range from $8,000 to $31,425, with recent examples including a $31,425 call for three aerobic systems at Pawnee and one septic system at Shawnee (July 30, 2025), a $25,000 funding call for the Pawnee Field Office (August 25, 2025), an $85,000 lump sum call for various projects under the Shawnee Field Office (February 9, 2026), and a $50,000 lump sum funding call for the Shawnee Field Office (March 26, 2026). All awards are firm fixed price and designated for completion by April 30, 2030 or earlier. Combined obligated dollars amount to $1.5 million against a $14.2 million combined potential value, indicating that task orders are called off incrementally under the BPA framework. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides and holds no position on government-wide vehicles or agency-wide IDIQs outside its IHS BPA relationships.