Applied Aquatic Management, Inc.

Applied Aquatic Management, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Bartow, Florida, delivers vegetation management, aquatic plant control, environmental restoration, and UAS-based invasive-species treatment to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The firm is a small business competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on its Indefinite Delivery Contracts and on selected delivery orders, though roughly half its recent delivery order volume carries no set-aside designation. Applied Aquatic Management has over 35 years of operating experience in the southeastern United States and holds active small business status across both established IDCs and follow-on vehicles.

Customer concentration is extreme and durable. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers accounts for approximately $186.6 million (87%) of the vendor's combined potential value across 128 awards, split between the Jacksonville District (80 awards, $129.4 million) and broader Army Corps of Engineers programs (48 awards, $21.2 million). The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 carries $21.4 million across four awards. The remaining five distinct customer agencies represent less than 3% of potential value. This concentration reflects Applied Aquatic Management's role as the primary vegetation-management contractor for USACE civil works missions across the South Atlantic Division, particularly in Florida and Georgia.

Applied Aquatic Management holds two major IDC vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. The Indefinite Delivery Contract W912EP20D0003, issued by USACE Jacksonville in April 2020 with a $35 million ceiling and total small business set-aside designation, carries 45 task orders valued at $35.3 million combined—the largest single source of obligation. The earlier Indefinite Delivery Contract W912EP14D0007, also from USACE Jacksonville, carries 64 task orders valued at $20.3 million combined, with ultimate completion extending through 2027 and 2031 respectively. A newer $45 million total small business IDC awarded April 8, 2026, replaces the expired prior vehicle and extends performance through April 7, 2031. Both vehicles authorize invasive species management, aquatic plant control, mechanical vegetation removal, herbicide application (ground and aerial), wetland restoration, and GIS/aerial mapping across USACE South Atlantic Division properties.

Representative capability work demonstrates depth in large-scale environmental remediation. Applied Aquatic Management executed a $3.3 million delivery order from USACE Jacksonville for vegetation removal supporting the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project and Savannah Marsh 1S Restoration (ultimate completion October 23, 2026); a $1.525 million firm fixed-price order for multi-project vegetation management across the southeastern United States (ultimate completion March 29, 2027); and a $2.9 million delivery order for herbicide treatment and mechanical vegetation removal across 17 Florida counties supporting Natural Resources Conservation Service objectives. Recent work also includes a $51.2 thousand National Park Service purchase order for UAS-based detection, mapping, and precision herbicide treatment of invasive Melaleuca and Lygodium at Everglades National Park (awarded September 24, 2026, ultimate completion June 30, 2027), requiring FAA-certificated Remote Pilots in Command, Florida-licensed pesticide applicators, and submeter GPS accuracy. Applied Aquatic Management performs all work as a prime contractor with no identified subcontractors across its federal footprint.

Activity trajectory shows recent contraction after period growth: 14 awards in 2022, declining to 3 in 2026 year-to-date. Only five awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $6 million), indicating stable recompete exposure but requiring sustained new task-order placement against the two active IDC vehicles to maintain revenue. The 196 awards in the source data span delivery-order execution dating to 1990, with combined potential value of $214.4 million and combined obligated dollars of $87.1 million (41% of potential value). Applied Aquatic Management's revenue profile is entirely USACE Jacksonville delivery orders and IDC task orders; there is no defense prime work, no multi-agency vehicle participation, and no sub-award presence. Capability concentration within a single contracting district and customer set creates both a deep-entrenchment moat for continuity and significant concentration risk if USACE ecological restoration spending contracts.