J.v. Arrhenius, Inc.

J.v. Arrhenius, Inc., doing business as ST Maries Septic, is a small business based in St. Maries, Idaho, that operates as a prime contractor delivering septic tank pumping, vault toilet maintenance, and related sanitation services to federal land-management agencies under total small business set-asides. The vendor competes exclusively under the total small business set-aside category and holds no subcontracting relationships; all 22 awards in the source represent direct prime contracts.

ST Maries Septic operates in a narrow, specialized niche: septic system and vault toilet pumping and inspection at federal recreation sites and administrative facilities across the Idaho Panhandle. Recent representative work includes a $399,536 firm fixed-price purchase order from the U.S. Forest Service Northern Region (awarded July 10, 2023, running through April 2028) for on-call vault toilet pumping services across an estimated 467 vault toilets in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests; a $71,495 total small business purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management (awarded May 1, 2025, through April 2028) for vault toilet and holding tank pumping at Coeur d'Alene-area recreation sites including Blackwell Island Recreation Site and Mica Bay Boater Park; and a $39,025 purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management (awarded May 1, 2026, through April 2027) for septic and vault toilet pumping at eleven recreation sites in Dalton Gardens, Idaho.

Customer concentration is stark. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Northern Region accounts for 18 of 22 awards (80%) and $709 thousand of the $885 thousand combined potential value across the vendor's footprint. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management represents the remaining 4 awards (18%) and $176 thousand. The two rankings are identical — both customers dominate awards and dollars equally.

ST Maries Septic places task orders under two Forest Service blanket purchase agreements: BPA AG02RCB160001 (11 task orders, $46 thousand combined potential value) and BPA 1284LL21A0002 (3 task orders, $79 thousand combined potential value). The vendor also holds a single-award BPA with the Forest Service Northern Region valued at a $150,000 ceiling, established July 2021 and originally running through June 2022, against which multiple calls have been issued.

Activity has declined in recent years: one award in 2022, three in 2023, one in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026. Three awards with combined potential value of $510 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $532 thousand, representing 60% of combined potential value. The vendor's work is concentrated under NAICS 541512 (Septic Tank and Related Services) and PSC 4722 (Housekeeping–Waste Treatment/Storage), with secondary PSC coding for natural resources conservation and custodial janitorial services.