Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC

Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC, an Alaska Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business operating under the SBA's 8(a) program, delivers base operations support, facility maintenance, armed and unarmed security services, administrative staffing, and logistics across federal defense and civilian agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) competing predominantly through 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) set-asides. Headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska with a subsidiary structure including Bering–J&J JV, LLC, the firm has captured a rapidly expanding portfolio anchored in facilities support services (98 of 162 recent awards) and administrative staffing across 35 customer agencies.

Bering Straits' customer concentration reflects dominance in defense facility operations. The National Guard Bureau's Readiness Center leads by dollar value—11 awards totaling $1.04 billion potential value, driven primarily by a $973.4 million single-award Consequence Management Support Center omnibus services IDIQ for CBRNE mission support at Lexington, Kentucky (awarded September 2025, runs through June 2035). Naval Facilities Engineering Command ranks first by award count with 71 delivery orders carrying $112.6 million combined potential value, overwhelmingly task orders against Bering Straits' $73.4 million Base Operations Support Contract at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California (awarded July 2024, runs through December 2028). The Office of Personnel Management anchors 4 awards worth $297.3 million, led by a $91.1 million Enterprise Cyber, Infrastructure, and Network Operations Support Services contract (awarded January 2025, competitive 8(a), runs through January 2030) and an $8.9 million Business Applications User Support contract (awarded January 2026, 8(a) sole source, runs through January 2030). Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds 2 awards worth $134.8 million under an Emergency Detention and Related Services Strategic Sourcing Vehicle IDIQ. State Department awards (primarily the Bureau of Administration's $75 million staffing IDIQ awarded August 2024) account for significant potential value across multiple bureaus including Consular Affairs, Democracy/Human Rights/Labor, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and South and Central Asian Affairs.

Bering Straits holds five major indefinite-delivery vehicles driving task-order velocity. The largest is the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Base Operations Support Contract ($73.4 million, single-award 8(a) sole source through December 2028), which has generated 95 task orders totaling $42.2 million in combined potential value. The National Guard Bureau's Consequence Management Support Center IDIQ ($973.4 million, single-award competitive 8(a) through June 2035) has issued 13 task orders valued at $68.1 million. The State Department Bureau of Administration staffing IDIQ ($75 million, single-award 8(a) sole source through August 2027) has placed 11 delivery orders worth $36.9 million. Additional vehicles include a competitive 8(a) single-award contract for Armed Protective Security Officer services at IRS Complex Austin, Texas ($44.8 million, awarded November 2026, runs through October 2030), a competitive 8(a) single-award Naval Special Warfare/Naval Sea Systems instructors and coaches IDIQ ($49.5 million, awarded January 2026, runs through December 2031), an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Emergency Detention Services multiple-award IDIQ ($134.8 million, awarded May 2025, runs through May 2027), the OASIS+ 8(a) Small Business competitive multiple-award vehicle ($999.999 billion ceiling, awarded January 2026, runs through January 2031), and the OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside multiple-award vehicle ($999.999 billion ceiling, awarded December 2024, runs through December 2029). Bering Straits secured one task order on the OASIS+ 8(a) vehicle in August 2026 ($14.1 million for fence-to-fence environmental services, Air Force Civil Engineer Center).

Activity has accelerated sharply. The company secured 1 award in 2023, 46 in 2024, 71 in 2025, and 44 in 2026 (through early November). Combined potential value across all awards reaches $2.11 billion, with $295 million obligated (14% of ceiling value). Twenty-seven awards carrying $136.8 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating significant recompete exposure concentrated in Naval Facilities Engineering Command delivery orders, National Guard omnibus services task orders, and State Department staffing orders.

SCI-reported invoicing shows prime self-delivery with minimal subcontracting. FY2024 invoicing reached $17.6 million across 140 FTEs; FY2025 jumped to $55.1 million across 270 FTEs (contract-level FTE reporting, not absolute headcount). Government-paid hourly rates span from a 10th percentile of $56.47/hr (consistent with lower-skill facility operations labor) through a median of $1,343.96/hr to a 90th percentile of $2,398.34/hr, reflecting a portfolio mix of facility maintenance technicians, armed security personnel, administrative staff, and professional services roles. Subcontractor engagement averages 3% of total contractor hours across prime contracts; two named subcontractors appear in SCI records. This posture contrasts sharply with the broader award narratives, which name Vision Quest Solutions Inc., Business Operational Concepts LLC, and LTM Inc. as recurrent subs on larger omnibus services and equipment-procurement task orders—indicating that Bering Straits self-performs core facility operations and staffing labor while subcontracting for specialized supplies (PPE, detection equipment, medical devices), equipment procurement, and complementary professional services on larger orders where scope demands multi-vendor fulfillment.

Recent definitive contracts underscore capability breadth beyond base operations. A $9.8 million CDC Atlanta lab space upgrade contract (awarded September 2026, runs through September 2027, no set-aside, firm fixed price) and a $7.1 million Federal Bureau of Prisons facility replacement contract at FCC Florence (awarded October 2026, runs through January 2028, 8(a) sole source, firm fixed price) reflect construction and infrastructure modernization capacity. A $22.6 million IRS international mail services contract covering six field sites (awarded January 2024, 8(a) sole source, runs through January 2029) and a $13.4 million Army detention security officers contract at El Paso (awarded June 2025, 8(a) sole source, runs through September 2025) demonstrate logistics and specialized security execution. A $4.621 million Washington Headquarters Service design-build conference room construction contract (awarded September 2024, 8(a) sole source, runs through July 2026) and multiple International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs equipment and generator procurement orders signal product procurement and international project delivery reach.

Bering Straits competes almost exclusively under 8(a) set-asides—sole source or competitive—across its prime footprint. Full-and-open competition is rare in the award portfolio; when present, it typically applies to task orders under larger sole-source IDIQ vehicles. The company's positioning reflects classic Alaska Native Corporation/8(a) strategy: secure large single-award IDIQs under socioeconomic set-asides, then issue competitive or sole-source task orders to capture work at subordinate facilities and agencies. This structure has enabled rapid growth in a highly consolidated customer base (72% of recent awards concentrate in five agencies, with 79% of potential dollars in five customer entities), positioning Bering Straits as a primary acquisition solution provider for Department of Defense facility operations and National Guard contingency support while expanding into civilian IT infrastructure, healthcare technology analysis, and international development-program logistics.