Bidwell John

Bidwell John, doing business as Bidwell, is a veteran-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Easton, Maryland, that provides aerial observation and survey services for wildlife monitoring to the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service as a prime contractor. The vendor operates entirely under small-business set-aside authority — all task orders are designated either Total Small Business or Full-and-Open with no set-aside applied — and holds 100% of its recent awards as prime contracts with no subcontract footprint.

Bidwell's capability portfolio centers on aerial observer services supporting migratory bird management and population surveys. Work is performed across multiple FWS regions, with place of performance spanning Easton and Laurel, Maryland, and other locations as directed by the agency. Representative projects include a $32,775 Western Golden Eagle survey call awarded August 25, 2025, through October 31, 2025; a $44,125 Maryland migratory bird management aerial observer call (May 15, 2025, through July 5, 2025); and a $10,328 Waterfowl Breeding Survey 2024 call with closeout (May 1, 2024, through June 20, 2024). More recent work includes a $1,800 migratory bird management call from FWS Region 5 in May 2026 for aerial observation and survey work in Bangor, Maine.

Customer concentration is extreme: the FWS Region 9 Headquarters accounts for 13 awards and $2.4 million of the combined $2.5 million potential value across all 19 awards, representing 100% coverage by the top customer ranking. The FWS entity represents the sole meaningful buyer, with three additional FWS regional offices (FWS Headquarters, Region 3, and Region 5) placing a combined four awards worth $30 thousand. Bidwell holds a single-award BPA with FWS Region 4 (Blanket Purchase Agreement 140F0422A0038) valued at $2.25 million with a ceiling through July 31, 2032, and individual BPA calls are capped at $250,000. Nine task orders against this BPA carry $107 thousand in combined potential value, with the remainder of the BPA's capacity outstanding.

Activity is flat across the past five years — three awards in 2022, one in 2023, three in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026 — with total obligated dollars at $215 thousand against $2.5 million combined potential value, indicating many awards remain unexercised or partially exercised. Work is categorized primarily under NAICS 541712 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, 17 awards) and PSC code for Special Studies/Analysis–Wildlife (10 awards) and Natural Resources/Conservation–Other Wildlife Management (7 awards).