Bledsoe Riggert Cooper & James Inc.

Bledsoe Riggert Cooper & James Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Bloomington, Indiana, delivers cadastral surveying, boundary delineation, and geospatial mapping services to the federal government as a prime contractor under small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company operates exclusively on prime awards; recent activity shows 100 prime contracts and zero sub-awards across its federal footprint.

The vendor specializes in land surveying and property boundary services for national forest management, with concrete capability demonstrated across recent delivery orders including a $88,088 cadastral survey task order for the Hoosier National Forest issued by USDA Forest Service R9-Eastern Region on June 1, 2026; a $71,352 delivery order for cadastral surveying in Perry and Orange Counties within the Hoosier National Forest awarded on March 2, 2026; and a $38,234 firm fixed-price delivery order for boundary delineation, corner monumentation, and National Forest System land boundary marking awarded on February 16, 2026. Work is performed in Indiana and subordinate locations across seven Northeastern national forests spanning Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont, New York, and West Virginia.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region accounts for 89 of 100 prime awards (94% by count) and $6.4 million of the $7.1 million combined potential value, representing 90% of documented dollars. The vendor has worked with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a parent agency, the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, but the Eastern Region dominates across both volume and dollars. The top five parent vehicles are all USDA Forest Service indefinite delivery contracts: IDIQ 12445521D0001 carries 26 task orders valued at $982 thousand; IDIQ AG52B1C160004 carries 19 task orders valued at $499 thousand; IDIQ AG52B1C110002 carries 17 task orders valued at $367 thousand; IDIQ AG52B1C160005 carries 11 task orders valued at $299 thousand; and IDIQ 53343411623 carries 9 task orders valued at $470 thousand. All five are single-award vehicles reserved for small business.

Activity has declined sharply in recent years. The vendor received eight awards in 2022, eight in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and three in 2026 year-to-date, indicating a deterioration in task-order volume against long-standing IDIQ vehicles. Only two awards totaling $159 thousand in combined potential value carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, meaning limited near-term recompete exposure. The primary NAICS category is Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (NAICS 541512), with PSC classifications split across Architect and Engineering–General: Other (60 awards), Architect and Engineering–General: Landscaping, Interior Layout, and Designing (21 awards), and Support–Professional: Land Surveys–Cadastral (Non-Construction) (11 awards).

Service Contract Inventory data show minimal federal services-contract footprint above the $150,000 threshold: two SCI records total, both recorded as named subcontractor engagements in FY2022 and FY2024, each contributing a negligible FTE count (0.0 and 0.1 FTEs respectively). This indicates that Bledsoe Riggert Cooper & James' federal work is primarily goods-based surveying delivery orders—field work and physical boundary establishment—rather than labor-intensive federal service contracts and that the vendor operates as a subcontractor on very limited SCI-reportable engagements. The combined potential value of $7.1 million across 100 awards, coupled with 39% dollar obligations ($2.8 million), suggests task orders issued at partial or anticipated completion rather than mature, fully-obligated contract vehicles. The vendor's footprint reflects a specialized, single-customer regional surveyor for USDA Forest Service's Eastern Region with narrowing task-order frequency and minimal diversification into other federal customers or service lines.