Bset, LLC

Bset, LLC, an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business subsidiary of Tanadgusix Corporation, operates as a federal prime contractor delivering environmental remediation, air combat training system services, facilities management, and cybersecurity support to the Department of Defense and Army Corps of Engineers on 8(a) sole-source and competitive set-aside awards. Bset competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides—19 of 23 prime awards (83%) carry 8(a) designations—with occasional full-and-open procurement participation. The vendor is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and operates across seven NAICS categories, with primary concentration in engineering services, computer-related services, and environmental remediation work.

Bset's customer base splits between defense and civil works. The top five customer agencies by potential value account for 99% of combined dollars: the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces (4 awards, $159.4 million), the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command (1 award, $96.5 million), the Air National Guard (2 awards, $40.7 million), the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (4 awards, $19.9 million), and the Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District (6 awards, $3.9 million). By award count, the Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District leads (6 awards) but anchors only a modest fraction of dollars, while Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command carry the bulk of potential value through two large definitive contracts. The discrepancy signals structural dependence on two major air operations awards with imminent recompete risk.

Bset's largest prime contracts are a $96.5 million competitive 8(a) Air Combat Training System operations and maintenance award from Air Combat Command through June 2029 (with 6.2 FTEs and 12,821 contractor hours reported in FY2025, backed by subcontractors Bering Sea Environmental LLC and International Towers LLC), a $39.982 million 8(a) sole-source Air Combat Training System Services contract from the Air National Guard through May 2027 (FY2025 invoicing of $8 million across 5.4 FTEs, self-performed), and a $19.92 million cost-plus-fixed-fee 8(a) sole-source Naval Cybersecurity Support Activity base-year labor contract with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command through April 2028. Environmental work includes $742,815.59 in 8(a) sole-source delivery orders for Camp Elliott and Tierra Santa remediation in San Diego (with subcontractors Bering Sea Environmental LLC and Bering Sea Eccotech, LLC, both Alaskan Native-owned environmental firms), plus five Army Corps of Engineers delivery orders under a $2 million single-award 8(a) IDIQ for multifaceted environmental service activities at Los Angeles District facilities, totaling $1.9 million across the IDIQ's life.

Bset was awarded a seat on GSA's OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ on December 19, 2024, a governmentwide multiple-award vehicle with a five-year base and one five-year option, running through December 2029 and reserved for small businesses across seven professional-services domains. Activity has been volatile: two awards in 2022, seven in 2023, two in 2024, and five in 2025, with two additional awards in 2026. Five awards (combined potential value $61.2 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting material recompete exposure concentrated in the Air National Guard and Air Combat Command contracts that anchor most of the vendor's dollar base.

SCI-reported invoicing for federal service contracts above the reporting threshold totaled $56.5 million across FY2022–FY2025 on 11 prime records, with substantial year-to-year volatility: $10.3 million in FY2022 (43.6 FTEs), $14.6 million in FY2023 (72.0 FTEs), $18.1 million in FY2024 (17.0 FTEs), and $13.6 million in FY2025 (30.8 FTEs). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $79.07/hr to a median of $116.07/hr and a 90th percentile of $515.31/hr, reflecting a mix of operations labor and higher-value engineering and cybersecurity work. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed an average 32% of total contractor hours; 13 named subcontractors are reported, with Bering Sea Environmental LLC, Bering Sea Eccotech, LLC, International Towers LLC, and Zeido Technologies (a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business) appearing in recent task orders. Bset also operates as a subcontractor to larger primes including Innovative Management Concepts, Inc. (electrical and installation services), TDX International, LLC (Alaska Range Combat Training Integrated Communications and Support), HII Mission Technologies Corp (modeling and simulation for joint-capability integration), and Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp (Pacific Air Force range sustainment support). The subcontractor footprint is modest—seven sub awards since 2022—with most recent activity routed through Innovative Management Concepts on electrical and installation work.

Technical personnel, Project Management, Electronic Technicians, Computer Operators