Budding Stars Inc.

Budding Stars Inc., doing business as Smash DA Trash Cleaning, is a minority-owned, woman-owned small business headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, that provides janitorial, custodial, facility maintenance, snow removal, and debris-removal services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards). The company holds multiple SBA designations: Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business, and DOT Certified DBE. Budding Stars competes predominantly under total small-business set-asides; of its 51 recent awards, the vast majority carry set-aside designations, with only six issued full-and-open. The company's capability portfolio centers on NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services), which accounts for 39 of 51 awards, complemented by painting, landscaping, and debris removal work.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior dominate customer concentration. The Army Corps of Engineers represents 31% of award count (16 awards, $892 thousand combined potential value) across shower-and-restroom custodial services, janitorial maintenance, and debris removal at recreation areas and field sites in Minnesota and North Dakota. The Department of the Interior, split across Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service, accounts for 8 awards worth $861 thousand combined potential value, covering janitorial services at wildlife refuges across Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, and Wisconsin. The Department of Agriculture follows with 7 awards ($898 thousand potential value) split between the Agricultural Research Service and Forest Service for janitorial services at research facilities and ranger districts. The United States Marine Corps holds a single award worth $1 million for COVID-19 cleaning services at Marine Corps facilities. Top-customer rankings by award count and dollar value diverge notably: the Marine Corps anchor a single large contract, while the Army Corps drives volume with sixteen smaller orders.

Budding Stars holds two IDIQs. A single-award $480 thousand indefinite-delivery contract with the Department of the Interior Northeast Region (Cape Cod National Seashore, awarded September 18, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 20, 2028) has generated two delivery orders to date: a $3,120 house cleaning task order and a $48,508 visitor-center custodial order. The vendor also sat on a $250 thousand Bureau of Land Management blanket purchase agreement for COVID-19 cleaning services, though this vehicle no longer appears active in recent awards. Task orders under government-furnished IDIQs (W912ES20D0006, 140P4325D0003, and N6247320D0025) account for 13 orders worth $628 thousand combined potential value, indicating the vendor delivers against customer-held vehicles as well as its own single-award IDIQ.

Activity has remained relatively stable at five to seven awards annually from 2022 through 2025, with only three awards appearing in 2026 year-to-date. Ten awards carrying combined potential value of $1.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing material recompete exposure. Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts (the subset above the $150 thousand reporting threshold), Budding Stars invoiced $177 thousand between FY2024 and FY2025, delivering roughly 1.9 FTEs in FY2025. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-captured contracts ran consistently around $21.16 per hour, reflecting the labor-intensive, lower-skilled nature of janitorial and facility-maintenance work. The vendor does not engage subcontractors on its prime contracts; recent awards show 0% sub-hours share, indicating Budding Stars builds its own delivery teams. The company's federal award footprint is concentrated in the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with secondary presence in facilities requiring specialized snow-removal and custodial maintenance capability.

Budding Stars, doing business as Smash Da Trash, is a Self-Certified Small Disadvantage Women Owned Business In North Dakota. Specializing in providing facilities maintenance, Construction, and Janitorial Services to commercial entities along with Federal and State Government Agencies. Budding Stars offers facilities maintenance and repair services to include but are not limited to custodial services, landscaping, tree trimming, and grounds maintenance, painting, and preventative maintenance and repairs to lighting, roofing, flooring and debris removal for our customers. Budding Stars Inc. is primarily a janitorial service/painting company and is equipped to provide contractual services on fix firm or one- time service, under the umbrella Smash Da Trash.