Burnham Construction Inc.

Burnham Construction Inc., doing business as J D Refuse System, provides outhouse pumping, septic tank maintenance, and waste removal services to the Department of the Interior in remote Alaska as a prime contractor operating exclusively under small business set-asides. The vendor is a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Tok, Alaska, with 27 federal awards spanning 2002 to 2026 concentrated in septic tank and related services (NAICS 494510, 13 awards) and trash and garbage collection (PSC H208, 10 awards). Combined potential value across all awards totals $346 thousand, with $334 thousand obligated—a 97% execution rate reflecting steady, low-volume delivery of specialized infrastructure services to Alaska-based federal facilities.

Customer concentration is acute: the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region accounts for 14 awards ($182 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 accounts for 4 awards ($99 thousand), together representing 85% of recent awards by count and combined potential value. General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 10 and the Department of the Army Pacific Command round out the active set with two and one awards respectively. All 27 awards are prime contracts; the vendor carries no subcontract footprint.

Recent representative work includes a $52.7 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order awarded March 27, 2026 by BLM Alaska Region for annual outhouse pumping and waste removal services along the Taylor Highway through September 2031 (total small business set-aside, five-year base plus four option years, service window September 2026 through September 2027); a $13.8 thousand definitive contract awarded July 15, 2025 by Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 for septic system replacement at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge bunkhouse in Tok, Alaska (no set-aside used); and a $37.8 thousand purchase order awarded September 18, 2021 by BLM Alaska Region for Taylor Highway outhouse pumping services (total small business set-aside through September 2025). Award velocity remains low—one award per year in 2025 and 2026 after similar single-award years in 2019, 2020, and 2021—reflecting a stable niche business focused on recurring sanitation maintenance across Alaska's remote federal sites rather than growth-oriented federal contracting.