Burns Bench Irrigation Company

Burns Bench Irrigation Company, a small agricultural cooperative and tax-exempt non-profit organization headquartered in Jensen, Utah, operates as a prime contractor delivering water delivery services to the federal government, exclusively to the Bureau of Reclamation under full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designation.

The vendor's federal footprint is entirely concentrated with a single customer: the Bureau of Reclamation accounts for 95% of awards (18 of 19 total) and all disclosed potential value ($116 thousand combined across contract awards). Burns Bench Irrigation Company holds no subcontracting relationships and serves no other federal agencies. Capability scope is narrow and operationally focused — the vendor operates existing pipeline infrastructure to deliver water from Red Fleet Reservoir to Stewart Lake in the Jensen, Utah area, performing seasonal water delivery services that run October through April each year. Representative named work includes the 2025 Stewart Lake Water Delivery contract ($9,815 purchase order awarded May 9, 2025, through October 31, 2025), the 2024 Stewart Lake Water Delivery contract ($9,205 purchase order awarded August 22, 2024), and the 2023 Stewart Lake Water Delivery contract ($7,550.79 purchase order awarded October 18, 2023). Most recent activity is a February 10, 2026 purchase order worth $10,604.82 for water delivery to flush Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area and address elevated selenium levels, with performance extending through March 31, 2031 under firm fixed-price terms using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation identified Burns Bench Irrigation Company as the sole viable source capable of operating the existing pipeline infrastructure at specified continuous flow rates. The vendor also received a $942,134 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation in 2019 for a diversion and piping project. Award activity is flat at approximately one purchase order per year since 2022, with combined dollars obligated ($1.2 million) significantly exceeding the combined potential value recorded in the source ($167 thousand), indicating prior-year invoicing on multi-year contracts.