Buyo Ekika Gas Co., LTD.

Buyo Ekika Gas Co., LTD., a Japanese for-profit corporation and subsidiary of Buyo Gas Co., Ltd., supplies propane gas to U.S. military installations in Japan as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts issued by Pacific Air Forces, with no small business set-aside designation across its federal footprint.

Buyo Ekika Gas Co., LTD. is headquartered in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan, and has maintained active federal contractor status since December 2003. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor — 100% of its federal awards are prime contracts and IDVs, with zero subcontract activity. All work falls under NAICS Natural Gas Distribution and PSC Utilities-Gas, reflecting the vendor's single-capability focus on utility infrastructure for forward-deployed U.S. military installations.

Customer concentration is acute. Pacific Air Forces accounts for 31 of 34 awards (94% by count, $2.3 million of $2.4 million combined potential value), with a single outlier task order from Department of the Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service ($6 thousand). The vendor's entire federal footprint serves Yokota Air Base and Tama Service Annex in Japan — a geographic and mission concentration that frames the business as critical utility infrastructure for a single military installation complex.

Buyo Ekika Gas Co., LTD. operates under five parent indefinite delivery vehicles. The two most recent and highest-value vehicles are single-award IDCs: Indefinite Delivery Contract FA520924D8000, awarded December 1, 2023, with a ceiling of $187.7 thousand and six task orders totaling $246 thousand in combined potential value; and the predecessor IDC FA520921D8001, with six task orders totaling $236 thousand. Three additional BOAs and IDCs, dating to 2009 and 2012, carry smaller residual obligations. The December 2023 IDV requires the contractor to furnish an estimated annual quantity of 41,493 cubic meters of propane cylinders and 117,048 cubic meters of bulk propane through November 30, 2026, with consistent semi-annual procurement on April 1 and October 1 each calendar year.

Activity remains flat and low-volume — two awards in both 2025 and 2024, one in 2026 — with five awards (combined potential value $199 thousand) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.1 million, or 48% of combined potential value, reflecting the incremental drawdown pattern typical of utility supply contracts. Recent delivery orders include a $46.9 thousand task order issued April 1, 2026, and a $33.2 thousand order from October 1, 2025, both firm fixed price with completion by November 30, 2026. The vendor's capacity and logistics footprint are in-country; all performance occurs at Yokota Air Base and Tama Service Annex.