Carlson Launderette

Carlson Launderette, a sole proprietorship based in Sisseton, South Dakota, provides laundry services to the Indian Health Service as a prime contractor under firm fixed-price purchase orders, operating as a small disadvantaged business competing in both total small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements.

Carlson Launderette has received fourteen awards from the Indian Health Service across the past eighteen years, with all work falling under two closely related NAICS categories: Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners (ten awards) and Drycleaning and Laundry Services, except Coin-Operated (four awards), coded to PSC Housekeeping—Laundry/Drycleaning. The three most recent purchase orders exemplify the vendor's work: a $23,400 total small business set-aside award issued September 21, 2026, for laundry services at the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center in Sisseton through September 20, 2027; an $18,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from December 14, 2023, for fiscal year 2024 laundry services to the Sisseton Service Unit (performance concluding May 31, 2025); and a $24,192 firm fixed-price order from August 26, 2022, also supporting Indian Health Service facilities. The combined potential value across all fourteen awards stands at $416 thousand, with $281 thousand obligated (68% of potential value), and Carlson Launderette performs all work directly at facility locations with no subcontractors.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Indian Health Service accounts for 100% of recent awards and 100% of combined potential value across the vendor's entire award portfolio. Only one award (the September 2026 total small business set-aside, valued at $23 thousand) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Activity has been sporadic, with awards scattered across 2008, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2026, reflecting Indian Health Service purchasing cycles rather than sustained contracting volume.