Cogstone Resource Management

Cogstone Resource Management Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Orange, California, delivers environmental consulting, archaeological, paleontological, and cultural resources management services to federal civilian agencies exclusively as a prime contractor under set-aside vehicles. The company is a self-certified small disadvantaged business (SDB) and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) competing under total small business set-asides across the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule and agency-specific indefinite delivery vehicles. Cogstone operates a lean delivery model with no named subcontractors; all work is performed with internal staff.

Cogstone's capability portfolio centers on three concrete service areas: paleontological excavation and fossil preparation (exemplified by a $157,962 purchase order from the National Park Service for systematic excavation and mapping at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Nevada, completed December 2024), cultural resources and archaeological compliance management (including a $679,212 delivery order from the Bureau of Reclamation for cultural resources support on fuel reduction projects in Sacramento, California, with performance extending through October 2025), and environmental and historical assessment services (supported by work across 22 awards coded to Environmental Consulting Services and 6 awards to Special Studies/Analysis – Archeological/Paleontological). The GSA Schedule labor portfolio ranges from $40.27/hr for clerical roles through $132.64/hr for principal program managers with fifteen years' experience and a master's degree; technician and project management roles anchor the operational depth between $56.85/hr and $106.60/hr, with no security-cleared positions offered.

Customer concentration is diffuse across fifteen distinct federal agencies. The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command leads by both award count and potential value (6 awards, $4.7 million combined), followed by the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (3 awards, $3.2 million), the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management California Region (5 awards, $351 thousand by count, but lower potential value than the Navy), and the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (5 awards, $632 thousand). These five customer buckets account for 64% of awards and 84% of combined potential value, indicating concentration among Defense, Interior, and civilian homeland-security customers. Cogstone places all work through two parent vehicles: the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (16 task orders, $5 million combined potential value) and a Navy indefinite delivery contract (7 task orders, $1.3 million combined potential value).

Activity has remained sparse and episodic over the past five years—two awards in 2021, one each in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and one recent award in September 2026—with total combined potential value across all thirty-three prime awards standing at $13.4 million and $7.6 million obligated. Only one award is scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months ($102 thousand in potential value), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $654 thousand in FY2023 (3.9 FTEs) and $335 thousand in FY2025 (2.2 FTEs), reflecting seasonal or project-based delivery patterns rather than sustained volume. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts cluster at a median of $98.93/hr, with the 10th percentile at $85.05/hr and the 90th percentile at $112.81/hr, consistent with mid-level technical and program management work in environmental and cultural resources disciplines. Cogstone performs all contracted work with its own staff—zero subcontractor hours are reported across SCI records—positioning the company as a direct-delivery operator rather than a prime-coordinator or subcontractor feeder.

Cultural Resources Management- Archaeological, paleontological and historical resource assessment, monitoring and reporting. Environmental compliance and documentation. Curation Services. Fossil, faunal and human bone identification and analysis. Displays and interpretive materials. MOA, POA, HPTP and similar documents.