Deere & Company

Deere & Company, operating through its John Deere Sabd & Government Sales Division doing business as Deere John Co, supplies agricultural tractors, utility terrain vehicles, mowers, and specialized heavy equipment to federal agencies as a large prime contractor competing in full-and-open procurements without small business set-asides. Headquartered in Moline, Illinois with administrative operations in Cary, North Carolina, the company is a subsidiary of Deere & Company (parent UEI CKUTCV8XSP31) and competes predominantly in the open market across civilian and defense agencies.

Deere's federal capability portfolio centers on commercial off-the-shelf equipment. Representative work includes a $497.4 million order from the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 for tractors with trade-ins under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule; a $326.8 million delivery order from FWS Region 2 for utility tractors with attachments supporting operations in Texas; a $314.2 million agricultural tractor delivery to Felenthal National Wildlife Refuge (FWS Region 4); and a $284.1 million tractor with attachments order for Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (FWS Region 2). Recent smaller orders span the Department of Veterans Affairs ($87.3 million for Gators HVAC utility vehicles), the U.S. Coast Guard ($198.3 million for a front deck mower), and the National Park Service ($54.1 million for rotary cutters). Specific products include John Deere 3000-, 5000-, 6000-, and 8-series tractors, Gator utility terrain vehicles (HPX and XUV model lines), zero-turn and front-deck mowers, rotary cutters, loaders, and backhoes.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Defense Logistics Agency and Department of Interior. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment anchors the vendor's federal footprint, accounting for 463 awards valued at $711.5 million combined potential value—approximately one-third of the company's total federal potential value across all awards. Department of Interior agencies dominate the civilian federal customer base, with Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 placing 270 awards ($13.4 million), National Park Service Southeast Region 185 awards ($9.4 million), FWS Region 6 136 awards ($7.2 million), and multiple other DOI regions and bureaus collectively representing substantial repeat ordering. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service accounts for 156 awards ($7.2 million). The top five customers by potential value account for 35 percent of combined potential value across the entire portfolio.

Deere holds a dominant position on two parent contract vehicles anchoring its federal transactional work. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule carries 4,908 task orders valued at $237.2 million combined potential value. More strategically significant is the single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE8EC18D0013 with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment, valued up to $145.4 million through June 29, 2028, which serves as the parent vehicle for the majority of DLA delivery orders and enables rapid procurement of utility terrain vehicles, tractors, construction equipment, mowers, and related products to support Department of Defense global logistics needs. A Federal Supply Schedule contract awarded May 28, 2026, carries a $180.9 million ceiling through May 27, 2031, supporting nationwide and worldwide placement of Deere equipment.

Activity has remained relatively stable, averaging 160 awards per year over the past five years (2022: 169; 2023: 177; 2024: 144; 2025: 76 awards year-to-date through October 2026). The company carries 62 awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, valued at $9.2 million combined potential value—a modest recompete exposure relative to its $2.14 billion combined portfolio. Deere operates as a 100-percent prime contractor across the visible federal footprint; the source identifies only four sub-award positions, all recent (2025–2026), under CGI Federal, Pantexas Deterrence, and Department of Energy operations contracts.

The company has participated in federal research and development as a sub-recipient. A June 2024 sub-grant award from the University of Wisconsin System (prime grantee) under an unspecified Department of Energy program focused on hybrid electric and advanced internal combustion engine systems for off-road vehicles, targeting greater than 10-percent efficiency improvement through low-temperature combustion, electrified air-handling, exhaust energy recovery, and control system development, with implementation and testing on a wheel loader application.

Deere's primary NAICS footprint spans Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing (1,938 awards), Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (1,856 awards), Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing (1,525 awards), and Construction Machinery Manufacturing (479 awards). PSC-level work concentrates on Tractors, Wheeled (1,629 awards), Gardening Implements and Tools (571 awards), Earth Moving and Excavating Equipment (571 awards), Tractor Full Tracked Low Speed (511 awards), and Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Bicycles (444 awards). The company has served 420 distinct customer agencies, reflecting broad federal reach driven by the transactional nature of equipment procurement under schedule and IDC vehicles. No SBA certifications or set-aside posture is present in the source; Deere competes as an unrestricted large prime across all vehicle types.