Desert Rose Equine, LLC

Desert Rose Equine, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Casa Grande, Arizona, operates as a prime contractor providing horse boarding and caretaking services to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency under total small business set-asides. The vendor is a for-profit partnership or limited liability partnership competing exclusively under the small business set-aside category.

Desert Rose Equine's entire federal footprint consists of four awards, all from CBP, spanning boarding services for the U.S. Border Patrol's Casa Grande Station Horse Patrol Unit. The most recent award is a $444.6 million definitive contract dated July 10, 2026, running for a one-year base period from August 28, 2026 through August 27, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods extending through August 27, 2031. The contract specifies comprehensive boarding and caretaking for approximately 24 government-owned horses, including stall housing, feeding, medication administration, facility maintenance, and daily care. The facility specification requires a location within 25 miles of Casa Grande with minimum 12' x 12' stalls with covered awning areas, a round pen, a dust-controlled arena of at least 100' x 200', secure tack storage, and dedicated quarantine facilities. Two prior purchase orders preceded this definitive contract: a $203.9 thousand order awarded August 28, 2023 (ultimate completion August 27, 2025) and a $72.1 thousand order awarded August 28, 2025 (ultimate completion August 27, 2026). All four awards carry a firm fixed-price structure and were evaluated using Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable criteria.

CBP accounts for 100% of awards and combined potential value ($914 thousand across the four awards, with $515 thousand obligated to date). One award carrying $72 thousand in potential value completes within the next twenty-four months and faces recompete. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Primary NAICS coding maps to 112920 (Horses and Other Equine Production).