Dial General Engineering

Dial General Engineering Facility Maintenance Division, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Bakersfield, California, delivers comprehensive grounds maintenance, landscaping, irrigation system maintenance and repair, janitorial services, and minor construction work to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor on a 100% prime basis, competing predominantly under SDVOSB sole-source set-asides.

The vendor operates exclusively within a single federal customer: the VA National Cemetery Administration accounts for 162 of 196 total awards (83% of the award count) and $143.7 million of $170.6 million combined potential value (84% of dollars). The remaining customer exposure—VA Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick ($9.1 million across 2 awards), GSA Federal Acquisition Service ($2.6 million), and smaller awards from VA Veterans Health Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard—is minimal. Dial General Engineering's customer concentration is extreme and reflects exclusive reliance on cemetery maintenance work across four primary California locations: Sacramento Valley National Cemetery (Dixon), San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery (Gustine), Bakersfield National Cemetery (Arvin), and Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery (Benicia).

Capability work is concrete and repeatable. Recent representative awards include a $1,146,322 firm fixed-price delivery order from the National Cemetery Administration for Sacramento Valley Cemetery maintenance services, issued August 30, 2026, under SDVOSB sole-source authority with ultimate completion November 30, 2026; a $659,258 delivery order for San Joaquin Valley Cemetery maintenance services, issued August 1, 2026, also under SDVOSB sole source with completion December 31, 2026; and a $17,955 definitive contract for the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Irrigation Lateral Relocation Project, issued July 27, 2026. The vendor performs all work directly with no subcontractor relationships documented across the award footprint.

Dial General Engineering holds seven active indefinite delivery contracts with the National Cemetery Administration serving as parent vehicles. The top five IDIQs by combined task-order value are IDC 36C78621D0014 (22 task orders, $5.2 million), IDC 36C78621D0013 (21 task orders, $3.3 million), IDC 36C78624D50161 (10 task orders, $2.7 million), IDC 36C78623D50334 (9 task orders, $1.7 million), and IDC 36C78621D0069 (9 task orders, $532 thousand). All parent vehicles are single-award contracts under VAAR 819.7008 (SDVOSB sole-source authority), established as interim procurement vehicles pending long-term multiple-year solicitations. Ceiling values on active indefinite delivery contracts range from $636 thousand (awarded April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031) to $4.643 million (awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026).

Award activity has remained relatively flat to declining over the past five years — 16 awards in 2022 climbing to 21 in 2024, then dropping to 16 in 2025 and 11 in 2026 to date. Five awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $3.4 million and face recompete pressure. Set-aside posture is uniform: 162 of 162 National Cemetery Administration awards carry either SDVOSB sole-source or SDVOSB set-aside designations; the vendor does not compete in full-and-open or other set-aside categories.

SCI data shows $7.8 million in invoiced revenue on federal service contracts in FY2024 across 68 FTEs on contract-level performance; no SCI-reportable invoicing appears in FY2022, FY2023, or FY2025 in the source, reflecting the threshold-dependent and project-based nature of cemetery maintenance work. Government-paid hourly rates for SCI-reportable work ranged from a 10th percentile of $27.19 per hour to a median of $49.78 per hour and 90th percentile of $198.80 per hour. The vendor engages no identified subcontractors on prime contracts; across SCI-reportable prime records, subcontractor hours share zero percent of total contractor hours.

Dial General Engineering's ownership and SBA certifications — service-disabled veteran-owned small business and veteran-owned small business, both expiring February 26, 2027 — drive its exclusive access to the VA National Cemetery Administration's SDVOSB sole-source procurement vehicles. The partnership or limited liability partnership structure, headquarters in Bakersfield, California, and primary NAICS classification of 561730 (Landscaping Services) support a business model narrowly focused on multi-year indefinite delivery relationships with a single federal agency. Competitive exposure is limited to recompete cycles on the seven active IDIQ vehicles; the vendor does not appear on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs), schedules, or vehicles serving other federal agencies, and no sub-award activity is present.

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