Diverse Pest Management

Diverse Pest Management, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Grover Beach, California, provides integrated pest management and invasive species control services to federal facilities as a prime contractor exclusively, competing under Total Small Business set-asides on its anchor Air Force contract and full-and-open delivery orders at Vandenberg Space Force Base and surrounding facilities. The firm is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, holds woman-owned small business (WOSB) and DOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) designations, and operates as a Subchapter S corporation.

Diverse Pest Management's federal footprint is heavily concentrated at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, where it delivers extermination, inspection, and treatment services for insects, rodents, and invasive plant species under a $2 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by Air Force Space Command on March 1, 2026, running through February 28, 2031. The IDC is set aside for Total Small Business and anchors the vendor's portfolio; delivery orders issued under it have totaled over $500,000 to date. Representative delivery orders include a $254,060.58 firm fixed-price order for pest control services at Vandenberg (March 1, 2026), a $269,703.58 order for base pest control during the five-year ordering period (December 31, 2024), and a $248,805.78 order for comprehensive pest control and vegetation management (December 21, 2023). Beyond the primary IDC, Diverse Pest Management holds a prior $2 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA461021D0001) under which 22 task orders worth $1.3 million have been issued, and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (FA461016A0001) under which six task orders totaling $556,000 have been placed.

Air Force Space Command dominates the vendor's portfolio — 36 of 42 awards, combined potential value $7.6 million — representing 100% of contract value concentration. A secondary but material footprint exists with the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, where Diverse Pest Management holds two cooperative agreements for European beachgrass management and invasive species control at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in San Luis Obispo County, California. The most recent cooperative agreement (August 25, 2025) runs through December 22, 2028 and covers spot treatment and three-year treatment cycles for European beachgrass across up to 105 acres; a prior agreement (July 15, 2024) completed March 31, 2027 targeted 140 acres. One award each appears from the Department of the Air Force ($12,000 combined value) and the Department of the Army.

Activity has been episodic rather than steadily growing. After eight awards in 2022, the vendor received only two in 2023, then six in 2024, five in 2025, and three in 2026. With only one award completing in the next twenty-four months (the $254,000 delivery order due February 28, 2027), recompete exposure is minimal near-term. Capability concentration is sharp: 36 awards fall under NAICS 561710 (Exterminating and Pest Control Services), with seven orders for landscaping and groundskeeping and one for environmental systems protection. The vendor performs as prime on all awards with no documented subcontractor involvement.