Donald Dolinger

Donald Dolinger, a sole proprietorship based in Bluffton, South Carolina, provides specialized detection-canine training services to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under a multiple-award BPA, operating as a prime contractor on small-business set-aside and full-and-open task orders.

Dolinger's federal footprint is exclusively concentrated with ATF across 43 awards spanning the past several years. The vendor holds a $700,000 multiple-award BPA (awarded March 1, 2022, running through February 28, 2027) for canine training services, originally solicited as a total small business set-aside. Individual task orders against the BPA typically range from $2,765 to $4,500 per training iteration, covering five-day training cycles at ATF facilities nationwide. The vendor's core capability is training Labrador retrievers and other canines for explosives and firearms detection to support ATF's National Canine Division, Specialized Explosives Investigation Division, and Accelerated Detection Canine Response training initiatives. Work is performed in Okatie, South Carolina, with training deployments conducted at multiple locations including Colorado, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Florida, Massachusetts, and California. Representative recent task orders include a $4,000 total small business set-aside call awarded August 31, 2026 (completion September 4, 2026), a $3,700 total small business set-aside call awarded August 24, 2026 (completion August 28, 2026), and a $5,500 unrestricted call awarded May 3, 2026 (completion May 8, 2026).

Dolinger's customer concentration is absolute: ATF accounts for 100% of the 43 awards and $1.3 million in combined potential value. Activity has averaged six awards per year over the past five years, with recent volume at nine awards in 2026. The top parent vehicles are the primary multiple-award BPA (30 task orders, $198 thousand combined potential value) and two single-award or restricted BPAs (DJA17AHDQS0407 and DJA12BPS0012, carrying five task orders each). Only one award falls within the next twenty-four-month recompete window, carrying $4 thousand in potential value. Dolinger holds no subcontracts and operates as a 100% prime. The vendor's federal portfolio spans NAICS 561410 (Pet Care services except Veterinary) and PSC J143 (Support — Professional: Veterinary/Animal Care). Combined dollars obligated total $598 thousand against the $1.3 million combined potential value, representing a 46% invoicing rate across the footprint.