Elite Laundry Company

Elite Laundry Company, doing business as Care Enterprises, is a Native American–owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Gallup, New Mexico, that provides commercial laundry, dry-cleaning, and linen services exclusively to federal agencies serving Native American communities as a prime contractor. The company is a Subchapter S Corporation that has operated as a federal contractor since 2007 and competes across full-and-open, Buy Indian, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), and Total Small Business set-asides, with set-aside work accounting for a substantial and recurring share of its prime footprint.

Elite Laundry's customer concentration is stark and decision-defining: the Indian Health Service accounts for 277 of 388 total awards (71%) and $33.6 million of the $37.7 million combined potential value (89%), while the Bureau of Indian Education places an additional 36 awards worth $1.6 million. All other federal customers—Navajo Region, Central Office, and Albuquerque Acquisition Office entities within Interior—collectively account for 55 awards and $607 thousand. Work is performed at healthcare facilities and boarding schools throughout the Navajo Nation and surrounding regions in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Representative IHS work includes a $1.61 million ISBEE exercise of second option year at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility for laundry and dry-cleaning services (February 2024), a $774,900 ISBEE modification exercising Option Year 1 at Kayenta Health Center (July 2025), a $480,975 firm fixed-price definitive contract for commercial laundry and dry-cleaning at Hopi healthcare facility in Polacca, Arizona, running through January 2031 (January 2026), and a $1.97 million Total Small Business five-year contract for housekeeping, laundry, and dry-cleaning services at Gallup Indian Medical Center running through May 2027 (June 2022). Bureau of Indian Education awards include an $84,880 ISBEE contract for laundry services at Dennehotso Boarding School running through July 2029 (August 2024) and a $105,112.50 ISBEE contract for laundry and dry-cleaning services at Tuba City running through July 2028 (August 2023).

Elite Laundry places task orders under five parent indefinite-delivery contracts: HHSI242200910050I (55 task orders, $280 thousand), HHSI245201500005I (41 task orders, $3.6 million), INA17PC00071 (32 task orders, $110 thousand), HHSI242201400018I (25 task orders, $280 thousand), and INA11PC00466 (22 task orders, $376 thousand). All work falls under NAICS 812310 (Drycleaning and Laundry Services except Coin-Operated) and PSC 7310 (Housekeeping–Laundry/Drycleaning), with ancillary activity in medical laboratories and linen supply.

Activity has declined sharply in recent years—15 awards in 2022, 8 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 in 2026—though the company maintains $26.8 million in combined obligated dollars across its portfolio (71% of potential value). Fourteen awards with combined potential value of $5.7 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. Elite Laundry operates as a pure prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint; all work is performed directly by the company.