Robert D Fath JR

Robert D Fath JR, doing business as Diocese Of Fairbanks, a non-profit sole proprietorship based in Fairbanks, Alaska, provides Catholic priest and auxiliary chaplain services to the Department of the Air Force as a prime contractor operating exclusively on small-value BPA calls against single-award blanket purchase agreements with Pacific Air Forces.

The Diocese operates as a specialized religious-services provider with a narrow but stable customer footprint concentrated entirely within the Air Force. Pacific Air Forces accounts for 21 awards and $213 thousand in combined potential value — 87% of the vendor's portfolio — with the remaining customer base split between the Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service (26 awards, $22 thousand), the Department of the Air Force broadly (16 awards, $9 thousand), and a single $1 thousand award from the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region. Across all four customer agencies, the Diocese holds 100% of its portfolio as prime awards with zero subcontract activity.

The Diocese's work is entirely tied to Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, where it supplies auxiliary priests to conduct Catholic chapel masses, worship services, and spiritual guidance for military personnel and their families. Recent representative awards include a $1,250 BPA call from Pacific Air Forces awarded November 9, 2025 for Catholic priest services through January 11, 2026; a $1,250 call awarded June 8, 2025 for auxiliary priest services through August 24, 2025; and a $1,750 call awarded January 14, 2024 covering January 14 through February 18, 2024. Individual BPA calls typically range from $175 to $1,750 in ceiling value and span weeks to months in duration.

The Diocese holds a primary single-award blanket purchase agreement (FA500423A0001, $100 thousand ceiling) with Pacific Air Forces valid through March 9, 2028, against which the vast majority of task orders are issued. Three additional legacy BPAs (FA500410A0006, FA500414A0001, FA500418A0003) remain in the portfolio with combined task-order activity totaling 51 calls and $35 thousand in combined potential value. Activity has remained flat in recent years — two to four awards annually from 2021 through 2025 — with $246 thousand in combined potential value across 64 total prime awards since 2010. Only $35 thousand (14% of combined potential value) has been obligated to date, reflecting the small and discretionary nature of individual service calls.

The Diocese does not hold any government-wide contracts, IDIQs, or multi-agency vehicles and competes exclusively in full-and-open competition without set-aside designations. Its award footprint is concentrated in Religious Organizations (NAICS, all 64 awards) with secondary PSC coding across Support–Professional services and Social–Chaplain categories.