Ferris Custom Spraying, LLC

Ferris Custom Spraying, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Lewistown, Montana, provides noxious weed treatment and targeted vegetation management services to the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor under small business and full-and-open federal procurement, with all recent work concentrated on a single blanket purchase agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ferris operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint. The vendor competes under both total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations — of eleven recent awards spanning 2022 to 2026, three carry total small business set-aside classifications while the remainder are full-and-open procurements. The vendor's capability is narrowly focused: noxious weed spraying, vegetation management, and habitat restoration work performed at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Roy and Lewistown, Montana, under NAICS 111 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Other Forest/Range Improvements classifications.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 and Fish and Wildlife Service together account for 100% of recent awards, with Region 6 dominating at 6 awards carrying $330 thousand in combined potential value against a broader Fish and Wildlife Service footprint of 5 awards valued at $79 thousand. All work flows through a single parent vehicle: Blanket Purchase Agreement 140F0622A0036, a $250 thousand single-award BPA awarded to Ferris by Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 on May 20, 2022, with expiration April 30, 2027. The BPA has generated ten task orders, ranging from $7,569.90 to $30 thousand, including a $10 thousand call issued August 14, 2026, for weed spraying at Sand Creek with performance due September 30, 2026; a $30 thousand total small business set-aside call issued June 5, 2025; and a $23.9 thousand full-and-open call issued August 2, 2024. The combined potential value across all eleven awards stands at $408 thousand, with $158 thousand obligated to date (39% realization). Six awards carrying $89 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in that window. Activity has declined: four awards in 2022 tapering to one award in 2025 and one in 2026, reflecting task-order volatility against the single BPA rather than portfolio growth.