Fort Wainwright DOD Dfmwr

Fort Wainwright DOD Dfmwr, a for-profit organization based in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, operates as a prime contractor on equipment rental and catering services to Department of Defense and Army components, and as a sub-recipient on federal child nutrition grant programs administered by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. The vendor competes on full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across its defense prime work.

The vendor's prime contract footprint centers on cold-weather logistical support and specialized equipment rental for military training operations. Recent defense prime awards include a $375,289 definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for equipment rental in support of exercise AE26, with performance at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; a $187,191 purchase order from U.S. Special Operations Command for snowmobile equipment rental and training services in Tok, Alaska (15 utility snowmobiles, 4 heavy-duty trailers, and 6 sleds for the Special Operations Training Detachment Observer Coach Trainer program); and a $41,184 purchase order from the Department of the Army for catering services to the Maryland Army National Guard's 200th Military Police Company during annual training at Fort Greely, Alaska in August 2024. These awards represent the concrete capability set: snowmobile and equipment rental, fleet support for cold-weather operations, and on-site catering for military training exercises at Alaskan installations.

Customer concentration by award count is heavily skewed toward child nutrition grant work: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 96 of the 105 total awards in the source data. By dollar value, however, the profile inverts — defense prime work dominates potential value. The Office of the Secretary of Defense anchors $375 thousand (combined potential value across all awards of $712 thousand), followed by U.S. Special Operations Command at $274 thousand. The Department of the Army and its subcomponents contribute an additional $62 thousand across four awards.

The vendor's activity has grown substantially in recent years. Awards per year show one in 2022, fifteen in 2023, forty-seven in 2024, and twenty-five in 2025, with fourteen awards year-to-date in 2026. The sharp spike in 2024 reflects the ramp of child nutrition sub-awards from Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development. As of the source date, obligated dollars ($1.3 million) have exceeded combined potential value ($712 thousand), suggesting invoiced performance and contract modifications have driven actual spending above initial ceiling estimates.

The grant sub-award footprint is substantial by count but modest by magnitude. Fort Wainwright acts as a sub-recipient under Education and Early Development Alaska DEP's administration of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Emergency Food Assistance Program. These sub-awards carry no dollar figures in the source but are tracked as monthly and recurring tranches for meal provision, sponsor administration funds, and cash-in-lieu reimbursements. The regularity of sub-awards (multiple awards per month throughout 2024, 2025, and 2026) suggests Fort Wainwright operates a catering or food service program that cycles through federal nutrition grant cycles.

Defense prime work completed in the next twelve months includes the February 2026 OSD award (completion March 15, 2026) and the January 2026 SOCOM award (completion January 27, 2026), both now past their ultimate completion dates as of the summary date. The vendor's SAM registration dates to January 2009, anchoring twelve-plus years of federal engagement in Alaska-based logistics and food service roles.