Frontier Precision, Inc.

Frontier Precision, Inc., doing business as Frontier Precision Inc., is a Bismarck, North Dakota-based employee-owned small business that supplies survey-grade GPS receivers, unmanned aerial systems, LiDAR sensors, Trimble geospatial equipment, and related accessories to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 406 awards (97% of its footprint). The company operates predominantly in full-and-open and small-business-set-aside competition; set-aside designations recur across its prime work, with total-small-business-set-aside awards accounting for the plurality of recent procurements.

Frontier Precision's capability portfolio centers on geospatial technologies and field instrumentation. Representative prime work includes a $1.088 billion National Park Service purchase order for 17 Trimble R12i geodetic GNSS receivers, 17 TSC5 controllers, and 71 one-year RTX subscriptions (awarded September 2022); a $616 thousand USDA NRCS Minnesota purchase order for Trimble survey equipment (September 2024); and a $450 thousand Bureau of Land Management Alaska order for Trimble GNSS equipment (July 2023). The vendor also supplies specialized hardware: a $266 thousand Federal Highway Administration order for a Freefly Alta X UAS with Yellowscan Navigator bathymetric LiDAR (July 2024); a $263 thousand USGS order for a Yellowscan Voyager-20 UAV LiDAR system (August 2023); and a $216 thousand Naval Education and Training Command order for Quantum-Systems unmanned aerial systems including the Quantum Twister and Trinity Pro drone packages (August 2025). Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) systems and remote control kits represent another capability stream, with multiple orders from USGS and Bureau of Reclamation in the $20 thousand to $56 thousand range. The vendor also manufactures or distributes Trimble subscription services (VRS, RTX, CenterPoint TRX) and maintenance contracts across Interior and Agriculture customers.

Customer concentration is diffuse but anchored in civilian natural-resource and survey agencies. The top five customer entities by award count — USDA NRCS Central Region (35 awards, $2.3 million), USGS Office of Acquisitions and Grants (31 awards, $1.5 million), DOI Bureau of Reclamation (23 awards, $995 thousand), USDA NRCS Western Region (17 awards, $1 million), and USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (12 awards, $281 thousand) — account for 28% of all awards. By potential value, NOAA dominates: 6 awards totaling $8.6 million in combined potential value, including the vendor's two largest IDC task orders. The customer base spans 81 distinct federal agencies, with significant exposure across Interior bureaus (USGS, BLM, NPS, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation), USDA agencies (NRCS, Forest Service, Agricultural Research Service), and DOT (Federal Highway Administration). The vendor has also won awards from NOAA, Department of Energy, Indian Health Service, EPA, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense (Air Force, Naval Education and Training Command, Army Corps of Engineers).

Frontier Precision holds two prime indefinite-delivery vehicles. A $7.5 million multiple-award IDC with NOAA (awarded September 2023, running through August 2028) procures uncrewed aircraft systems platforms, accessories, and related services to support NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Division; two task orders totaling $1.045 million have been issued. A $650 thousand single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Interior (awarded July 2024, running through July 2027) covers a weed-control unmanned aircraft system with integrated spray and solid-material-spreader capabilities; an August 2024 BPA call placed an initial order valued at $50 thousand for through December 2024.

Activity has been steady but slightly declining year over year: 26 awards in 2022, 41 in 2023, 38 in 2024, 28 in 2025, and 14 in the first half of 2026. Eleven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $906 thousand and represent recompete exposure for the vendor and opportunity for competitors.

Frontier Precision's subcontractor footprint is minimal (12 awards, 3% of total). Named prime contractors receiving Frontier Precision sub-work include Leidos (Science Operation and Maintenance Support for the United States Antarctic Program sub-award, September 2024) and Applied Research Associates (Electromagnetic Reliability and Effects Prediction Program, July 2024). The vendor supplies drones and specialized equipment under these relationships.

NAICS concentration reflects the equipment portfolio: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (132 awards); Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (53 awards); and Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (51 awards). PSC leaders are Drafting, Surveying, and Mapping Instruments (97 awards) and Radio Navigation Equipment (45 awards).

Frontier Precision provides equipment sales, service, and training for applications including land surveying, construction, and engineering. We also manufacture and sell wood stakes and lath for land surveying and construction applications