Frontier Precision, Inc.

Frontier Precision, Inc., doing business as Frontier Precision Inc., an employee-owned small business based in Bismarck, North Dakota, sells survey-grade GPS receivers, unmanned aircraft systems, LiDAR sensors, and specialized geospatial equipment to federal natural-resource and civilian agencies primarily as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards). The company operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation with a small business posture that mixes full-and-open and set-aside work, though set-aside awards (total small business and competitive small business designations) dominate the recent award record, particularly across Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture regional offices.

Frontier Precision's capability portfolio centers on commercial-off-the-shelf positioning, measurement, and mapping instrumentation. Recent prime work includes a $978,823.75 purchase order from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Central Region (July 2026) for statewide Minnesota engineering survey equipment — Trimble R980 RTK/RTX packages, controllers, and annual software maintenance subscriptions — and a $616,495.69 purchase order from USDA NRCS Minnesota State Office (September 2024) for Trimble GNSS receivers, data collectors, total stations, and accessories sourced through sole-source justification based on Frontier Precision's status as authorized Trimble subscription maintenance provider. Frontier Precision also supplied a $246,085 YellowScan LiDAR system to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 (March 2026) and a $227,234 YellowScan Navigator bathymetric LiDAR package with integration training to the Federal Highway Administration Western Federal Lands Highway Division (September 2025). The vendor holds two significant indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its prime portfolio: a $7.5 million multiple-award IDC with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (awarded September 2023, running through August 2028) for uncrewed aircraft systems platforms and related services, and a $650,000 single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Interior Office of Policy Management and Budget (awarded July 2024, running through July 2027) for weed-control unmanned aircraft systems with spray and solid-material-spreader capabilities.

Customer concentration reflects strong penetration of civilian natural-resource agencies. The top five funding entities by award count account for 28% of all awards; the Department of Agriculture NRCS Central Region leads with 37 awards totaling $3.3 million combined potential value, followed by the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants (33 awards, $1.6 million), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (23 awards, $995 thousand). However, the top-customer-by-potential-value ranking reshapes around NOAA, which accounts for only 6 awards but carries $8.6 million combined potential value — nearly all flowing from the $7.5 million IDC and its task orders. The divergence signals that NRCS and USGS place many small orders (primarily purchase orders for Trimble equipment and accessories under $200 thousand each), while NOAA anchors long-term platform capability through the IDC vehicle. Together, these three customers (NOAA, NRCS Central Region, and USGS) represent 55% of Frontier Precision's combined potential value across all federal sources.

Frontier Precision sits on two parent IDVs of note: the NOAA Indefinite Delivery Contract 1305M223DNMAN0098 (with 2 task orders and $1 million combined potential value against a $7.5 million ceiling) and the Interior Department BPA 140D0424A0028 (with 3 BPA calls and $143 thousand combined potential value against a $650 thousand ceiling). The vendor competes predominantly on full-and-open and small-business-set-aside purchase orders issued by regional offices of Interior and Agriculture bureaus, rather than on large government-wide vehicles; the absence of GWAC, GSA Schedule, or agency-wide IDIQ positions reflects a customer base rooted in regional and field-level procurement.

Recent activity has remained steady: 26 awards in 2022, rising to 41 in 2023, moderating to 38 in 2024, declining to 28 in 2025, and recovering to 29 in the first nine months of 2026. Fifteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.1 million and will face recompete. In its subcontractor role, Frontier Precision has delivered drone imagery and UAS equipment to Leidos on a Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute FFRDC contract renewal (June 2025 and October 2025, including Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat drones and Astro Max NDAA-compliant platforms), and drone systems to Applied Research Associates on an electromagnetic reliability testing task (July 2024). The subcontract footprint is minimal — only 3% of total awards — suggesting Frontier Precision's federal business is concentrated on direct prime sales to agencies rather than teaming as a sub.

Frontier Precision's NAICS posture reflects hardware and equipment distribution: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (140 awards) and Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (53 awards) dominate the category concentration, supported by Surveying and Mapping Services work (20 awards). Primary Service Codes align similarly, with Drafting, Surveying, and Mapping Instruments (101 awards) and Radio Navigation Equipment (45 awards) leading. The vendor has served 83 distinct federal customer agencies across the source data, with geographic spread centered on regional Interior and Agriculture field offices nationwide, particularly in the Mountain West and Great Plains regions aligned with Frontier Precision's Bismarck headquarters and the natural-resource mission profiles of its primary customers.

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