Gateway Foundation Inc.

Gateway Foundation Inc., a veteran-owned nonprofit organization based in Harvey, Louisiana, delivers residential housing and substance abuse disorder treatment services to veterans as a prime contractor on Department of Veterans Affairs delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. Gateway operates entirely without set-aside designations, competing on full-and-open basis in the social rehabilitation and mental health services market; the vendor's footprint is concentrated almost entirely within the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 (VISN 16), which serves Southeast Louisiana.

Gateway's customer base is highly concentrated. The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for 100% of the twenty-two tracked awards and all $28.8 million in combined potential value, with fifteen awards (all tied to VISN 16) representing the full scope of active work. Within that portfolio, work splits between temporary housing services funded under Executive Order 14042 and residential treatment programs for substance use disorder. Recent representative work includes a $466,650 delivery order awarded April 1, 2026, for residential housing and SUD services with performance through September 30, 2026; a $541,030.36 delivery order awarded October 1, 2024, for temporary housing services drawing on EO 14042 deobligated excess funds; and a $4.5 million delivery order running October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2025, for temporary housing in Harvey, Louisiana. Gateway also holds two single-award IDCs with VISN 16: one valued at $4.8 million (ceiling) awarded April 1, 2026, with ultimate completion March 31, 2031, and a prior vehicle valued at $5.35 million through December 31, 2025. Both IDCs authorize flexible procurement of residential housing and substance abuse treatment services across multiple task orders.

Activity has been episodic — four awards in 2021, then flat through 2024, with four awards resuming in 2026 — driven by the cyclical structure of VA temporary housing authorizations under Executive Order 14042. Only one award (valued at $467 thousand) completes within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete cliff exposure in that window. On SCI-reportable federal service contracts, Gateway invoiced $7 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $1.4 million, FY2023: $2.4 million, FY2024: $3.2 million) with federal workforce delivery growing from twenty-two FTEs in FY2022 to thirty-two FTEs in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates across SCI-reported work ranged from roughly $33/hr at the tenth percentile to $54/hr at the ninety-fifth percentile, with median compensation around $48/hr. Gateway operates as a direct delivery prime with zero subcontractor engagement across its SCI-reported contracts. The vendor also received two grant sub-awards from the Wyoming Department of Corrections (both February 2026) to provide peer counselors and peer counseling for substance abuse support to incarcerated individuals, representing minimal grant footprint compared to its dominant VA contract work.