Hercules JV

Hercules JV, a woman-owned small business joint venture and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Yuma, Arizona, operates as a 100% prime contractor delivering environmental and ecological consulting services to Navy and Marine Corps installations across the western United States under a single $60 million indefinite delivery contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest. The vendor is structured as a child entity under parent Nicklaus Engineering, Inc., an SBA-certified economically disadvantaged women-owned small business.

Hercules JV's capability footprint centers on biological surveys, species monitoring, habitat assessments, integrated natural resource management planning, and pest-control operations supporting Department of Defense environmental stewardship and military readiness. Representative prime work includes a $1.069 million California gnatcatcher base-wide survey at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (awarded June 2022, extending through March 2027), a $654,292 delivery order for least Bell's vireo and southwest willow flycatcher annual surveys at Naval Base Seal Beach (awarded July 2021, completion scheduled December 2025), and a $385,187 regional wildland fire risk assessment at Camp Pendleton North (awarded September 2023, completion February 2026). More recent task orders span prey-base reduction and pest-control fumigation, avian surveys for federally listed species, and Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (INRMP) updates at multiple installations.

Customer concentration sits entirely within the Department of the Navy structure. Naval Facilities Engineering Command accounts for 21 awards carrying $123.7 million combined potential value (98% of the portfolio by dollars), with Navy Installations Command adding 12 awards worth $819 thousand and the Marine Corps contributing 4 awards totaling $229 thousand. The two rankings align tightly — NAVFAC dominates both volume and potential value — reflecting the vendor's exclusive reliance on a single master IDIQ vehicle with that customer.

Hercules JV places all recent work under Indefinite Delivery Contract N6247320D0024 with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, issuing 39 task orders against the $60 million ceiling. All awards carry a Total Small Business set-aside designation and are firm fixed-price delivery orders. Work is performed across California installations including Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Lemoore Naval Air Station, Naval Base Seal Beach, Naval Air Facility El Centro, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach.

Activity has remained relatively flat year-over-year, with five awards in 2022 and 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and one through February 2026. Six awards carrying $1.7 million combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing Hercules JV to recompete risk on a portfolio where obligation rate runs 4% of potential value and the underlying master contract anchors all revenue. The vendor holds no subcontract work and competes exclusively under small business set-asides through the single NAVFAC IDIQ vehicle. Primary NAICS concentration is 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), with 36 of 40 awards classified under PSC code S399 (Other Environmental Services).