Janie B LLC

Janie B LLC, doing business as EB Excavating, is a small-business-set-aside prime contractor delivering excavation, site preparation, and wetland restoration services to the federal government, operating as a limited liability partnership based in Walshville, Illinois. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides and works entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards); no subcontract footprint appears in the source.

EB Excavating's capability portfolio centers on wetland and floodplain easement restoration, classified primarily under NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with secondary work under NAICS 238910 (Site Preparation Contractors). Concrete representative work includes a $136,603 definitive contract awarded by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on July 9, 2026, for APH ACEP easement restoration structural measures in Monroe County, Illinois, encompassing excavation of 6,203 cubic yards across three wetland cells, construction of 10,510 cubic yards of earth embankments, installation of PVC and corrugated metal pipe with water control structures, and seeding and mulching of 7.0 acres of native vegetation; an $89,700 purchase order from USDA NRCS awarded November 17, 2025, for grass planting and site preparation across 74 acres of native grass and forb plantings at a Wetland Reserve Easement project in Tazewell County, Illinois; and a $54,228 definitive contract from USDA NRCS awarded September 29, 2025, for floodplain easement restoration site preparation in Alexander County, Illinois, involving 8,200 cubic yards of wetland excavation and Japanese millet seeding across 3.5 acres.

Customer concentration is highly concentrated. USDA NRCS Central Region funds 17 of 18 awards (96.8% of combined potential value) across Illinois counties, with a single outlier Air Force Air Mobility Command purchase order for $14 thousand. Work is geographically clustered in south-central Illinois (Monroe, Tazewell, Hardin, Alexander, Christian, and Scott counties), all under the ACEP-WRE (Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Wetlands Reserve Easement) initiative and aligned with firm-fixed-price, small-business-set-aside procurement vehicles.

Recent activity shows episodic work rather than consistent pipeline. Awards averaged roughly three per year across 2024 and 2025, with one award in 2026 to date. Combined potential value across all 18 awards totals $884 thousand; all obligated dollars match potential value, indicating execution completion or project closure. One award (value $23 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represents recompete exposure.

Our company provides drainage work, including water and soil conservation, erosion control, retention and detention basins, general site prep & remediation