Jones Fish Hatcheries & Distributors LLC

Jones Fish Hatcheries & Distributors LLC, a Subchapter S corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio, supplies fish, aquatic vegetation management, and invasive species control services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of its award portfolio), competing predominantly under full-and-open procurement with no recurring set-aside posture. The company operates across seven distinct federal customer agencies with a combined potential value of $3 million and obligated dollars of $1.7 million across seventeen awards since 2005.

Jones Fish Hatcheries & Distributors LLC's capability footprint centers on finfish breeding and distribution, chemical aquatic herbicide application, aquatic invasive species control (particularly phragmites treatment), and related water resource management. Representative work includes a $1.24 million definitive contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District awarded August 2025 for routine maintenance dredging at Little Lake Harbor in Michigan; a $1.1 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Army Corps of Engineers (established March 2022, ceiling through February 2025) for aquatic vegetation management services along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System; a $63,000 purchase order from the Fish and Wildlife Service awarded June 2023 for invasive phragmites treatment in Minnesota and Wisconsin waters of the Upper Mississippi River; and a $6,294 small-business-set-aside purchase order from the Department of the Army Southeast Region awarded February 2026 for delivery and stocking of 600 pounds of fish in Holland Lake at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Customer concentration skews toward the Army Corps of Engineers (3 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Army (1 award, $1.2 million), which together account for 88% of recent awards by count but represent the bulk of the company's dollar exposure. The Air Force Materiel Command holds eight awards totaling $294 thousand, and the Fish and Wildlife Service holds two awards totaling $77 thousand. Jones Fish Hatcheries sits on two parent vehicles: a Blanket Purchase Agreement (FA860119AA012) with the Air Force under which three task orders carry $15 thousand combined potential value, and an Army Corps of Engineers Indefinite Delivery Contract (W9127S22D0012) carrying two task orders valued at $220 thousand. The vendor does not hold a position on any government-wide acquisition contracts or large civilian agency IDIQs.

Activity has been episodic — one award in 2022, two in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting a narrow, specialized capability set and a customer base concentrated in water resource and habitat management missions. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint.