Kalahari Development LLC

Kalahari Development LLC, doing business as Kalahari Resorts, operates as a prime contractor providing military retreat venue services—lodging, catered meals, conference facilities, audiovisual support, and recreational amenities—to federal agencies on full-and-open purchase orders with no set-aside designations. The company is a for-profit partnership headquartered in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, with resort operations at locations including Round Rock, Texas and Sandusky, Ohio, and competes exclusively without small business set-asides across its federal footprint.

Kalahari's federal capability centers on hosting chaplain-led family retreats, marriage enrichment events, and personnel resilience programming for military branches. Representative contracts include a $74.5 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Air Education and Training Command (July 2025) for Special Warfare Training Wing Chaplain Retreats at Round Rock; a $78.9 thousand AETC award (May 2024) for combined family retreat and single parent retreat services for the 959th Medical Group, 502nd Intelligence Support Group, and 37th Training Wing; a $77.8 thousand AETC award (June 2025) for three chaplain retreats; and a $65.2 thousand Air National Guard award (January 2022) for a 60-military-member, 60-spouse, 232-child Strong Bonds event at Sandusky. Work also includes Army Strong Bonds marriage retreats, Navy CREDO marriage enrichment programming, Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program events through the Ohio and Air National Guard, and a $9.8 thousand Drug Enforcement Administration management conference (August 2025) at the Wisconsin Dells location.

Customer concentration runs heavily toward defense. The top five customer agencies account for 75% of awards by count and 83% by potential value, with Air Education and Training Command holding the largest dollar share ($499 thousand across 12 awards), followed by Air National Guard ($366 thousand across 13 awards) and the Department of the Air Force proper ($365 thousand across 11 awards). Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard placed three awards valued at $261 thousand. The Department of the Army and Ohio National Guard round out the active set. Kalahari has served 14 distinct federal customer agencies since 2006; recent activity shows nine awards in 2023, six in 2024, and seven in 2025, reflecting steady but modest volume.

All 56 tracked awards are direct prime contracts with no subcontractor footprint. Individual purchase orders range from $9.1 thousand to $78.9 thousand, with combined potential value of $1.9 million across the entire tracked portfolio. NAICS coding reflects the primary service line: 47 awards fall under Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels, with 7 under All Other Traveler Accommodation and 1 under Caterers. No parent IDIQs, GWACs, or agency-wide vehicles appear in the source; all work flows through direct purchase orders issued at point of need by individual using offices or commands. One award—a December 2023 Ohio National Guard $14.9 thousand contract—carried a Total Small Business set-aside designation, marking the only set-aside work in the visible footprint; the remaining 55 awards operated under full-and-open competition.