KB John LLC

KB John LLC, a Seattle-based service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and self-certified small disadvantaged business operating as a limited liability company, delivers specialized transportation and logistics services to federal civilian and defense agencies as a 100% prime contractor. The company operates across two dominant capability domains — refrigerated and specialized freight trucking for perishable materials and equipment movement, and towing and vessel-handling services for maritime operations — with recent awards clustered in small-business set-aside and full-and-open competitions.

KB John LLC's customer base is highly dispersed across nine federal agencies, with no single customer dominating either award count or dollar concentration. The top five customers by potential value account for 97% of combined potential value, but the distribution is fragmented: the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration anchors the portfolio with a single $1 million BPA for tug services at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California; the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers carries a $298 thousand purchase order for live salmonid trucking services supporting the Mud Mountain Dam Fish Passage Facility; and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) places three awards totaling $297 thousand for refrigerated transportation of conifer seedlings to the Coeur d'Alene Nursery. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command holds two awards ($44 thousand combined) for towing services in Panama City, Florida and container delivery to Naval Base Kitsap. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, the National Cemetery Administration, and the Missile Defense Agency round out active customers.

KB John LLC holds positions on five parent vehicles: a $1 million BPA with Maritime Administration for tug services running through July 2030; a $250 thousand single-award BPA with USDA Forest Service for specialized refrigerated trucking through March 2029, against which it has drawn two task orders totaling $47 thousand; a $40 thousand single-award towing services IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command through February 2028; a $26 thousand multiple-award BPA with the National Cemetery Administration for safety award incentive items through September 2028; and a position on the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD multi-award IDIQ (a $151 billion enterprise defense vehicle awarded December 29, 2025, with a $500 initial delivery order to KB John LLC and a 10-year ordering period through December 2035). The SHIELD award, though structured as a massive defense-industrial vehicle spanning advanced air, missile, space, and cyber capabilities, has generated only minimal initial task orders to this vendor and should be treated as a dormant platform unless follow-on order activity accelerates.

Activity has accelerated recently — one award in 2024 to six in 2025 — but the portfolio remains small, with combined potential value of $1.7 million and only $366 thousand obligated to date (21% realization). Two awards with combined potential value of $50 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's NAICS and PSC concentration reflects its core positioning: Specialized Freight Trucking (Local) dominates with four awards, followed by Medical/Dental/Hospital Equipment and Supplies wholesaling (three awards, all DLA Troop Support Medical) and Navigational Services to Shipping (two awards). KB John LLC competes predominantly in small-business set-aside categories (Total Small Business and SDVOSB designations appear across most recent awards), with selective full-and-open participation on larger vehicles such as the SHIELD IDIQ and Maritime Administration BPA. The vendor has not pursued subcontractor roles; all award history reflects prime contracting relationships.