Ketchikan Mechanical Inc.

Ketchikan Mechanical Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Ketchikan, Alaska, provides HVAC, plumbing, heating, and facilities maintenance and repair services to federal agencies in Alaska as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), competing predominantly under small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements with minimal subcontract activity.

Ketchikan Mechanical is a for-profit corporation and holds woman-owned small business (WOSB) certification. The company's federal work concentrates in NAICS 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors), with recent awards spanning water heater replacement, boiler system modernization, backflow preventer inspection and repair, sprinkler system testing, heat pump installation, and storm drain cleaning across Alaska's federal infrastructure. The vendor's capability portfolio reflects hands-on facilities engineering: a $1.02 million definitive contract with USDA Forest Service in June 2022 for replacement of the office boiler and hydronic heating system at the Wrangell Ranger District Office with electric heat pumps and electric radiant heaters; a $284,916 BPA call from USDA Forest Service in January 2026 for replacement of a 39-year-old fuel oil boiler with electric resistance heaters and a heat pump at a Sitka facility; and a $35,806 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard in July 2026 for annual inspection, testing, and certification of 23 backflow prevention assemblies at USCG Base Ketchikan, with compliance to NFPA 25 standards and prevailing wage requirements.

Customer concentration is sharp and geographic. USDA Forest Service Region 10 (Alaska Region) anchors 94% of combined potential value across eight awards ($6.5 million), driven by a $5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement running through December 31, 2031 for Alaska Facilities Maintenance and Construction Repair (FMAC) services. The U.S. Coast Guard holds the second position by award count (20 awards, $316 thousand combined potential value) but trails USDA Forest Service by dollar magnitude, reflecting the vendor's role in routine Coast Guard base maintenance at Ketchikan. The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service, and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command account for the remaining awards in much smaller dollar volumes.

Activity has remained steady at four awards per year across 2022–2026, with combined potential value of $7.1 million and obligated dollars of $3.6 million (50% of potential value). Within the next twenty-four months, only one award—valued at $285 thousand—faces ultimate completion and recompete risk. The vendor operates almost entirely as a prime (97% of awards), with one subcontract notable: a task order issued May 17, 2024 under a Leidos prime contract for Southeast Alaska Acoustic Testing Facility operations support, running May 2024 through April 2025. Service Contract Inventory reporting indicates minimal federal service-contract activity captured above the $150,000 threshold, with zero FTEs reported as prime in FY2022 and FY2023, and 0.8 FTEs reported as a named subcontractor in FY2024—consistent with the vendor's posture as a procurement specialist for discrete facilities projects in Alaska rather than a large labor-delivery operation. Ketchikan Mechanical does not hold position on government-wide vehicles; its primary vehicle position is the $5 million USDA Forest Service BPA, which has generated two task orders ($320 thousand combined potential value) since award in June 2022.

Plumbing, heating, cooling, HVAC, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Industrial Piping and Fire Sprinklers