Kulaiwi Archaeology, LLC

Kulaiwi Archaeology, LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in Captain Cook, Hawaii, performs archaeological and faunal analysis services for federal agencies as a prime contractor (50% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to environmental services firms. The vendor operates as a for-profit limited liability partnership and Subchapter S corporation, structured to serve National Park Service and Environmental Protection Agency work under Total Small Business Set-Asides and full-and-open procurements.

Kulaiwi's federal work centers on museum curation and faunal bone analysis. The vendor's three prime awards are consecutive phases of a single project at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in Hawaii, funded by the National Park Service Pacific West Region. The most recent phase, awarded July 24, 2026, carries a firm-fixed-price value of $92,250 for identification, examination, taxonomic classification, and rehousing of approximately 5,000 bone specimens from the park's museum collections, with data entry into a park-supplied database and on-site performance at the park curation facility through August 31, 2027. The prior two phases were awarded September 21, 2023 ($58,640) and September 19, 2024 ($89,561.26), following the same scope across different specimen cohorts. As a subcontractor, Kulaiwi delivers archaeology services to Environmental Quality Management, Inc., with three task orders under an indefinite delivery contract (68HE0919D0919) corresponding to EPA Region 9 work; these sub awards, recorded in mid-2024, include administrative changes and deobligations of DEOB funds.

Customer concentration is stark. The National Park Service Pacific West Region accounts for all three prime awards and their combined $240 thousand potential value, while EPA Region 9 anchors the three sub awards under the EQM IDC. The two agencies represent 100% of the vendor's award portfolio by count and by combined potential value. Activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2023, four in 2024 (including three subs under the same IDC), and one prime in 2026 — rather than a sustained pipeline. The combined potential value across all six awards is $240 thousand, though obligated amounts to date total $637 thousand, reflecting task order draws against the EQM IDC that exceed the stated ceiling. One award (the July 2026 NPS purchase order, $92,250) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure equal to roughly 38% of the vendor's current potential-value footprint. Service Contract Inventory data show minimal scale: roughly 1.1 FTEs reported in FY2024 on a single SCI-reportable sub contract record, reflecting the subcontractor role under EQM and the threshold-exempt size of the NPS purchase orders.