Lapke Construction, Llc.

Lapke Construction, LLC, a Native American-owned, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business based in Fort Shaw, Montana, operates as a prime contractor delivering facilities construction, repair, maintenance, and infrastructure services to federal agencies under 8(a) sole-source and competitive set-asides, plus full-and-open awards. The company is a sole proprietorship and limited liability company with DOT Certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and self-certified small disadvantaged business status.

Lapke Construction's work footprint centers on hardened military infrastructure maintenance at Malmstrom Air Force Base and construction and facilities projects across Forest Service, National Park Service, and USDA veterinary service locations in the Northern Rocky Mountain region. Representative prime work includes a $7.9 million 8(a) sole-source definitive contract from Air Force Global Strike Command for airfield reconfiguration and repair to support MH-139 helicopter beddown at Malmstrom AFB (completion December 2024); a $2.14 million definitive contract from USDA Forest Service Region 1 for disassembly, relocation, and reassembly of Fire Cache Warehouse #3 in Missoula, Montana, including new foundation, mechanical, roof, and lighting systems (completion February 2025); and a $764 thousand 8(a) sole-source contract from USDA Forest Service Region 1 for boiler-chiller system replacement at Building 24 of the Regional Office and Lolo National Forest (completion December 2024). Lapke also held two single-award Air Force IDIQs: a $2.17 million 8(a) sole-source indefinite delivery contract for High Impact Cable posts removal and installation at Malmstrom AFB through July 2028, and a $4.5 million indefinite delivery contract for rack rail repair at Malmstrom Missile Alert Facilities through June 2027. Recent awards include a $478 thousand total small business set-aside definitive contract from Air National Guard for aircraft apron repairs at Great Falls International Airport (June 2025 award), a $127 thousand 8(a) sole-source delivery order from Air Force for HICS posts removal and installation at Malmstrom (May 2026 award), and a $27.8 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from National Park Service Intermountain Region for cabin construction materials supporting the School-to-Park project at Glacier National Park (June 2025 award).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Air Force commands and Forest Service regional offices. The top five funding agencies account for 80% of recent awards by count: Department of Air Force Space Command (29 awards, $17.7 million combined potential value), Department of Air Force Global Strike Command (20 awards, $16.4 million), Department of Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region (11 awards, $12 million), USDA Forest Service R1-Northern Region (46 awards, $12 million), and USDA Forest Service Job Corps (11 awards, $5.6 million). By potential value, the Air Force commands dominate, with Space Command and Global Strike Command together accounting for roughly half the portfolio dollars. Forest Service R1-Northern Region leads in award count but trails in aggregate dollars, reflecting smaller project scopes for regional facilities maintenance and emergency repairs.

Lapke's prime-contract posture is exclusively prime (100% of 146 awards), with no subcontract activity in the source data. The company competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides, with 8(a) sole-source designations recurring across the Air Force IDIQs and many of the larger definitive contracts, supplemented by total small business set-asides and full-and-open awards. The vendor does not serve as a feeder subcontractor to larger primes. Work is performed at Malmstrom Air Force Base (primary site for Air Force contracts), USDA facilities in Missoula and surrounding Montana locations, National Park Service sites, and Forest Service installations across Region 1 and Region 10 Alaska.

Category concentration reflects the construction and facilities maintenance profile. Top NAICS categories are Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (62 awards), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (19 awards), and All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (16 awards). Top PSC codes track maintenance and repair of office and non-building facilities, missile system facilities, and administrative buildings. Activity has declined from 12 awards in 2022 to 1 award in the current year-to-date window; recent trajectory (6 awards in 2024, 2 in 2025, 1 in 2026) signals downward momentum. The recompete cliff shows minimal near-term exposure: only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carries a combined potential value of $127 thousand.

SCI-reported invoicing across federal service contracts above $150,000 totals $631 thousand in FY2024 on roughly 0.1 FTEs, with no SCI activity in FY2023 or FY2025. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts averaged $922.05/hr across all percentiles, indicating specialized labor pricing typical of hardened infrastructure and aircraft facility work. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 12% of total contractor hours, with one named subcontractor reported; this signals that Lapke builds and executes most work with internal labor rather than relying on sub-teams. Combined potential value across all 146 awards is $68 million, with $35 million obligated (51% of potential).

Lapke Construction does all types of concrete/dirt work including sidewalks, curb and gutter, foundations, flat work, decorative work, restorations, commercial building, pipe work, fencing