Live Oak Plantation Combined Driving, Inc.

Live Oak Plantation Combined Driving, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Ocala, Florida, provides specialized equine training, ceremonial tack procurement, and farrier services exclusively to the Department of the Army as a prime contractor. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation operating across NAICS categories spanning Horses and Other Equine Production (3 awards), Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing (3 awards), and Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (2 awards), with PSC codes reflecting saddlery and harness work (3 awards) and professional support services (3 awards). Live Oak competes full-and-open; none of its nine awards carry a set-aside designation despite the company's small disadvantaged business status.

Live Oak's federal footprint is entirely concentrated with the Army and exclusively rooted at Fort Myer, Virginia, supporting the Old Guard Military Mounted Battalion and ceremonial operations tied to state funerals and Arlington National Cemetery missions. The company's $2.9 million portfolio across nine awards since May 2024 breaks into three functional areas. Performance horse training dominates by dollar value — a $1.43 million exercise option period (Jan 17, 2025) for Caisson Boot Camp training of up to 12 military working horses designated for ceremonial duties was awarded under sole-source authority (10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1)), a $416.7 thousand award (Jul 25, 2024) for performance horse training services, and a $304.4 thousand definitive contract (Jun 3, 2024) for professional horse trainers. Ceremonial tack procurement accounts for four awards totaling $580.5 thousand: $310 thousand for ceremonial and training tack (Nov 21, 2025), $148 thousand for training and ceremonial tack harnesses (Dec 20, 2024), $74 thousand for a ceremonial tack set (May 6, 2024), and $48.5 thousand for a ceremonial tack set (Aug 23, 2024). Equipment manufacturing represents two awards: a $256 thousand caisson wagon for the Old Guard Caisson Detachment (Jan 30, 2026, with a companion $256 thousand award dated May 1, 2026) designed to carry an 800-pound casket and sustain 10 miles per day on 10 percent grade hills, and a $6.5 thousand equine farrier services contract (Jan 1, 2025) running through January 31, 2030 for the 39th President's state funeral.

Activity has declined from five awards in 2024 to two awards each in 2025 and 2026. The company carries no recompete cliff; the two most recent awards (the January and May 2026 caisson wagon orders) reach ultimate completion at or near their award dates. All nine awards are direct Army purchases issued as purchase orders or definitive contracts with full obligated value — no IDVs, GWACs, or BPAs are present in the portfolio. Live Oak operates as a sole-source provider in specialized ceremonial horse training and serves no other federal agencies.