Mountain Horse LLC

Mountain Horse LLC, doing business as Mountain Horse Solutions, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) prime contractor based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that manufactures and procures chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense equipment and services for Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. As a prime contractor on a $500 million Army Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND) Rapid Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Indefinite Delivery contract, Mountain Horse competes predominantly under the total small business set-aside designation and holds additional vehicle positions on GSA schedules, a Department of Defense Indefinite Delivery Contract for mortar ammunition metal containers valued at $31.7 million, and an $18.3 million single-award M548 metal ammunition containers IDIQ through PEO Ammunition.

Mountain Horse's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Army CBRN defense programs. The top five funding entities account for 76 percent of awards by count: the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (133 awards, $177.6 million combined potential value), the Department of the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command (116 awards, $100.4 million), the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (47 awards, $44.4 million), the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO CBRND (28 awards, $8.8 billion combined potential value), and the Department of the Army (19 awards, $18.9 million). By dollar concentration, the Joint PEO CBRND dominates at $8.8 billion across 28 awards—approximately 90 percent of all combined potential value in the portfolio—reflecting Mountain Horse's core role as a CBRN defense supplier. The disparity between award count and dollar volume reveals that Mountain Horse receives numerous small orders ($100 thousand to $5 million) from Army sustainment and R&D organizations, with occasional very large single awards from JPEO CBRND and PEO Ammunition.

Mountain Horse's primary vehicle is the $500 million Army JPEO CBRND Rapid COTS IDIQ, awarded in 2020 and extended to July 31, 2027, from which 270 task orders valued at $165.8 million have been issued. The company also places work under the Indefinite Delivery Contract GS01Q15BKD0002 (87 task orders, $72 million), the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (18 task orders, $7 million), and smaller vehicles including ASTRO (7 task orders) and the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract (3 task orders). Delivery orders under JPEO CBRND span personal protective equipment, detection and identification systems such as handheld mass spectrometers and gas detectors (MX908, XPLORIR), decontamination systems, radiation monitoring equipment, unmanned vehicles and ground robotics, analytical instruments, and ancillary training and support services. Recent representative work includes a $4.28 million total small business set-aside delivery order from the Army for Aerosol Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (AVCAD) equipment (September 2026), a $4.96 million prototype delivery order for unmanned aerial systems from the Joint PEO CBRND (September 2023), multiple $1 million to $3 million delivery orders for CBRN response kits and personal protective equipment to TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, and smaller orders from EPA regions, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Veterans Integrated Service Network for specialized detection equipment such as the MX908 portable spectrometer for narcotics and chemical identification.

Activity trajectory shows decline: 76 awards in 2022, 72 in 2023, 57 in 2024, 39 in 2025, and 15 to date in 2026. The recompete cliff is modest—only 10 awards valued at $10.4 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure. Mountain Horse's NAICS profile centers on Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (362 awards) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (24 awards), reflecting the company's focus on procuring and delivering commercial off-the-shelf detection, monitoring, and measurement systems rather than manufacturing them in-house. PSC codes further confirm this: Chemical and Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing Machinery (281 awards), Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (22 awards), and Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus (15 awards) dominate the portfolio.

Mountain Horse subcontracts to larger prime contractors on non-CBRN defense programs. Named subs include CACI, Inc. – Federal (multiple awards for Global Operational Support Information Insight and Threat hardware), Radiance Technologies Inc. (Advanced Directed Energy Technologies at Space and Missile Defense Command, including Raider unmanned aerial target systems), Mantech TSG-2 Joint Venture (expeditionary weapon systems development and special operations procurement), Southwest Research Institute (engineering, test, and evaluation barrier systems), and Atlantic Diving Supply (archery equipment procurement). These sub-awards (22 of 452 total awards, or 5 percent of the footprint) signal Mountain Horse's secondary role as a supplier to larger defense contractors on non-CBRN programs, primarily in advanced technology development and equipment procurement rather than core CBRN services.

Mountain Horse holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract with three active labor categories spanning $46.38 to $145.63 per hour, targeting research analysts, technical subject-matter experts, general engineers, and program management roles at the bachelor's degree level with no security clearance requirement. This labor vehicle enables task order work in analytical, engineering, and program support services across civilian and defense agencies.

The corporate structure shows Mountain Horse LLC as a parent entity with one named subsidiary, Mountain Horse LLC (also characterized as a for-profit limited liability company), indicating a flat holding structure. The vendor is characterized as a for-profit corporate entity, not tax-exempt, with headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ownership is minority-owned (by construction of VOSB and SDVOSB certifications), and the company maintains continuous VOSB and SDVOSB status, though VOSB and SDVOSB certifications expired April 9, 2026, according to recent award narratives—a timing detail relevant for upcoming competitive positioning on set-aside opportunities.

Mountain Horse Solutions - RESPONSIVE, LEAN, and NIMBLE: Our management approach enables Mountain Horse to furnish the required capabilities and provide tailored solutions. To complement our core capability strengths of solution development, procurement, and logistics, we team with a several trusted partners as needed, to meet all customer requirements. Mountain Horse is currently providing hardware solutions and training to the US DOD and Federal Agencies. The primary focus is in the CBRNE arena ranging from Laboratory Support and Supplies, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), to total Mission Packages in self-contained housing. Mountain Horse works with a variety of customers to develop technology backed solutions to mission critical problems, then designs, develops, procures, fields, trains, and supports the solution. Mountain Horse brings the full slate of capabilities allowing us to serve as the Total-Solution provider.