North Wind Resource Consulting LLC

North Wind Resource Consulting LLC, a subsidiary of Ciri Development Corporation (an Alaskan Native Corporation), delivers environmental compliance, cultural resource management, archaeological surveys, natural resources inventory data collection, and technical consulting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across 100% of its recent award footprint. The company operates as a certified small disadvantaged business, Alaskan Native Corporation-owned firm, and Indian Economic Enterprise, competing predominantly under Total Small Business and Competitive 8(a) set-asides; roughly 47% of its recent contract awards carry small-business set-aside designations, with the remainder issued full-and-open or without set-aside designation.

North Wind's customer base spans 60 federal agencies with pronounced geographic and mission concentration. By award count, the top five customers account for 53% of awards: the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (121 awards, $9.4 million combined potential value), the Forest Service Southern Region (46 awards, $21.3 million), NRCS Western Region (23 awards, $13.9 million), the Forest Service Southwestern Region (22 awards, $28.2 million), and Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (13 awards, $1.2 million). By dollar value, the top five customers account for 37% of combined potential value and reflect large indefinite-delivery vehicles: the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska anchors the portfolio (7 awards, $52.2 million combined potential value), followed by the BLM National Office (12 awards, $37.2 million), Bureau of Reclamation (11 awards, $31.8 million), Forest Service Southwestern Region (22 awards, $28.2 million), and Forest Service Southern Region (46 awards, $21.3 million). The divergence signals that North Wind executes many small transactional awards through the BLM and Forest Service while holding larger multi-million-dollar IDIQs and BPAs that anchor value with defense and resource-management agencies.

Concrete capability examples include a $2.461 million Purchase Order from USDA NRCS (May 2026) for National Resources Inventory data collection across Northern Nevada grazing lands (Bureau of Land Management and private holdings), including landscape characterization, soil component determinations, ecological site assignments, and rangeland health assessments on up to 492 BLM points and 54 private land points, with base performance through April 2027 and four optional renewal years; a $2.795 million Delivery Order from the Department of Energy California Region (September 2025) for facilitation and assistance in preparing two environmental impact statements for Transmission Line Rating Remediation projects under the Multiple Award Schedule, with completion targeted for September 2029; and a $2.774 million Purchase Order from USDA NRCS Western Region (March 2026) for Utah National Resources Inventory data collection on federal Bureau of Land Management segments and non-federal private grazing lands, requiring field operations through September 2026 with completion by February 2031. Additional examples include a $1.227 million 8(a) Sole Source Definitive Contract from the Department of Defense ENDIST Sacramento (September 2021) for Task 4 build and application development work at Presidio Monterey, California, through September 2026, and a $1.311 million Delivery Order from the Department of Defense Headquarters Military Programs (September 2023) for monitored natural attenuation implementation at the Clinton Sherman Industrial Airpark in Oklahoma under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program, completing September 2026.

North Wind holds four major parent vehicles anchoring its delivery model. The $48 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (November 2024) with the Army Contracting Command-Alaska, set aside for Total Small Business, provides environmental support services in Alaska and the Pacific region for the Army, Air Force, and non-Defense customers; work encompasses environmental conservation, compliance, pollution prevention, operations and maintenance including air quality management, cultural and natural resource management, hazardous materials, and wastewater/stormwater management. The $47.7 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (October 2023) with the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management provides general support services including environmental remediation, waste management, and infrastructure support leveraging the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, with performance through September 2028. A $7.5 million multiple-award BPA (December 2021) with the Forest Service Region 8 Southern Region provides archaeological and cultural heritage services across multiple national forests; North Wind has executed 24 task orders ranging from approximately $17,000 to $287,882 for archaeological surveys on thousands of acres supporting prescribed burn management, timber sales, and vegetation management. A $2 million single-award IDIQ (October 2021) with USDA NRCS Western Region covers cultural resource survey and report writing for Arizona and western New Mexico; North Wind has issued delivery orders for cultural resource investigations ranging $12,500 to $266,700, with work performed in Idaho Falls supporting NRCS land management and historic preservation compliance.

Activity has contracted sharply over recent years. North Wind executed 24 awards in 2022, 25 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 8 in 2025, and 4 through May 2026 — a 75% decline from the 2022–2023 baseline. Nine awards carrying combined potential value of $6 million complete within the next twenty-four months, facing recompete exposure in a shrinking pipeline. The SCI dataset, covering federal service contracts above $150,000 and representing a partial slice of North Wind's service work, shows invoiced revenue of $9.7 million in FY2022 across 12.0 FTEs, $3.8 million in FY2023 across 9.0 FTEs, and $1.9 million in FY2024 across 4.5 FTEs — reflecting the same steep contraction. On federal services contracts captured in SCI (prime records), government-paid hourly rates ranged from approximately $43/hr at the tenth percentile to a median of $137/hr, with senior labor pricing reaching $2,044/hr. North Wind delivered 95% of work with internal staff; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed an average 5% share of total contractor hours, with three named subcontractors appearing across the dataset.

North Wind Resource Partnership JV, LLC, a named subsidiary, is certified as an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned firm, Indian Economic Enterprise, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise, minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, and small business joint venture. The parent, Ciri Development Corporation, is a major Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporation holding numerous federal contracts and investments across construction, environmental remediation, and renewable energy. North Wind's award portfolio spans environmental consulting services (191 awards), engineering services (110 awards), and research and development in social sciences and humanities (45 awards), with PSC concentration in architect and engineering services for landscaping and interior layout (109 awards) and special studies in archaeological/paleontological work (102 awards). The company's headquarters in Idaho Falls, Idaho, serves as the administrative center, with place-of-performance locations spanning Alaska, the Pacific, Southwest forests, Mountain West grazing lands, and Deep South national forests, reflecting the geographic footprint of land-management and environmental agencies.

North Wind Resource Consulting is a full-service natural and cultural resource consulting firm specializing in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and permitting services, GIS, engineering and design services, community involvement, floodplain determinations/mapping, and public involvement. North Wind Resource Consulting is part of a family of companies with common ownership under Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). The North Wind family is managed by North Wind Group, a CIRI government contract holding entity. Under North Wind Group, North Wind Resource Consulting operates under a proven corporate infrastructure that has been in place for over 18 years, a low EMR of 0.76, and a DCAA-approved accounting system to successfully execute Government contracts. North Wind Resource Consulting offers clients a low risk 8(a) business backed by a mature, financially strong parent organization and an excellent past performance history.