Northern Plains Drilling & Excavating Inc.

Northern Plains Drilling & Excavating Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, performs small-value facility maintenance and urgent repair work for federal water and wastewater infrastructure as a prime contractor, operating exclusively in the full-and-open market without set-aside designation.

The vendor's award footprint is narrow and recent. All three prime awards derive from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, with work performed at Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Moffitt, North Dakota. The awards span sewer pipe repair ($3,788 purchase order issued July 9, 2026), a waterline project ($17,110 purchase order with total small business set-aside, awarded September 2, 2025), and polywater services ($15,435 purchase order, awarded and completed August 11, 2025). Combined potential value across all awards is $36 thousand, fully obligated. One award carries a completion date within the next twenty-four months ($4 thousand in recompete exposure).

The vendor has no subcontract footprint and does not sit on government-wide vehicles, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs. Customer concentration is absolute — 100% of awards fund DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 programs. Work is categorized under Water Supply and Irrigation Systems NAICS, with individual awards spanning repair or alteration of sewage facilities, water supply facilities, and non-building infrastructure. The frequency and dollar magnitude of awards — two in 2025, one in 2026 — suggest a vendor of last-resort status for small emergency and facility-maintenance procurements rather than a strategic supplier with pipeline depth or multi-agency market presence.