Olathe Spray Service, Inc.

Olathe Spray Service, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Olathe, Colorado, operates as a prime contractor providing fixed-wing aircraft services and aerial application work to federal land and wildlife management agencies. The company is a Subchapter S corporation competing predominantly under small-business set-asides across purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts with the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management.

Olathe Spray Service's work centers on aerial seeding, herbicide application, and predator-management flight operations across the Colorado and Utah region. Representative recent work includes a $10,793 delivery order from APHIS Wildlife Services awarded January 15, 2026, for fixed-wing aircraft services supporting predator management in southwestern Colorado; a $15,420.60 small-business set-aside purchase order from BLM Colorado for seeding in the Dawson Project Area near Egnar, Colorado (performance period through May 1, 2025); and a $10,207.75 small-business set-aside purchase order from BLM Colorado for aerial seeding of 665 acres following the Bucktail Fire near Nucla, Colorado (completion by March 10, 2025). The company also holds a $50,000-ceiling small-business set-aside indefinite delivery contract with APHIS Wildlife Services running through December 31, 2028, which anchors its customer base and enables rapid task-order mobilization for predator-management missions.

Customer concentration is pronounced and regionally focused. APHIS Wildlife Services dominates the footprint with 22 awards valued at $377 thousand combined potential value, representing 31% of all awards and 16% of combined potential value. BLM Colorado Region accounts for 8 awards and $160 thousand in potential value, while BLM Idaho Region adds 5 awards and $30 thousand. Together these three customer segments cover 54% of award count but only 24% of combined potential value — a signal that Olathe Spray Service operates on a high-volume, low-dollar-per-order model typical of small regional environmental service providers. Work is ordered primarily under APHIS Wildlife Services blanket purchase agreements and multiple BLM indefinite delivery contracts (five IDCs across the portfolio carrying between 3 and 5 task orders each).

Activity has been modest and flat. Olathe Spray Service has received 71 total awards since 2000, with 2 awards in 2022, 2 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 year to date. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $2.4 million, with only $659 thousand obligated (27% realized). The recompete exposure is minimal — only one award carrying $11 thousand in combined potential value completes within the next twenty-four months. Work is classified across nonscheduled chartered passenger and freight air transportation NAICS codes, with significant activity under soil preparation, planting, and cultivating NAICS categories, reflecting the dual nature of flight services and ground-based aerial application work. Olathe Spray Service operates exclusively as a prime contractor; no subcontract footprint is present in the source data.