Pelayo & Company

Pelayo & Company, a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Davao City, Philippines, delivers specialized exhumation and excavation services to U.S. federal agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively on single-award indefinite delivery contracts without set-aside designation. The vendor's entire recent award footprint (11 awards, $2 million combined potential value) consists of firm fixed-price delivery orders placed by two customer agencies: the Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Work is performed entirely in the Philippines and centers on recovery and identification of remains of U.S. military personnel missing from past conflicts.

Customer concentration is absolute and stable. The State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs accounts for 6 awards ($1.5 million combined potential value, 75% of the portfolio), while DPAA holds 5 awards ($511 thousand combined potential value, 25% of the portfolio). Both rankings align perfectly — no divergence between volume and dollars — indicating steady, parallel engagement with both agencies. Pelayo & Company holds four active single-award IDVs: a State Department contract (IDC 19GE5023D0030) with a $376 thousand ceiling running through August 2026, a second State Department IDV (IDC 19GE5026D0070) with a $698 thousand ceiling through August 2027 awarded September 2026, and two DPAA IDVs (IDC 19RP3821D0013 and IDC 19RP3822D0005) with combined ceilings of approximately $155 thousand to $376 thousand. Three delivery orders ($373 thousand combined potential value) have been placed against the State Department's primary contract vehicle, and individual task orders flow through the other three IDVs as mission-specific exhumation and recovery operations arise.

Recent activity shows decline and thinning velocity. The vendor received 2 awards in 2022, 3 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 2 in 2026, indicating irregular ordering patterns and customer demand consolidation. Of the 11 total awards, only 1 award ($86 thousand combined potential value) carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor has obligated $652 thousand of its $2 million combined potential value, representing 32% drawdown across the award population. Pelayo & Company operates as a sole proprietor on these vehicles and holds no subcontract positions in the source data; all 11 awards are prime work. Work is categorized under PSC Social Care of Remains and/or Funeral (all 11 awards) and spans NAICS 722110 (Funeral Homes and Funeral Services, 6 awards) and NAICS 236210 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, 5 awards), reflecting the specialized nature of archaeological recovery and site excavation support.