Pipkin Inc.

Pipkin Inc., doing business as Pipkin Construction, is a Washington-based small business that delivers heavy civil engineering and infrastructure construction services to federal land-management and water agencies exclusively as a prime contractor, competing under total small business set-asides on the majority of its portfolio. The company specializes in dam modification, fish hatchery rehabilitation, road construction and post-fire recovery, culvert replacement, and embankment repair work across the Pacific Northwest, with established relationships spanning the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Highway Administration, and Department of the Army.

Pipkin's customer concentration is dominated by two agencies anchoring 88% of recent combined potential value. The Bureau of Reclamation leads on dollars—six awards carrying $44 million in combined potential value—with the Kachess Dam Modification Phase 3 ($18.7 million) as the largest single contract, followed by a $3.83 million Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery surface water intake fish screens award. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) leads on volume—25 awards, $14.3 million combined potential value—split across eight delivery orders under the Forest Service R6 Road Construction IDIQ ($2.5 million ceiling) and numerous smaller fire suppression repair and road rehabilitation projects. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (three awards, $3.5 million), Federal Highway Administration (one award, $1.8 million for the Icicle Creek Rockfall Mitigation Project), and Department of the Army (one award, $1.3 million for Yakima Delta causeway removal) round out the agency mix.

Pipkin operates exclusively as a prime contractor across 53 awards and zero sub-awards, meaning the company does not use IDVs as a sourcing mechanism to scale bid volume and does not appear in the subcontractor ecosystem. Set-aside posture is predominantly total small business, used on 29 of 53 awards; the remainder carry no set-aside designation, reflecting the company's consistent eligibility and customer preference for set-aside vehicles where available. NAICS concentration runs heavy to construction: 25 awards fall under Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (237310), seven under Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990), with smaller clusters in forestry support and real property leasing.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue reached $36.7 million across FY2023–FY2025, with a notable growth spike in FY2025 to $20.6 million (17.4 FTEs) driven by the Kachess Dam Phase 3 contract ramp-up from mobilization to active construction; FY2024 invoicing was $7.4 million across 5.2 FTEs, and FY2023 $8.7 million across 14.4 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on prime service contracts averaged $385/hr (median), ranging from $270/hr at the 10th percentile to $940/hr at the 90th percentile, reflecting a mix of field labor and senior engineering. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Pipkin engaged 18 named subcontractors for roughly 16% of contractor hours, suggesting the company delivers most work with internal crews and selective sub-engagement for specialized or peak-demand work. The source carries no corporate background detail beyond the East Wenatchee headquarters address and small-business status.

Four awards with ultimate completion dates inside the next twenty-four months carry $29.3 million in combined potential value and face recompete window: the $18.7 million Kachess Dam Phase 3 (Bureau of Reclamation, completion December 31, 2026), the $3.83 million Leavenworth NFH surface water intake fish screens (September 1, 2026), the $2.77 million Forest Service Pacific Northwest culvert crossing upgrade for wildfire recovery (October 31, 2029—this date extends beyond the twenty-four-month window in the recompete-cliff figure), and the $1.57 million GAOA Selkirks to Surf Transportation Package 1 delivery order (September 30, 2026).

EXCAVATION, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, PIPE INSTALLATION, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, GRADING AND DRAINAGE, SITE DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTIONAL BORING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS.