Prairie Band Construction, Inc.

Prairie Band Construction, Inc. NA Division, a tribally-owned firm certified under the SBA's 8(a) Program and HUBZone designation, operates as a prime contractor delivering commercial and institutional construction, renovation, and facilities maintenance services to federal agencies across defense, interior, and civilian departments. The company is headquartered in Holton, Kansas and operates as the subsidiary of parent entity Prairie Band, LLC, a Native American-owned limited liability company. Prairie Band Construction competes predominantly under set-aside vehicles — 8(a) sole source, competitive 8(a), Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), and total small business designations dominate its award history, though full-and-open awards constitute a material share of recent work.

Prairie Band Construction's capability portfolio centers on structural and mechanical construction improvements, roof repair and replacement, interior renovation, building systems installation (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire safety), and facilities maintenance across federal installations and educational facilities. Representative work includes a $10.9 million definitive contract from the Army Corps of Engineers (Albuquerque District) awarded March 2026 for structural and mechanical improvements at Clardy Fox Pump Station in El Paso, Texas, with completion set for October 2027; a $2.54 million ISBEE set-aside contract from the Bureau of Indian Education awarded June 2024 for design and construction of a modular daycare center at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas; and a $953,341 ISBEE set-aside contract from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Plains Region for parking lot reconstruction at the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's Silver Buffalo Casino in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Across the portfolio, Prairie Band Construction performs work under multiple vehicle types — fixed-price delivery orders, definitive contracts, purchase orders, and indefinite-delivery task order contracts — with work spanning remodeling, roof membrane replacement, HVAC system replacement, interior finishes, emergency repairs, and structural upgrades at BIA facilities, Bureau of Indian Education schools, Army and Air Force installations, and Indian Health Service facilities.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of the Interior's bureau network. The top five customers account for 78% of awards by count, led by the Bureau of Indian Education (43 awards, $11.4 million combined potential value), the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region (16 awards, $43.1 million), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office (12 awards, $52.3 million). However, dollar concentration diverges sharply from award count: by combined potential value, the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center anchors 97% of overall dollars despite carrying only two awards, reflecting a single $625 million Enterprise Wide Roofing Repair, Replacement, and Maintenance (R3M) IDIQ vehicle held at Prairie Band Construction as a contract parent vehicle. The General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service contributes a $25 million multiple-award IDIQ awarded February 2024 for construction services across Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. This concentration with the Interior bureaus and defense facility networks is consistent with Prairie Band Construction's focus on Native American and federal installation infrastructure.

Prairie Band Construction holds a robust IDV portfolio anchored by four named parent vehicles. The company positions 35 task orders across a $40 million Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) covering general construction, renovation, demolition, and environmental remediation across BIA sites in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and other areas. The Air Force Installation Contracting Center's Enterprise Wide Roofing Repair, Replacement, and Maintenance 2020–2025 (R3M) contract carries 11 task orders valued at $5.8 million combined, with recent awards including roof repairs at Minot, Grand Forks, and Offutt Air Force Bases. The company also holds an $35 million single-award 8(a) sole-source indefinite-delivery contract with the Department of Defense Southwest Region awarded February 2026 for sustainment, restoration, and maintenance services at Fort Leavenworth through February 2031, with the contract carrying a five-year performance window and task-order structure. A basic ordering agreement with the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base covers construction services at Tinker Air Force Base, and an earlier Bureau of Indian Education IDIQs facilitate ongoing delivery-order issuance for school and facility maintenance work in Kansas and neighboring states.

Activity trajectory shows contraction year over year. Awards declined from 25 in 2022 to 15 in 2024, with only four awards in 2025 and three through March 2026 in the current fiscal year. This trajectory reflects a shift from high-volume smaller task orders to fewer but significantly larger prime contracts and IDIQs. Within the next twenty-four months, four awards reach ultimate completion with combined potential value of $11.1 million, creating modest recompete exposure relative to the overall portfolio ceiling; however, the early-2026 Fort Leavenworth $35 million IDIQ award and the February 2024 GSA $25 million IDIQ both carry multi-year performance periods extending well beyond the current recompete window. SCI-reported invoiced revenue across prime service contracts totaled $4.9 million from FY2022 through FY2024, with peak activity in FY2023 at $2.1 million. The vendor FTE trajectory from SCI records shows 0.1 FTEs in FY2022, rising to 1.3 FTEs in FY2023, then declining to 0.9 FTEs in FY2024 — a narrow view of total federal workforce, as SCI covers only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes construction goods, construction labor embedded in fixed-price delivery orders, and the bulk of Prairie Band Construction's federal invoicing. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid median hourly rates ran around $874 per hour, with rates spanning from approximately $275 per hour at the 10th percentile to approximately $4,844 per hour at the 90th percentile, reflecting a mix of labor classifications and task complexity.

Prairie Band Construction operates 100% as a prime contractor across its award footprint; no subcontract awards appear in the source data. However, across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the company subcontracts approximately 13% of total contractor hours to four named subcontractors — including Stay Grounded Construction LLC (a Native American-owned firm) on the Keams Canyon Elementary School retaining wall project, Aaim Services LLC (an EDWOSB) on Indian Health Service HVAC work, Control Service Co Inc. on controls installation, and P1 Service LLC on electrical and plumbing work. This posture reflects Prairie Band Construction as a general contractor that builds delivery teams with both internal staff and small-business subs, particularly minority-owned and women-owned enterprises, rather than operating as a feeder to larger primes or a pure labor broker.

The corporate structure includes a subsidiary, Pbsr JV, LLC, a Native American-owned limited liability company self-certified as HUBZone and small disadvantaged business, though the source does not detail its operational role or whether it holds separate awards.

Tribally owned, commercial general contractor

Prairie Band Construction is a certified 8(a), HUBZone construction company offering construction management, design-build-delivery, and general contracting services. With over 70 years of experience, our team brings extensive knowledge to every project. We take pride in providing extremely responsive service without sacrificing competitive pricing or quality.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Prairie Band, LLC, Prairie Band Construction strives to maximize the unique sovereign status of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to expand and diversify the economic portfolio of the Nation.