R. Ward & Associates, Inc.

R. Ward & Associates, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Ozark, Missouri, delivers military training infrastructure modernization and range sustainment services to the Department of the Army as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) under a dominant single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicle. The firm operates almost exclusively under set-aside categories — the majority of its recent delivery orders flow through a $49 million small business IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, with additional work flowing through service-disabled veteran-owned small business and total small business set-aside delivery orders.

R. Ward & Associates' customer footprint is highly concentrated with a single contracting office. The top five funding entities account for 90% of recent awards, with the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Savannah anchoring the portfolio at 28 awards valued at $120.2 million in combined potential value — 94% of all dollars. Subsidiary work flows through the Department of the Army Special Operations Command ($2.8 million), the Department of the Army Reserve Command ($2.7 million), the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service ($2.6 million), and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Omaha ($75 thousand). The concentration by potential value tracks tightly with award count, reflecting a consistent customer relationship rather than a mix of large and small orders.

The firm's capability portfolio centers on Army Sustainable Range Program delivery: indoor baffle range sustainment and corrective action, range assessments and modernization studies, live fire training investment strategy development, training land rehabilitation, and integrated training area management. Representative work includes a $4.86 million firm fixed-price delivery order for Sustainable Range Program support at Fort Liberty, North Carolina (awarded June 2025); a $2.03 million delivery order for fiscal year 2025 Integrated Training Area Management training land modernization at Fort Dix, New Jersey (September 2025); a $2.03 million delivery order for indoor baffle range sustainment at Fort Liberty (April 2026); and a $6.45 million exercise of options for live fire training investment strategy, range assessments, and range modernization at Fort Liberty (September 2023). Place of performance spans Army installations nationwide, including Fort Liberty, Fort Bragg, Fort Carson, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Knox, Fort Irwin, Eglin Air Force Base, and others.

R. Ward & Associates holds two primary vehicle positions. The $49 million single-award IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District (contract W912HN22D1000, effective through July 6, 2027) anchors the portfolio with 24 task orders valued at $56.4 million in combined potential value; this vehicle enables delivery orders up to $1.5 million each and explicitly supports the Sustainable Range Program across multiple installations. A secondary $9.5 million IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers also appears in summary data. Additionally, the firm holds a position on Federal Supply Schedule GS23F0308N (General Services Administration), from which five task orders valued at $163 thousand have been issued, and a third IDC (W912HN19D1003) supporting 3 task orders valued at $10.7 million.

Activity has remained relatively stable across recent years, averaging six to seven awards annually from 2022 through 2025, with one award recorded year-to-date in 2026. Six awards valued at combined potential $9.4 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure for the vendor and recompete opportunity for competitors. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $60.3 million, representing 47% of the combined potential value of $128.4 million.

Service Contract Inventory data, covering federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, shows minimal SCI-reportable activity: $788 thousand in invoiced revenue during fiscal year 2022 at a government-paid median rate of $1,036.84 per hour, with fewer than one FTE delivered that year. SCI is a partial lens and excludes goods, products, and non-reportable work; the $49 million IDC and related delivery orders likely carry significant unobligated value and labor content not fully captured in SCI's sub-million invoicing snapshot. The firm reported a single named subcontractor across prime records, with an average sub-hours share of 30% on SCI-reportable contracts. R. Ward & Associates' primary operational footprint appears to be embedded in the delivery-order-based execution of the Savannah District IDC rather than in standalone service contracts above SCI's reporting floor.

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