Red Bison Services, LLC

Red Bison Services, LLC, a Native American-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business based in Kenner, Louisiana, operates as a prime contractor providing facilities management, construction, operations and maintenance, and environmental services to federal agencies. The firm competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides (sole source and competitive) and holds SBA 8(a) program certification through August 30, 2031, along with multiple complementary designations including Indian Economic Enterprise, Minority-Owned Business, and DOT Certified DBE status.

Red Bison's customer footprint concentrates heavily on civilian research and facilities work. The top five funding agencies account for 90 percent of recent awards. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service's Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery division dominates by volume—101 awards carrying $28.8 million in combined potential value—driven by a single $15.34 million Competitive 8(a) indefinite delivery contract for operations and maintenance support at the Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, awarded April 1, 2024, running through March 31, 2029. That IDC alone has generated 88 task orders for facility repairs, upgrades, equipment installations, and maintenance: heating and cooling system replacements, generator service, water line and valve installations, greenhouse infrastructure work, blast-proof window film installations, fire alarm enhancements, and building modifications. The Army Corps of Engineers claims the second-largest dollar position—six awards totaling $32.4 million—anchored by a $20.1 million Channel Riprap project in Louisiana (civil engineering construction), a $3.8 million Leland Bowman Lock control house replacement (8(a) sole source), and a $2.0 million Drain 27 native plantings contract (total small business set-aside, extending through December 31, 2027). The Navy holds $10.4 million across ten awards: Naval Facilities Engineering Command's $3.2 million base operating support IDC for Pinecastle Training Range Complex in Florida (8(a) sole source, through January 6, 2030) and Navy Installations Command work including a $1.0 million hurricane repair contract and a $3.4 million fuel offload project. The Forest Service Southern Region contributes a $10 million blanket purchase agreement for vegetation management on National Forests in Mississippi through July 31, 2028.

Activity has accelerated markedly. The vendor recorded two awards in 2022, thirty-three in 2023, seventy in 2024, forty-four in 2025, and four through April 2026—a growth trajectory driven primarily by the 2024 award of the large USDA ARS operations and maintenance IDC. Six awards (combined potential value $30.4 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure centered on the Army Corps' Drain 27 native plantings work and related task orders under existing vehicles.

Red Bison operates 100 percent as a prime contractor across the source data, with no named subcontractor relationships documented in the award footprint. Service Contract Inventory reporting (covering federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold) captured $4.6 million in invoiced revenue in FY2024 across 4.5 FTEs at the prime level, with zero sub-engagement; the SCI dataset shows median government-paid rates around $54.97/hr, with senior labor pricing extending to $676.95/hr. This represents a partial view of the vendor's federal services activity—SCI excludes goods, micro-purchases, construction work (which dominates Red Bison's portfolio), and non-federal revenue.

The vendor holds five active parent indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements. The USDA ARS operations and maintenance IDC (12405B24D0004, $15.34 million through March 2029) serves as the primary vehicle, generating the majority of task orders. A secondary USDA ARS operations and maintenance IDC (12405B23D0002, $4.14 million, expired March 31, 2024) continues to produce historical task orders in the source data. Naval Facilities Engineering Command's Pinecastle base operating support IDC (N6945024D0007, $3.2 million through January 2030) and construction IDC (N6945023D0044, $2 million through August 2025) anchor Navy work. The Army Corps' Forest Services IDC (W912EK23D0014, $9.5 million through July 2028) and the Forest Service Southern Region vegetation management BPA ($10 million through July 2028) position Red Bison for environmental and natural resource work.

Red Bison's work spans maintenance of laboratories and research facilities (113 awards, the dominant PSC category), commercial and institutional building construction (11 awards), HVAC and plumbing services, and environmental restoration. Concrete recent examples include a $4.31 million USDA Agricultural Research Service contract for greenhouse renovation, parking lot repair, and HVAC improvements in North Dakota; a $2.68 million Naval Construction Force B-447A secure space renovation in Mississippi; an $822 thousand roof repair and coating contract with USDA; an $884 thousand Army facilities management contract for electrician, HVAC, chiller, and boiler mechanic services in Louisiana; and an $80 thousand Air National Guard vertical sign stabilizer installation in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Task orders under the USDA Southern Regional Research Center IDC typically range from $7,000 to $25,000 and address incremental facility needs across a 400,000-square-foot, 39-acre campus supporting agricultural research.

The corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Gideon Red JV LLC, designated as an Indian Economic Enterprise and Small Business Joint Venture with identical minority-ownership and SBA certifications, though the source does not articulate a strategic function or operational separation from the parent entity.

Red Bison Services, LLC is a Native American Owned (ISBEE) and SBA 8(a) Certified Small Business Firm. RBS offers Construction, Facility Support, and Forestry/Environmental Restoration Services throughout the Gulf South, Mid-West, and South Eastern Coast of the U.S. We provide Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Services for General Construction, Heavy Civil Construction, and Marine (Vertical and Horizontal). Past performance includes new construction, renovations, repairs, marine, civil, roofing, mechanical, electrical, interior build-out, PLC Controls, Ballistic Glass, Force Barrier Entry, Facilities & Property Maintenance - Janitorial, HVAC/R, Stationary Engineer, Plumbing, Electrical, Administrative Support, Grounds Keeping, Forestry - planting, mowing, native planting, tree trimming, herbicide application, and general vegetation management.