Reliable Contracting Group, LLC

Reliable Contracting Group, LLC, a small business headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, specializes in petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) infrastructure construction, repair, and maintenance for Department of Defense installations as a prime contractor, with 100% of recent awards held as prime contracts and no subcontract footprint. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, though a material portion of its recent awards carry total small business set-aside designations; it has been registered in SAM.gov since 2003 and operates across NAICS 238110 (Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction) and related construction categories.

Reliable's capability portfolio centers on fuel storage tank repair and API 653 compliance work, hydrant fueling system maintenance, transfer line repairs, tank replacement and installation, and facility modernization at military bases. Representative recent work includes a $17.5 million firm fixed-price delivery order from Defense Logistics Agency Energy for repair and secondary containment modifications to fuel storage tanks 23 and 24 at Davis Monthan Air Force Base (awarded May 2024 under Unrestricted Fuels MATOC 2022-2029); a $15.3 million DLA Energy task order for transfer line repairs at Defense Fuel Supply Point Tampa (May 2025); and a $10.2 million DLA Energy delivery order for fuel tank 550 and 580 repair and maintenance (September 2025). The company also performs underground storage tank removal and replacement under Army Corps of Engineers contracts—a $7.5 million task order for tank removal and installation at Whitehall, Ohio (August 2025)—and specialized work such as float chamber modifications and corrosion remediation on hydrant fueling systems.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-source dependent. Defense Logistics Agency Energy funds 55 awards (52% of the prime footprint) carrying $4.01 billion in combined potential value (81% of total potential across all awards). The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District places 21 awards worth $858.7 million (17% of total potential). These two customers account for approximately 80% of awards by count and 99% of combined potential value. The Air National Guard, Department of Labor, and Department of Veterans Affairs appear as minor customers with under $10 million each.

Reliable holds positions on multiple indefinite delivery vehicles, primarily the $2.5 billion DLA Energy Indefinite Delivery Contract for worldwide Department of Defense POL systems construction and repair services (awarded March 2025, completion March 2035), under which the majority of task orders flow. The company also places work under a $150 million Unrestricted Fuels MATOC 2022-2029 with the Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District (awarded October 2022) and holds positions on older Army Corps IDVs, including W9128F21D0057 (30 task orders, $142.3 million combined potential value) and W9128F10D0053 (11 task orders, $18.5 million combined potential value), as well as the NAVFAC EXWC Global Petroleum Oils and Lubricants Worldwide vehicle (3 task orders, $6.5 million combined potential value).

Activity has been consistent but showed a recent drop. Awards per year over the past five years: 2022 nine awards, 2023 ten awards, 2024 six awards, 2025 nine awards, 2026 one award. The recompete cliff presents material risk: twelve awards with combined potential value of $80 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, requiring renewal or recompete during that window. Obligated dollars total $449.4 million across $4.97 billion in combined potential value (9% utilization rate), a signal of long-term contract vehicles with low current burn.

Reliable competes in both set-aside and full-and-open tracks. Total small business set-aside awards appear recurrently (examples: $4.4 million Joint Base Charleston tank repair, September 2024; $9.08 million Hurlburt Field tank repair, January 2025; $3.57 million Tyndall AFB fueling system modifications, March 2024), but the majority of DLA Energy's largest task orders carry no set-aside designation, reflecting Reliable's established standing to compete unrestricted on the dominant vehicle. The company has no documented subcontractor relationships in the award record.