Retterath Nick

Retterath Nick, doing business as Retterath Cattle Company, is a sole proprietorship based in Janesville, California, that supplies hay (alfalfa and grass) and provides feeding and watering services for the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro programs as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates under NAICS 111940 (Hay Farming) and 115210 (Support Activities for Animal Production), with all thirty awards in recent history classified as prime contracts carrying 100% small-business set-aside designations.

Retterath Nick's customer footprint is concentrated in the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management across three regional offices and the National Office. The BLM Nevada Region accounts for eleven awards and $1.5 million in combined potential value; the BLM National Office holds nine awards and $3.8 million; and the BLM California Region holds eight awards and $3.8 million. These three offices represent 97% of awards and carry a combined potential value of $9.1 million of the vendor's total $9.3 million portfolio. A single $115,874 purchase order from the U.S. Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) rounds out the customer set. Across both dollars and award count, concentration splits evenly between the National Office and California Region, with Nevada Region trailing in dollar value but leading in award frequency.

Retterath Nick's capability portfolio centers on forage supply and animal husbandry services. Representative awards include a $760,469 definitive contract (August 2024–July 2025) from the BLM National Office for approximately 4,500 tons of alfalfa hay to the Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Center in Reno, Nevada; a $560,250 purchase order (April 2025–March 2026) from the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office for 2,300 tons of alfalfa hay and 200 tons of alfalfa hay to the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Facility in California; and a $360,000 base-plus-four-option-year contract (August 2022–December 2027) from the BLM California Region for daily feeding, watering, and health monitoring services at the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corrals. A June 2026 purchase order from the BLM Nevada Region for 1,000 tons of PVC grass hay (delivery October–November 2026) represents the most recent award with a $325,000 ceiling. The vendor's combined obligated value stands at $8.5 million across all awards.

Activity has been episodic over the past five years—three awards in 2022, one in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026—with no consistent annual trajectory. Two awards (the most recent PVC grass hay purchase order and a May 2026 completion-date alfalfa hay contract) carry combined potential value of $685,000 and face recompete within the next twenty-four months. The vendor holds no subcontract relationships and operates exclusively as a direct prime to BLM and Forest Service field and regional offices.