Richard G Gonzalez

Richard G Gonzalez Down Range Services Division, doing business as Down Range Services, is a veteran-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that provides specialized personnel support — explosives specialists, exercise support specialists, and instructor services — to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under total small business set-aside and full-and-open BPA calls. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor and competes entirely under set-aside vehicles.

Down Range Services' entire federal footprint consists of a single customer agency: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. All 27 awards in the source data are ATF prime contracts, spanning from January 2022 through February 2026 and covering $793 thousand in combined potential value. The company delivers three core service lines across these awards: explosives specialist contract support (covering enforcement, training, and regulatory operations at Redstone Arsenal and Huntsville, Alabama), exercise support specialist services (range safety, logistics, and readiness exercise facilitation, primarily at Redstone Arsenal and Athens, Alabama), and instructor support for ATF training programs. Concrete examples include a $15 thousand firm fixed-price call from October 2024 for explosives specialist services, a $16 thousand February 2025 call for instructor services at Vancleave, Mississippi, and a $20 thousand January 2022 call for exercise support specialist services in Athens through June 2022.

Down Range Services holds two BPA vehicles with the ATF, each carrying a $500 thousand ceiling and extending through 2026–2027. The first BPA (15A00022AAQA00010), awarded December 2, 2021, and extending through December 1, 2026, has generated 16 task orders worth $185 thousand combined potential value. The second BPA (15A00022AAQA00037), awarded January 6, 2022, and extending through January 5, 2027, has generated 10 task orders worth $108 thousand combined potential value. Individual call orders under these BPAs range from approximately $4.5 thousand to $20 thousand and are priced firm fixed-price.

Activity has declined sharply since 2022. The vendor received 11 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 5 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 1 in 2026. Combined dollars obligated total $293 thousand across the $793 thousand potential-value ceiling — a 37% obligation rate. The entire BPA portfolio reaches ultimate completion by January 2027, and with minimal recent call activity, the vendor faces a significant recompete cliff. Down Range Services has no subcontractor relationships in the source data and does not serve any customer agencies beyond the ATF.