Richland Center Renewable Energy LLC

Richland Center Renewable Energy LLC is a for-profit renewable energy company that receives federal grants for advanced biofuel production from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services, operating exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor.

The vendor's federal footprint consists entirely of project grants awarded by USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services for advanced biofuel production. Richland Center has received five grants over the past several years: awards on January 24, 2022 (completion same day); July 1, 2022 (completion September 15, 2022); May 25, 2023 (completion January 29, 2024); April 2, 2024 (completion February 18, 2025); and most recently January 22, 2026 (completion January 23, 2026). The combined obligated dollars across all nine awards in the source data total $11 thousand, indicating these are modest-scale project grants focused on advanced biofuel production capability or pilot work rather than large-scale facility development or operations contracts.

Customer concentration is absolute: all nine awards derive from a single funding source, the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services, accounting for 100% of identified federal activity. The vendor has no federal contract footprint, no IDVs, no parent vehicles, and no subcontractor relationships in the federal space. Activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2021, two in 2022, one each in 2023 and 2024, and one in early 2026 — with no trajectory signal of growth or sustained engagement. The vendor does not appear in any federal contracting vehicles, GWACs, or BPAs. Richland Center's federal role is narrowly confined to grant funding under USDA rural business development programs; there is no prime contract work, no sub work, and no federal customer diversity.