River Bottom Farms, Inc.

River Bottom Farms, Inc., a small business and veteran-owned agricultural cooperative based in Blythe, California, operates exclusively as a prime contractor delivering farming, irrigation management, and land conservation services to the Bureau of Reclamation under single-award indefinite delivery contracts and related task orders. The vendor competes in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation on individual delivery orders, though the underlying indefinite delivery vehicle awarded in February 2026 carries a Total Small Business set-aside.

River Bottom Farms' customer base is highly concentrated. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation accounts for 31 of 32 awards (97% of recent awards by count and 99% of combined potential value of $20.4 million). The vendor operates exclusively within NAICS 115112 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation codes, performing equipment operation, irrigation system management, chemical application, site maintenance, and weed control at two primary Bureau of Reclamation sites in Arizona: the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge and Cibola Valley Conservation Area near Cibola. Representative work includes a $408,569 firm fixed-price delivery order issued February 3, 2026, for irrigation and maintenance services at both facilities (Year 1 under a $3 million indefinite delivery contract awarded February 1, 2026, running through January 31, 2031); a $297,442 delivery order for farming and irrigation services at Cibola Valley Conservation Area completed December 31, 2025; and a $504,723 definitive contract awarded February 1, 2024, for comprehensive agricultural support at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

The vendor holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation. The most recent, awarded February 1, 2026, carries a $3 million ceiling and a five-year ordering period through January 31, 2031. Four earlier IDCs carry combined potential value of approximately $4.4 million across 20 task orders, with completion dates ranging from 2025 through 2031. Activity has been modest and flat — one to two awards annually over the past five years, with only one award (the new $3 million IDIQ) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

On federal service contracts reported under the Service Contract Inventory, River Bottom Farms invoiced $1.2 million across FY2022–FY2023 (FY2024 carries no SCI-reportable invoicing), operating with approximately 2.6 FTEs in FY2022 and 7.1 FTEs in FY2023 on SCI-covered prime contracts. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts ran a median of $54.45 per hour, with 10th-to-90th percentile range of $43.66 to $77.67 per hour. The vendor performs 100% of delivery using its own staff and does not engage subcontractors — neither on SCI-reportable contracts nor across the award portfolio overall.