Shifletts Inc.

Shifletts Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in East Wenatchee, Washington, provides nitrogen generator service and preventive maintenance to the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor competes exclusively under small-business designations and operates at a small scale — three awards totaling $86 thousand in combined potential value since September 2023, all placed by a single federal customer.

Shifletts delivers specialized field equipment maintenance. The work centers on onsite preventive maintenance and 24-hour emergency response for nitrogen generators paired with Kaeser compressors, using original equipment manufacturer parts only. All three awards originate from the Department of Agriculture's Pacific West Area, which oversees research facilities in the Pacific Northwest. The largest active award, a $63.8 thousand purchase order granted September 1, 2026, runs through August 31, 2030 (one-year base plus three one-year option periods) and covers monthly preventive maintenance and emergency service at the Tree Fruit Research Laboratory in Wenatchee, Washington and the Mid-Columbia Experiment Station in Hood River, Oregon. Work is performed under Service Contract Labor Standards with prevailing wage determinations for Chelan, Douglas, Hood River, Sherman, and Wasco counties. A second award, a $10.9 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from September 2024, has an ultimate completion date of September 21, 2025. An earlier $10.9 thousand purchase order from September 2023 (no set-aside used) also completed in September 2024.

Customer concentration is absolute — 100% of awards fund Pacific West Area programs. The vendor has not subcontracted and carries no subcontract footprint. Activity is sparse and episodic, with one award per year in 2023, 2024, and 2026, with no recorded awards in 2025.