Silverback Associates LLC

Silverback Associates LLC, a Black American-owned small business based in Katy, Texas, operates as a prime contractor supplying fuel procurement and logistics services to federal defense and civilian agencies, with a secondary portfolio in construction materials and facility services. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, though recent awards show growing success in full-and-open competition. Silverback is a for-profit limited liability partnership structured as a manufacturer of goods, with core capabilities in petroleum products delivery, bulk materials supply, and specialized logistics support.

Silverback's capability footprint is concentrated in fuel logistics and related commodities. The company holds 20 awards under NAICS 315310 (Petroleum Refineries) spanning diesel, aviation turbine fuel, gasoline, kerosene, and liquefied propane gas delivery to military installations and federal civilian facilities. Representative fuel work includes a $1,259,014.20 indefinite-delivery contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Energy on June 26, 2026, for diesel, gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, biodiesel, and ethanol (E85) supply to Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies across Hawaii through January 31, 2030; a $551,428.02 total small business set-aside purchase order from the Army's Northeast Region on September 5, 2025, for approximately 138,558 gallons of ultra-low sulfur diesel annually to Fort Knox generators and equipment through September 4, 2026; and a $7,500,000 total small business set-aside BPA awarded by the USDA Forest Service Region 8 on September 1, 2025, for vegetation management and biological services including non-native invasive species treatment, hazard tree felling, and Red-Cockaded Woodpecker monitoring across Texas National Forests and Grasslands through August 31, 2030. Secondary capability includes construction materials—stone, aggregate, riprap, and road materials—and facility services such as a $15,000,000 FEMA direct lease BPA for residential property rental management in Florida through December 5, 2029.

Customer concentration reflects heavy reliance on logistics-focused federal buyers. The top five customers by potential value account for 94% of combined awards: the Federal Emergency Management Agency leads with a single $15 million award; the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 follows with three awards totaling $14.6 million; the Defense Logistics Agency Energy holds twelve awards valued at $1.7 million combined; the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 anchors one $700,000 award; and the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 contributes three awards valued at $599,000. Award count distribution shows the Defense Logistics Agency Energy at 12 awards (concentrated in small-dollar fuel purchases), while USDA and FEMA drive dollar volume through larger indefinite delivery and blanket purchase vehicles. Fifteen distinct customer agencies are served across the active portfolio, though concentration remains high—the top five agencies fund 94% of combined potential value while accounting for only 10 of 32 prime awards.

Silverback holds nine active indefinite-delivery vehicles spanning fuel supply, construction materials, and facility services. The DLA Energy indefinite-delivery contract ($1,259,014.20, partial small business set-aside through January 31, 2030) for Hawaiian fuel supply represents the largest active vehicle. Six blanket purchase agreements anchor recurring revenue streams: a $7,500,000 USDA Forest Service vegetation management BPA (total small business set-aside); a $7,000,000 USDA Forest Service aggregate supply BPA (total small business set-aside); a $15,000,000 FEMA direct lease BPA (no set-aside); a $700,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Midway Atoll fuel BPA; a $400,000 Fish and Wildlife Service St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge bulk road materials BPA; and a $250,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 Necedah National Wildlife Refuge bulk fuel and LPG tank leasing BPA. Task orders under these vehicles total $341,000 against the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 Midway Atoll BPA and $135,000 against an Army Joint Munitions Command road materials BPA, indicating established order flow against standing agreements.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year—twelve awards in 2024, eleven in 2025, and nine in 2026 through mid-August—with combined potential value across all 32 prime awards totaling $34.8 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $266,000), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Obligated dollars total $1.2 million (3% of combined potential value), reflecting the indefinite-delivery and BPA vehicle structure under which invoicing occurs as task orders are placed. Silverback operates entirely as a prime contractor; the source contains no subcontract activity under other primes, meaning the company does not sit as a subcontractor within larger defense or civilian IT/services ecosystems. NAICS concentration around Petroleum Refineries (20 awards) and secondary exposure in Support Activities for Forestry (3 awards) and construction materials underscore the vendor's logistics and commodities focus rather than services delivery.