Skookum Educational Programs

Skookum Educational Programs, doing business as Tessera, is an AbilityOne-certified non-profit provider delivering facilities maintenance, custodial services, grounds management, and operations support to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a large and diversified federal contract portfolio. Headquartered in Bremerton, Washington, the organization operates entirely in the prime role (100% of its 5,999 recent awards) and competes without set-asides across full-and-open federal solicitations, with capability concentration in janitorial services, facilities support, portable sanitation, landscaping, and vehicle maintenance—service categories anchored by the organization's mission to create employment for individuals with disabilities.

Skookum's customer base spans 73 federal agencies with significant concentration among Navy commands. The top five funding customers account for 68% of recent awards by count: Naval Sea Systems Command leads with 1,431 awards ($78.4 million combined potential value), followed by Army Installation Management Command Southeast Region (1,170 awards, $366.7 million), Navy Installations Command (641 awards, $210 million), the U.S. Coast Guard (431 awards, $323.3 million), and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (429 awards, $3.58 billion combined potential value). The dollar ranking shifts materially—Naval Facilities Engineering Command dominates by potential value at $3.58 billion (41% of the portfolio's top-five share), reflecting single large-dollar contracts, while Army Sustainment Command ranks third by dollars ($341 million) despite lower award count (134 awards). This divergence signals reliance on a mix of high-volume small task orders (Naval Sea Systems Command) and fewer large-ceiling indefinite-delivery vehicles (Naval Facilities Engineering Command).

Skookum's prime vehicle footprint centers on five Navy and Army indefinite-delivery contracts totaling approximately $810 million in combined potential value. The largest vehicle, IDC N4425518D5009 with Naval Facilities Engineering Command, generated 1,552 task orders carrying $279.4 million in potential value. Four additional vehicles—IDCs N4425508D3007, W911S813D0001, N6274223D3602, and N4425517D4039—each carry 275 to 386 task orders. The source also names two headline IDCs: a $12.13 million single-award Coast Guard contract for comprehensive base maintenance at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia (effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026, supporting hundreds of delivery orders for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fire suppression work), and a $17 million single-award Air Force Space Command contract for custodial services at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029, running through at least 2029). A third vehicle—an IDC with the National Cemetery Administration for cemetery grounds maintenance at Fort Worden, Bremerton, Washington—carries a $843,941 ceiling through April 30, 2031. Representative recent work includes a $389.7 million definitive contract with the Air Force Academy (awarded January 27, 2026) for civil engineering base maintenance services spanning customer support, asset management, real property repair, operations, environmental services, IT, and emergency management through February 28, 2034; an $18.67 million delivery order from the Defense Health Agency (April 1, 2026) for healthcare environmental cleaning at Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor and Bremerton through March 31, 2031; a $69.0 million delivery order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (April 2, 2026) for recurring base-year facilities maintenance and operations at Silverdale, Washington through March 31, 2027; and a $31.2 million delivery order from US Pacific Fleet Forces (December 16, 2025) for recurring facilities maintenance and operations support services at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station through September 30, 2026.

Activity across recent years shows growth then compression: 486 awards in 2022 grew to 690 in 2024, then declined to 480 in 2025 and 172 in 2026 (source data includes awards through August 1, 2026, capturing only partial calendar and fiscal year coverage). The recompete cliff is material—73 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $316.4 million, representing significant renewal risk and opportunity for competitors. The organization's top NAICS categories are 561210 (Janitorial Services, 2,491 awards), 561210 (Facilities Support Services, 1,343 awards), and 561710 (Septic Tank and Related Services, 1,013 awards), underscoring the breadth and repetitive nature of the work—routine custodial, grounds, and sanitation service delivery across dozens of federal installations.

SCI-reported invoicing (a subset covering service contracts above $150,000 threshold) totaled $205.5 million across three fiscal years: FY2022 at $71.4 million with 384 FTEs, FY2023 at $81.3 million with 436 FTEs, and FY2024 at $52.9 million with 327 FTEs. This represents a modest contraction in reported federal services revenue from FY2023 peak to FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts run a median of $82.82/hour across Skookum's prime portfolio, with a 10th percentile floor of $33.64/hour (typical for custodial and grounds labor) and a 90th percentile ceiling of $197.39/hour (reflecting higher-skill mechanical, electrical, and specialized infrastructure work). Skookum subcontracts approximately 25% of hours on average across its SCI-reportable prime contracts, naming 27 distinct subcontractors—indicating the organization builds its own direct workforce for core custodial and grounds delivery while leveraging subs for specialized mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and environmental work.

Skookum Educational Programs operates as a parent entity with two named subsidiaries: Skookum Services, LLC (non-profit organization), and Skookum Enterprises, LLC (non-profit organization with goods-manufacturing designation). The corporate structure reflects a tax-exempt, mission-driven posture aligned with AbilityOne program requirements. The organization competes in full-and-open federal markets without benefit of set-aside designations, positioning itself as a direct competitor to commercial and other non-profit facilities service providers across the Department of Defense, Coast Guard, and civilian agencies. Its competitive standing rests on established past performance, long-duration contract vehicles generating high-frequency low-dollar task orders, and demonstrated capacity to mobilize labor-intensive custodial, grounds, and specialized infrastructure work across geographically dispersed military installations and federal facilities.