Tellus LLC

Tellus LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Annapolis, Maryland, delivers grounds maintenance, landscaping, vegetation management, and facility custodial operations to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor across 109 recent awards. The company holds SBA certifications as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), and is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and minority-owned entity. Tellus competes predominantly in full-and-open settings, though several awards carry total small business set-aside or woman-owned small business set-aside designations.

Tellus's customer footprint concentrates heavily on Navy facility operations. The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command dominates by award count with 67 awards valued at $21.5 million combined potential value, followed by Navy Installations Command with 22 awards at $5.9 million. By potential value, however, the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southeast Region anchors the portfolio with 4 awards totaling $31.2 million—two large definitive contracts for grounds maintenance at Fort Rucker, Alabama running through 2033 and 2029 respectively, valued at $9.4 million and $7 million on firm fixed-price basis. The Defense Commissary Agency represents the third-largest customer by dollars with 3 awards at $8.1 million combined potential value, including a $2.98 million definitive contract through 2028 for shelf stocking, receiving, and custodial operations at McConnell Air Force Base Commissary in Wichita, Kansas. Air Combat Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and the U.S. Coast Guard round out the active customer set. These top five agencies account for 95 percent of combined potential value, signaling tight customer concentration with substantial exposure to Navy installations in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

Tellus holds two primary IDIQ vehicles. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command's $11.5 million single-award IDIQ contract N4008521D0042, set aside for woman-owned small businesses, has generated 75 delivery orders valued at $10.3 million for grounds maintenance, landscaping, vegetation removal, tree pruning and removal, irrigation maintenance, and hazardous waste handling at Navy installations, primarily in Virginia. A second NAVFAC IDIQ (N4008518D8702) has produced 20 task orders at $2 million combined potential value. A $3 million single-award IDIQ with Naval Facilities Engineering Command for grounds maintenance at Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (N4008524D0067) has generated 2 delivery orders. Representative delivery-order work includes a $346,895 order from DOD Disposition Services in June 2025 for option-year recurring grounds maintenance at Mechanicsburg, $1.02 million in May 2025 for regional grounds maintenance and landscaping in Hampton Roads, Virginia under a woman-owned small business set-aside, and $926,966 in May 2025 for Option Year 4 grounds operations at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown.

Activity has accelerated sharply—10 awards in 2022 climbing to 40 in 2024—though 2025 activity has declined to 5 awards through the source date and one award landed in February 2026, suggesting ongoing business capture. Two awards with combined potential value of $4.5 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent near-term recompete exposure. Tellus operates exclusively as a prime contractor across all 109 awards; no subcontract footprint is present in the source data. Work is performed nationwide, with concentration at Mid-Atlantic and Southeast military installations including Fort Rucker (Alabama), Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg (Pennsylvania), Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story (Virginia Beach, Virginia), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown (Virginia), and Whiteman Air Force Base (Missouri). The vendor's capability portfolio centers narrowly on landscaping services and grounds-related facility operations (106 of 109 awards in landscaping services NAICS); diversification outside this scope is minimal.

Landscaping, janitorial, building maintenance, transportation, relocation, other support services