The Prophet Corporation

The Prophet Corporation, doing business as Gopher Sport, supplies physical education equipment, archery gear, sports materials, and recreational equipment to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. Gopher Sport, a for-profit organization headquartered in Owatonna, Minnesota, operates across NAICS 339920 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing) and PSC codes for athletic equipment and recreational goods, with 752 total prime awards spanning 100 distinct federal customers.

Gopher Sport's customer concentration centers on military education and training. The Department of Defense Education Activity dominates both award count (138 awards) and dollar value ($13.4 million combined potential value), followed at significant distance by the General Services Administration ($21 million across 4 awards, driven by Federal Supply Schedule GS07F8989G), the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command ($9.5 million across 15 awards), and the Department of the Army and Marine Corps combined ($196 thousand across 149 awards). The top five customers account for approximately 95% of combined potential value; the GSA-mediated supply schedule alone represents 45% of recent dollar volume despite only 4 recorded awards, indicating large-value vehicle-based ordering. Award volume has grown from eight in 2022 to sixteen in 2025, with fifteen recorded in 2026 to date.

Gopher Sport holds two primary indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. A $1 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (HE125420A0003) with the Department of Defense Education Activity running through June 2030 supports procurement of physical education equipment for elementary, middle, and high school PE classes across the global DoDEA school system; 48 task orders totaling $1.6 million in combined potential value have been issued to date. An $8,385,563 single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Air Education and Training Command (awarded September 28, 2023, running through September 21, 2028) procures archery equipment and services to support the Air Force Junior ROTC program; three delivery orders totaling approximately $694,575 have been issued, with the largest valued at $397,141.55 for FY23 archery initial equipment delivered to Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Representative recent work includes a $217,292 Competitive delivery order under the AETC IDIQ for AFJROTC archery equipment (June 2026), a $142,827 BPA call from DoDEA for physical education equipment at Nile C. Kinnick High School (June 2025), and a $78,730 purchase order from the Federal Detention Center Honolulu for fitness gear and recreational resources (September 2025). Gopher Sport also maintains a seat on the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (GS07F8989G), which has generated 434 task orders and $1.5 million in combined potential value, including delivery orders from the Bureau of Prisons, Coast Guard, and other civilian agencies for training materials and playground equipment.

The vendor faces minimal near-term recompete exposure — only four awards totaling $167 thousand are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months. Activity is dispersed across small to mid-sized orders; only 17% of combined potential value ($7.8 million) has been obligated to date, reflecting the portfolio's reliance on order-as-needed BPA and schedule vehicles rather than fixed-price delivery contracts. Gopher Sport competes entirely in the full-and-open federal marketplace without pursuing set-aside categories, positioning it to bid against larger sporting goods distributors on unrestricted procurements while maintaining established vehicle positions with DoDEA and the Air Force that function as de facto relationship drivers in the military education market.

Gopher has established itself as an industry-leading physical education, athletics, fitness, recreation, and health products distributor. Over the past 65 years, we've earned our customers' trust, respect, and business by delivering high-quality products and standing behind those products with an Unconditional 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. With Gopher, you will always be satisfied. We guarantee it.