Three Rivers Energy Company

Three Rivers Energy Company, doing business as Three Rivers Energy Co, a tribally-owned small disadvantaged business and subsidiary of Ho-Chunk, Inc., supplies bulk fuel products to the federal government as a prime contractor exclusively under Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-asides, with all forty-three recent awards concentrated in the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region.

Three Rivers Energy is incorporated as a tax-exempt corporate entity headquartered in Winnebago, Nebraska, and operates from distribution points in Parker, Coolidge, Sacaton, and Poston, Arizona. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on the delivery of petroleum fuels — red diesel, clear diesel, and 87-octane unleaded gasoline — to Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities across the Western United States in support of tribal operations and programs. Representative work includes a $36,994.98 BPA call awarded March 24, 2026, for clear diesel fuel delivery to Parker, Arizona (completed April 20, 2026); a $51,894.74 BPA call awarded May 18, 2022, for mixed unleaded and clear diesel fuel to Coolidge, Arizona; and a $46,893.93 BPA call awarded September 16, 2022, for power fuel. All awards are firm fixed-price task orders issued under Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-aside designation.

Customer concentration is extreme. The BIA Western Region accounts for 37 of 43 awards (86% of the portfolio) and $3.1 million of $3.2 million in combined potential value. Peripheral activity includes two awards from BIA's Great Plains Region ($103 thousand combined), two from the HHS Indian Health Service ($30 thousand), one from BIA's Bureau of Indian Education ($9 thousand), and one from Air Force Air Mobility Command ($22 thousand). The vendor operates entirely as a prime contractor — zero sub-award exposure in the source data.

Three Rivers Energy holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the BIA Western Region (BPA 140A1120A0005), valued at $1 million through August 5, 2029, awarded August 6, 2024. This vehicle anchors the portfolio: twenty-nine task orders under this BPA carry $928 thousand in combined potential value. A second BPA (140A1124A0002) with BIA's Great Plains Region, valued at $1 million, generated five task orders totaling $136 thousand. Both vehicles are reserved for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise procurement.

Activity has declined sharply. The vendor received fifteen awards in 2022, nine in 2023, three in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026 year-to-date. No recompete cliff is present in the source data; instead, the portfolio reflects steady task-order issuance against standing BPAs with completion dates distributed through 2029. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.2 million against $3.2 million combined potential value (38% obligation rate), indicating that many task orders remain at ceiling value rather than invoiced.

Three Rivers Energy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk, Inc. itself holds federal contracts and grants across multiple agencies; Three Rivers Energy represents the fuel-supply vertical of that parent's federal business. The subsidiary's market position is narrowly tailored to tribal procurement set-asides serving Native American communities in the BIA's Western Region, with no diversification across agencies or procurement categories.

Three Rivers Energy is a trusted supplier of fuel to serve commercial and government clients. Our products include gasoline, diesel and propane. We also offer consulting services to analyze and optimize operational needs, fuel choices, delivery options and technology improvements.

Three Rivers Energy is part of the Flatwater Group, a government contracting division of Ho-Chunk, Inc. Ho-Chunk, Inc. is an economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and its mission is to provide longer-term economic self-sufficiency and job opportunities for the Tribe.