Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.

Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc., based in Healy, Alaska, supplies sub-bituminous coal to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under full-and-open competitive awards with no set-aside designations, operating exclusively as a single-award vehicle holder rather than as a subcontractor. The company is a for-profit corporate entity registered in SAM.gov since May 2001 and competes across NAICS categories including Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers (33 awards), Surface Coal Mining (16 awards), and Bituminous Coal Underground Mining (10 awards), with all work falling under PSC code Fuels, Solid (80 awards).

Usibelli's customer base concentrates heavily on Alaska-based defense energy infrastructure. The top five funding agencies by potential value are Defense Logistics Agency Energy ($585.9 million across 6 awards), the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region ($304.7 million across 27 awards), the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces ($280.5 million across 15 awards), the Department of the Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service ($71.2 million across 15 awards), and the Department of the Air Force ($14.3 million across 3 awards). These five customers account for 100% of combined potential value. The spread between award count and dollar concentration reveals that Army Installation Management places numerous smaller delivery orders while DLA Energy and Pacific Air Forces anchor the largest-value work; Army and Air Force awards to Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base drive the operational focus.

The company holds five active parent Indefinite Delivery Contracts. The largest is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60017D0652 with DLA Energy, valued at up to $164.1 million with a base period through September 30, 2024, and three one-year options extending through September 2027, supporting approximately 410,000 net tons of sub-bituminous coal annually delivered via railcar to Fort Wainwright (200,000 tons) and Eielson Air Force Base (210,000 tons). Recent delivery orders under this IDC reflect sustained demand across two customer streams: Pacific Air Forces issued six orders totaling approximately $54 million for coal deliveries to Eielson (40,000 to 100,000 tons per order, completion dates October 2024 through April 2026), and the Department of Defense Pacific Region issued orders totaling approximately $30.4 million for Fort Wainwright deliveries (completion dates June 2025 through March 2026). Four additional IDCs — SPE60423D0650 (15 task orders, $111.1 million), SPE60012D0656 (13 task orders, $140.9 million), SPE60420D0650 (6 task orders, $107 million), and SP060007D0656 (18 task orders, $70.4 million) — represent older or completed or near-completion vehicles with delivery order activity spanning 2021 through 2025.

Recent activity shows seasonal and fiscal-year-driven ordering patterns. Usibelli received seven delivery orders in 2025 and three in 2026 (as of mid-March), continuing the trajectory from three awards each in 2023 and 2024. Combined potential value across all 88 prime awards totals $1.26 billion, with $637 million obligated (51% of potential). The recompete cliff shows minimal near-term risk: only one award (combined potential value $6.7 million) has an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating that the bulk of the parent IDC work extends well beyond July 2028. Representative recent delivery orders include a $10.248 million order from Pacific Air Forces (February 2026, 100,000 tons to Eielson AFB, completion April 2026), a $6.66 million incremental order from DoD Pacific Region (November 2025 award, three-week November delivery to Fort Wainwright), and a $15.315 million order from Pacific Region (October 2024 award, FY25 Option Period 1, completion March 2025). All delivery orders carry firm fixed-price terms and no set-aside designations, reflecting the company's ability to compete in full-and-open federal procurement.