Vence Corp

Vence Corp, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in San Diego, California, manufactures and delivers virtual fencing equipment — solar-powered base stations, GPS-enabled livestock collars, wireless network systems, and related installation services — to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor operating entirely under small-business set-asides and full-and-open procurements without teaming or subcontract relationships.

Vence operates as a manufacturer of goods under primary NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing) and ancillary categories including 335999 (All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing). The company's federal footprint consists entirely of prime awards — 35 contracts and one grant, zero subcontract work — spanning the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Science Foundation. The company is a for-profit corporate entity with self-certified small disadvantaged business status; it does not hold 8(a) certification, HUBZone status, SDVOSB, or WOSB designations.

Vence's capability portfolio centers on livestock containment and monitoring systems for rangeland management on federal public lands. Representative prime contracts include a $174,999 purchase order from the Department of Interior Region 6 for west coast virtual fence towers (awarded August 3, 2026, completion December 31, 2026); a $149,999 total small business set-aside from the Bureau of Land Management Utah Region for solar-powered base stations and herd management systems (awarded July 8, 2024, completion October 31, 2024); a $124,999 total small business set-aside from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 for virtual fence and GPS collar systems to support the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming (awarded June 27, 2024, completion September 30, 2029); and a $112,999 total small business set-aside from the Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region for LoRaWAN gateway base stations and 1,760 GPS cattle collars (awarded June 7, 2024, completion December 31, 2028). Vence also received a $255,754 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on March 15, 2022 to develop an Internet of Things platform for connected livestock monitoring, animal health tracking, and virtual fencing functionality.

Customer concentration clusters within Department of Interior and USDA regional offices managing western rangeland. The top five customer entities by award count cover 63% of awards: the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (6 awards, $355 thousand combined potential value), the Bureau of Land Management Colorado Region (6 awards, $417 thousand), the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region (4 awards, $310 thousand), the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (3 awards, $90 thousand), and the Agricultural Research Service Pacific West Area (3 awards, $55 thousand). The potential-value rankings track closely with award volume; BLM Colorado and Forest Service Pacific Northwest anchor both lists. Vence has worked with 16 distinct agencies in total, but 67% of combined potential value concentrates in the top five customer entities, with roughly 40% flowing to BLM and Forest Service regional offices in Colorado and the Pacific Northwest.

Activity peaked in 2024 with 11 awards (approximately $616 thousand combined potential value), then declined to 3 awards in 2025 and 2 awards year to date in 2026. The two awards completing in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $215 thousand — a modest near-term recompete exposure. The source documents 35 prime awards totaling $2.2 million in combined potential value but $2.5 million in combined dollars obligated — indicating actual invoiced revenue has exceeded original estimates across the portfolio.

Vence competes across both total small business set-asides (approximately 16 awards in the source data) and unrestricted full-and-open procurements (approximately 19 awards); no pattern of 8(a), HUBZone, or women-owned set-aside participation is evident. The vendor maintains no documented subcontract footprint and does not sit on government-wide vehicles such as GWACs, BPAs, or agency IDIQs; work flows entirely through direct purchase orders and grants from federal land management customer offices. Vence's technical scope remains narrow and specialized — virtual fencing hardware and collars for livestock containment on public lands — with no diversification into other federal IT, professional services, or construction sectors. Equipment is manufactured and sourced from the San Diego headquarters with field installation performed at sites across western National Forests, wildlife refuges, and Bureau of Land Management regions.