Vernadero Group Inc.

Vernadero Group Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Phoenix, Arizona, provides environmental and natural resource management services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 620 of 624 recent awards, competing predominantly through full-and-open vehicles without set-aside designations, though nearly two-thirds of its task orders carry Total Small Business set-aside status.

The company's portfolio centers on environmental compliance, biological surveys, habitat assessments, and ecological restoration for the Department of Defense across military installations nationwide. Concrete representative work includes $4.46 million in border-wall environmental and biological monitoring for Customs and Border Protection at Big Bend, Texas (firm fixed price delivery order under GSA MAS, May 2026); $2.7 million for FY24 desert tortoise translocation monitoring at Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, California (Total Small Business set-aside, firm fixed price through September 2027); a $19.1 million construction monitoring delivery order for CBP's TCA-2 Border Barrier Construction project in Tucson, Arizona (full and open, February 2026 award); and $1.2 million in environmental assessment services for lift station construction at Travis Air Force Base, California (Total Small Business set-aside under ENDIST Sacramento, September 2023 award).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Army and Navy facilities. The top five funding agencies account for 65% of awards by count: the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region leads with 168 awards ($50.8 million combined potential), the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command holds 106 awards ($235.2 million), the United States Marine Corps accounts for 55 awards ($8.1 million), Navy Installations Command 51 awards ($53.7 million), and Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District 28 awards ($659.8 million). By potential value, concentration shifts: Army Corps Mobile District dominates at $659.8 million (28 awards), Navy NAVFAC second at $235.2 million (106 awards), Navy Installations third at $53.7 million, and Army Southwest Region fourth at $50.8 million. The divergence signals that Army Corps awards carry substantially higher ceiling values despite lower award count.

Vernadero Group holds multiple large vehicle positions that anchor task order activity. The company seats on Indefinite Delivery Contract W9124A08D0002 (141 task orders, $13.6 million combined value), N6247320D0021 (134 task orders, $18.3 million), N6247314D1425 (104 task orders, $15.7 million), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (43 task orders, $69.6 million), and W9124A15D0002 (27 task orders, $11.2 million). Additionally, Vernadero holds prime IDV positions awarded in 2024–2025: a $249 million multiple-award IDIQ with Army Corps Mobile District for architect-engineer services supporting Planning & Environmental Division (December 2024, 5-year base plus option); a $15 million total small business multiple-award IDIQ with Army Corps Louisville District for professional services supporting Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate (May 2025, 5-year base); a $10 million BPA with Bureau of Land Management for cultural resource management in the Permian Basin (May 2025, through 2030); and a $1 million multiple-award BPA with Army Corps Memphis District for ecological services across the Mississippi River Basin (May 2025, through 2030).

Activity trajectory shows contraction. Awards per year declined from 32 in 2022, 38 in 2023, 37 in 2024, to 25 in 2025 and 12 year-to-date in 2026, reflecting lower order volume in recent months. Recompete exposure is material: 54 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next 24 months carry combined potential value of $68.3 million, representing meaningful pipeline risk as underlying IDIQs and BPAs approach expiration or require renewal.

Vernadero subcontracts minimally (4 of 624 awards, roughly 1% of footprint). Named sub relationships include work under Dawson Solutions LLC on environmental compliance support (March 2026), Dawson MCG Inc. on Paradise Cove Restoration project near Yuma, Arizona (December 2025), ManTech SRS Technologies Inc. on Western Training Area desert environmental consulting (September 2024), and HII Mission Technologies Corp on ISR systems integration and cybersecurity evaluation (August 2024). Sub awards are sparse relative to prime position, suggesting vertical integration or limited teaming strategy.

Work categorizes primarily under NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, 258 awards), 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services, 220 awards), and 541330 (Engineering Services, 93 awards). PSC concentration is highest in environmental services delivery: Other Environmental Services PSC leads at 376 awards, followed by Architect and Engineering–Landscaping and Design (82 awards) and Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings (30 awards). The portfolio spans biological surveys (desert tortoise, fairy shrimp, avian species, monarch larvae, raptor species), endangered species compliance, wetland delineation and restoration, invasive species management, NEPA documentation, Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan updates, and construction monitoring at border and military facilities.

Vernadero Consulting specializes in environmental, natural resource, and infrastructure management consulting and regulatory compliance support for state and Federal military agencies.