Vision Quest Solutions Inc.

Vision Quest Solutions Inc., a Native American-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Hot Springs, South Dakota, operates as a prime contractor (97% of awards) delivering armed and unarmed security guard services, specialized security systems, and emergency response capabilities to federal agencies, with concurrent SBA 8(a) Program Participant and HUBZone certifications supporting predominantly set-aside competitive vehicles. The firm is a Subchapter S corporation structured as a minority-owned, veteran-owned enterprise holding certifications through January 20, 2031 for 8(a) status and January 21, 2027 for SDVOSB designation.

Vision Quest's award footprint spans 27 distinct customer agencies across 38 total awards, but the dollar concentration is extreme: the top five customers by potential value account for 100% of combined potential value, anchored by two single massive IDIQs. The Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) awarded a $65 billion Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC TITUS) effective October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029, for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, contingency, exercise, lodging, logistics, water-based, and land-based support across Region 27 (United States and outlying territories), with place of performance at Silver Spring, Pennsylvania and Navy sites. The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $4 billion SeaPort Next Generation (Seaport-NXG) multiple-award IDIQ on January 2, 2025, through January 1, 2029, for facilities support services, with place of performance in Hot Springs, South Dakota and subordinate Navy locations. These two vehicles alone represent $69 billion of the $69.38 billion combined potential value across all awards. Below that tier sit smaller but material awards: the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration holds two awards worth $100.3 million combined (an $84.5 million multiple-award IDIQ for armed security in the Central Service Area awarded August 26, 2026, with a $15.8 million delivery order issued September 11, 2026, and a $30.2 million single-award IDIQ for Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center security awarded February 3, 2026, with a $6.1 million delivery order placed March 6, 2026); Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds a $84.5 million Emergency Detention and Related Services Strategic Sourcing Vehicle IDIQ (May 17, 2025) with a nominal $250 minimum-obligation task order; and the Department of Agriculture's Office of Operations awarded a $79.8 million armed security delivery order for USDA headquarters and the George Washington Carver Center on February 1, 2025, through February 15, 2030, under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule.

By award count, the Indian Health Service leads with four awards ($12.1 million combined potential value), followed by scattered activity across USDA subcomponents, FAA, Forest Service, and others. Activity has accelerated sharply — three awards in 2022 rising to twelve in 2025 and nine year-to-date in 2026 — but nine awards carrying $45.7 million in combined potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months, creating significant recompete exposure. The vendor operates 97% as a prime and self-performs the bulk of security delivery; SCI-reportable invoicing shows $918 thousand in FY2023, $2.8 million in FY2024, and $14.9 million in FY2025 across 10.1, 24.5, and 77 FTEs respectively, with a median government-paid hourly rate around $62.36/hr and a 90th-percentile rate at $297.06/hr; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, sub-hours average 13% of total contractor hours, with three named subcontractors recorded, indicating Vision Quest primarily builds its own labor force rather than relying on subcontractors. The sole sub-award on record is a $1.5 million FY2024 sub to Bering Straits Professional Services involving firearms acquisition and trainer services.

On the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (contract 47QSWA23D005Q, May 4, 2023–May 3, 2028, $500,000 ceiling), Vision Quest offers 21 security labor categories spanning armed and unarmed guards, cleared escorts (Secret, Top Secret, Top Secret SCI), construction surveillance technicians, project managers, drivers, and executive protection consultants, with hourly rates from $53.11 to $144.85. Schedule ordering activity anchors the largest deals: the $79.8 million USDA headquarters armed security delivery order and $7.44 million Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy site security order at National Energy Technology Laboratory facilities (Morgantown, West Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Albany, Oregon) through July 31, 2027 flow through the Schedule, alongside a $13.6 million USDA Agricultural Research Service single-award BPA for unarmed security at Beltsville, National Agricultural Library, and National Arboretum through December 31, 2029. Vision Quest also holds a $381.8 thousand Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise BPA for dentist and pharmacist services (Charles City, Virginia, $229.48/hr dentist, $158.96/hr pharmacist) and two Forest Service water-handling IDIQs totaling $750 thousand for East Zone wildland fire support across Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9.

The vendor's competitive posture is heavily set-aside: recent awards split between Competitive 8(a) (FAA Central Service Area IDIQ, FAA Mike Monroney Center IDIQ, Department of Energy NETL), 8(a) Sole Source (USDA armed security, NIH executive safety), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (FAA Central Service Area delivery order, Cavalier Space Force Station guard services at $3.9 million through May 31, 2028, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans security at $13.3 million through May 21, 2029, VA security system upgrade at Wichita Kansas), and Total Small Business (FAA Central Service Area IDIQ, NOAA WRC security at $11.4 million through November 30, 2027). Full-and-open awards are minimal and limited to IDIQs and small task orders (WEXMAC TITUS, Seaport-NXG, ICE detention IDIQ, Army Sustainment Command Eagle Logistics BOA with a $0 ceiling, multiple MAS ordering without set-aside). The prime portfolio shows Vision Quest self-performing nearly all security operations — the FY2025 GSA MAS security guard contract (12305B24A0007, $14.4 million ceiling through December 31, 2029) invoiced $2.5 million across 27.1 FTEs in FY2025 at $43.46/hr with 49% sub-hours, compared to FY2024's $626 thousand across 6.2 FTEs at $48.56/hr, reflecting staffing scale-up; the NOAA WRC security contract invoiced $871 thousand in FY2024 and $1 million in FY2025, with FY2025 posting 98% sub-hours at $310.26/hr versus FY2024's direct-labor posture at $133.95/hr on lower volume. This mixed sub-engagement pattern — light subcontracting on most security contracts, heavy subcontracting on the VA security systems upgrade and GSA MAS security call — signals opportunistic use of subs for specialized labor or surge capacity rather than a core business model of subcontracting out delivery.