VON DER King Kennels And Training, LLC

VON DER King Kennels And Training, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Jasper, Georgia, is a prime contractor supplying bred, trained, and untrained working canines to federal law enforcement, homeland security, and agricultural agencies. The company operates entirely as a prime (100% of awards) and competes predominantly under full-and-open and small-business set-aside vehicles rather than 8(a) or other restricted designations, though several recent awards carry total small business set-asides. VON DER King specializes in explosive detection, narcotics detection, behavioral support, and agricultural inspection canines across NAICS 019991 (All Other Animal Production) and PSC 01 (Live Animals, Not Raised For Food).

Customer concentration clusters tightly within Department of Homeland Security components. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration leads by potential value—13 awards totaling $10.5 million—while Customs and Border Protection anchors by award count with 26 orders worth $1.7 million combined. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command, holding an $11 million multiple-award BPA for the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Program awarded February 8, 2023, dominates the dollar ranking despite a single IDV entry; this vehicle runs through March 30, 2027 and represents VON DER King's largest single contract vehicle. Trailing agencies include the Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (7 delivery orders, $442 thousand), the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services (3 awards, $1.6 million), and the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine (2 awards, $52 thousand). Taken together, DHS agencies account for the plurality of both award count and dollar value, while the Air Force BPA skews the potential-value ranking toward defense work.

VON DER King holds four named IDVs. The $11 million Air Force BPA (awarded February 8, 2023, expiring March 30, 2027) supports DoD and other government agencies with trained patrol, drug and explosive detection, and specialized mission canines. The Transportation Security Administration established a $371,250 multiple-award BPA on September 23, 2024, expiring September 22, 2029, carrying recent task orders for explosive detection canines. The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service holds a $1.5 million single-award BPA (awarded November 1, 2022, expiring October 31, 2027) for Beagle and Labrador Retrievers at the National Detector Dog Training Center in Newnan, Georgia. A third USDA BPA and two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives vehicles (a $288,000 multiple-award indefinite delivery contract and related task orders) round out the vehicle portfolio. Recent task-order activity against these vehicles includes a $126,000 TSA call for ten explosive detection canines (February 7, 2024), a $36,000 USDA call for canines designated for quarantine and agricultural inspection (November 1, 2022), and delivery orders from ATF for two to six canines per order (June 2022 through June 2023).

Activity has contracted sharply in 2025 and 2026. The award pipeline shows nine awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, nine in 2024, one in 2025, and three year-to-date in 2026—a trajectory suggesting seasonal or lumpy ordering rather than sustained growth. Only one award (a $36,000 USDA BPA call) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The combined potential value across all fifty-three prime awards stands at $25.4 million, with only $2.6 million (10%) obligated to date, indicating the portfolio is weighted toward ceiling values and task-order optionality rather than exercised spend.

Representative recent work includes a $91,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order from CBP for seven trained canines (July 7, 2026, El Paso, Texas, total small business set-aside), a $144,500 purchase order modification from the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement for canines supporting the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador (May 19, 2026, to cover a delivery delay), and a $39,500 CBP order for canines in support of the BPK9 program at Fort Bliss, Texas (August 3, 2026). Older work spans a $115,875 CBP purchase order for untrained canines (July 24, 2023), multiple $52,500 to $63,000 TSA BPA calls for nine to ten basic explosive detection canines (October 2022 through April 2023), and a series of $17,000 to $51,000 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives delivery orders for two to six canines each (April 2022 through June 2022). Set-aside posture varies: the CBP and some USDA orders carry total small business set-asides, while TSA, ATF, and several CBP purchases are awarded full-and-open with no set-aside designation despite the vendor's SDB certification.

VON DER KING LLC provides:

Single Purpose (Classic) Detection Canines

Single Purpose Passenger Screening Canines

Dual Purpose Patrol/Detection Canines

Handler and Trainer Courses