Welch Gas Cooperative Association

Welch Gas Cooperative Association, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Welch, West Virginia, provides natural gas supply and distribution services to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition, with no set-aside utilization across its federal footprint.

The vendor's customer base is singularly concentrated. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons accounts for 100% of the vendor's recent federal awards — 26 delivery orders and IDC task orders combined — anchored entirely by Federal Correctional Institution McDowell in Welch, which represents 23 awards carrying $10.2 million in combined potential value. An additional $9.9 million sits with the Bureau of Prisons Central Office under a single award; the two Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) federal grant awards carry no dollar amount in the source. The vendor's contract footprint runs through two parent indefinite delivery contracts: IDC 15B12218D00000123 (9 task orders, $4 million combined potential value) and IDC DJBX00044 (6 task orders, $1.8 million combined potential value).

Representative prime contract work includes recurring annual natural gas delivery orders to FCI McDowell: $505,168.86 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027); $789,195.20 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026); $401,626.78 (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025); and $356,566.65 (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024). All are firm fixed-price delivery orders with no set-aside designation. The vendor also holds two project grants from PHMSA under the Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) program: one awarded May 6, 2024 (completion May 5, 2027) and another awarded April 4, 2025 (completion April 3, 2030), supporting pipeline repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of the natural gas distribution system in Welch, West Virginia, with primary objectives to reduce incidents and fatalities and eliminate methane leaks.

Activity has been flat over the past five years — one award each in 2022 and 2023, two each in 2024 and 2025, and one in 2026 — with $21.3 million in combined potential value across all 28 awards and $12.5 million obligated as of the snapshot date. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. The concentration on a single federal facility and customer (FCI McDowell) represents both the vendor's primary revenue stream and its primary recompete exposure; annual natural gas delivery orders renew each October 1 and drive recurring procurement rhythm.