Yellowstone Kellys Inc.

Yellowstone Kellys Inc., doing business as Yellowstone Kellys Catering Co., is a veteran-owned small business based in Billings, Montana, that operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing mobile food services and catering to federal agencies supporting wildland fire suppression, all-hazard incident response, and emergency operations. The vendor competes across a mix of total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders, with 100% of its recent prime award footprint and zero subcontractor engagement—the company sources and deploys its own labor directly to incident sites.

Yellowstone Kellys' customer base concentrates heavily on the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, which accounts for 97% of combined potential value across 30 awards. The National Interagency Fire Center dominates by dollars (17 awards, $56.2 million combined potential value), while the Forest Service's regional offices—particularly Region 1 (Northern Region) with 27 awards valued at $1.9 million and Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) with 4 awards at $2.2 million—drive volume across smaller individual delivery orders. The Department of the Army's Montana Army National Guard represents secondary customer concentration (58 awards, $6.9 million), routed through annual training events and emergency meal support. Across NAICS coding, 100 awards fall under Food Service Contractors (722310), with 20 awards under the Caterers classification and 3 under Mobile Food Services; PSC concentration runs to Natural Resources/Conservation (Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) and Housekeeping/Food categories.

The vendor holds a position on the Forest Service National Mobile Food Service Unit 2025–2029 IDIQ (multiple-award, small-business set-aside, $15 million ceiling through December 31, 2029), where it has received 4 delivery orders totaling $8 million in potential value. Yellowstone Kellys also operates under two large Army IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract 12024B20T2520 (43 task orders, $10.6 million combined potential value) and W9124V16D0001 (41 task orders, $2 million combined potential value), primarily supporting Montana Army National Guard training meal events. A third vehicle, AG024BC159017A, carries 2 task orders valued at $1.4 million. Recent representative work includes a $3.769 million delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (June 2026) for designated dispatch points supporting mobile food service to wildfire readiness and response operations under the 2025–2029 IDIQ; a $2.048 million delivery order from Forest Service Region 2 (July 2026) for all-hazard incident response in Pueblo, Colorado; a $876,984 delivery order from the Forest Service (August 2026) for mobile food services supporting wildland fire suppression in Vale, Oregon; and a $51,273 purchase order from the Department of the Army (June 2023) for catering support to the 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion's annual training in Hardin, Montana.

Award activity has declined substantially in recent years, contracting from 25 awards in 2022 to 3 awards in 2026—a reflection of a maturing customer relationship and the shift to larger-value delivery orders against standing IDIQs rather than new contract awards. SCI-reported invoiced revenue across federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $12.3 million from FY2022 through FY2025, with peak activity in FY2022 ($3.5 million across 8.8 FTEs) and FY2023 ($3.5 million across 10.4 FTEs), declining to $1.9 million in FY2024 (3.3 FTEs) before recovering to $3.4 million in FY2025 (5.3 FTEs). Government-paid median hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts run around $180.11/hr, with senior labor pricing through $319.17/hr (90th percentile). The vendor operates with zero subcontractor hours across SCI-reportable prime contracts and does not utilize named subcontractors for service delivery, indicating a vertically integrated labor and logistics model. The company has over 15 years of experience deploying mobile kitchen units and catering teams to remote and challenging incident sites across diverse environments, from urban bases to primitive wilderness locations.

Our company has established a reputation for consistent quality in our outstanding cuisines, memorable food presentations, and superior service. We specialize in everything from special events to disaster relief. www.yellowstonekellys.com