Youderian Construction Inc.

Youderian Construction Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation headquartered in Stanford, Montana, performs federal heavy civil engineering and dam infrastructure construction as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates across NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and related construction codes, with 100% of its 42 recent federal awards placed as prime contracts; the vendor does not subcontract.

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management dominates Youderian's customer base, accounting for 95% of awards and generating $22 million in combined potential value across the portfolio. Within BLM, the Montana-Dakotas Region is the overwhelming anchor — 31 awards totaling $15.4 million — reflecting Youderian's deep regional presence and specialized expertise in dam reconstruction and repair work across western Montana and Wyoming. The BLM Wyoming Region contributes 2 awards ($4.8 million), and the BLM National Office adds 3 awards ($1.7 million). The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission round out the agency set with minimal volume.

Youderian's concrete capability portfolio centers on GAOA (Great American Outdoors Act) dam reconstruction, repair, and decommissioning projects. Representative work includes the $2.45 million Snyder Creek Dam Reconstruction in Wyoming (BLM, firm fixed-price definitive contract, September 2024), the $1.09 million GAOA Finale Dam Reconstruction in Glasgow, Montana (BLM National Office, firm fixed-price definitive contract, April 2026), and the $2.38 million Fubar Detention Dam Decommissioning in Cody, Wyoming (BLM Wyoming Region, total small business set-aside, September 2022). Work scope is consistently heavy: reservoir dewatering, excavation and embankment reconstruction, spillway and outlet works construction, and site reclamation. Youderian also performs secondary work in road repair and maintenance — the $441 thousand Stellar Creek Road Repair project (BLM Montana-Dakotas, May 2022) involved road grading, culvert and cattle guard replacement, and excavation across a 32-mile corridor. The vendor's category concentration reflects this specialization: 12 awards carry PSC code for "Construction of Dams," another 10 for "Repair or Alteration of Dams," and 3 for highway and road construction.

Activity has been episodic rather than sustained growth. Award volume peaked at four in 2022, dropped to two in 2023, recovered to three in 2024, and has remained minimal (one award in 2026 year-to-date). Within the next twenty-four months, one award totaling $1.1 million faces ultimate completion and recompete. The vendor has established a thirty-five-year track record with federal customers dating to 1991, concentrating exclusively on small-business-reserved construction work for interior-management agencies in the western United States.