Border Protection awarded a Native American-owned builder $628,803 to replace a fuel tank in California

A small Native American-owned builder got a $628,803 order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to replace a fuel tank at a station in California.

The company is Constructive Building Solutions Inc. It is listed as a small business in the SBA 8(a) program. It is also listed as American Indian-owned. Customs and Border Protection is part of Homeland Security. Its facilities contracting team signed the order on Sept. 29, 2026.

The job is a new 12,000-gallon fuel tank. The record says a tank that size should hold enough fuel for the station. That way the station does not have to go get fuel somewhere else as often. Nobody likes a long drive just to fill up.

The price is fixed at $628,803. This order was not open to other bidders. The record says a law allowed it to go to one company. That is the rule the 8(a) program uses. One offer came in. The work pays federal construction wage rates.

The work runs from Sept. 30, 2026, to May 30, 2027. The record does not show any money paid out yet. So the job is just getting started.

No subcontracting plan was required. That does not mean the builder will do it all alone. A fuel tank swap can need tank removal, a new tank, pumps, pipes, valves, a concrete pad, leak alarms, electrical work, and hauling.

What a supplier could still ask:

- Ask Constructive Building Solutions who is buying the tank, pumps, pipes, and leak alarms, and when. - Ask if they still need subs for tank removal, concrete, electrical, or hauling. - Ask the CBP Office of Facilities and Asset Management what other station fuel or tank jobs are coming. - Look up solicitation 70B01C26Q00000337 to see what this kind of job asks for.

The work runs for about eight months. A supplier who calls now still has time.

Award: 70B01C26P00000525. Source: USAspending.gov prime award record, last changed Oct. 1, 2026.