2025 BLRI-VA & NC CYCLIC VISTA CLEARING
National Park Service · SER NORTH MABO (53000)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 140P5325R0016 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 9, 2025 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Sep 4, 2025Award NoticeCORE ECOLOGY GROUP LLC · $346KOpen
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The National Park Service is issuing a combined synopsis/solicitation for clearing scenic vistas along the Blue Ridge Parkway at designated locations in North Carolina and Virginia. These services include cutting trees, shrubs, brush, briars, and vines within specified depths of designated vistas, to provide vistas with clear and unobstructed views. This is a Request for proposal (RFP) number 140P5325R0016 Blue Ridge Parkway - Vista Clearing FY25 This document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2025-03 January 17, 2025. This pro… (show all)
posed acquisition will be 100% small business set-aside procurement. The NAICS code is 561730 Landscaping Services, Size Standards in Millions of dollars $9.5M TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm Fixed Price Line items include Base work + Items 1-4 Option Work The services consist of clearing scenic vistas along the Blue Ridge Parkway at designated locations in Virginia and North Carolina. These services include cutting trees, shrubs, brush, briars, and vines within specified depths of designated vistas, to provide vistas with clear and unobstructed views. Period of Performance 8/15/2025 to 9/30/2026 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): Federal Acquisition Regulations require that federal contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered. Interested Offerors are encouraged to ensure that they are registered in SAM prior to submitting their quote. THESE REGISTRATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE TIME OF AWARD. Site Visit: Offerors are highly encouraged to perform site visit at any time to inspect the site and fully understand the requirement and conditions. Vendor Questions cut-off date: July 24, 2025, 5:00 EDT send via-email to Ashley_Warcewicz@nps.gov Request for Proposals closes August 8, 2025, 5:00PM EDT send via-email all proposals to Ashley_Warcewicz@nps.gov
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (SER NORTH MABO (53000)), same NAICS 561730.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $213K to $433K, median $398K; range $29K to $468K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND TREE EXPERTS GA, LLC | 1 | $468K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| ELSWICK & ELSWICK INC | 1 | $398K | Sep 22, 2025 |
| SMOOTH CONTRACTING LLC | 1 | $29K | Aug 27, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 24, 2026RICHMOND TREE EXPERTS GA, LLC$468KS--GRSM HAZARD TREE REMOVAL & CLEARINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2025ELSWICK & ELSWICK INC$398KS--GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK HAZARD TREE RENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 27, 2025SMOOTH CONTRACTING LLC$29KF--REMOVE HAZARDOUS TREES AT ALBINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Park Service (NPS) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Park Service (NPS) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 15 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.