Special NoticePosted Sep 17, 2026·Responses due Sep 23, 2026

MATOC Task Order Exceeding $20,000 Synopsis Requisition 1175411

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 1

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
115310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12443926Q0246
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
F018
Place
Hector, AR, USA
Contact
Molly Sikkink (molly.sikkink@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12443926Q0246 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 24, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026, middle of the range Nov 8, 2026.
Measured from 12 past early notices at Forest Service with NAICS 115310 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 17, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The USDA-FS intends on awarding a MATOC Task Order against series 12444222D0001-0007 for Vegetative Management Services for the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. Only those award holders who originally competed for these services and/or locations when this series was established will compete for these services. These services are for Cut Surface-Site Perparation for the Big Piney Ranger District on the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas. This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a MATOC Task Order does not constitute a request for proposals or submis… (show all)

sion of any information in response to this notification. This procurement is restricted to the approved companies eligible for call orders under the aforementioned MATOC Holders. This requirement will be awarded as a Task Order against the MATOC. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 115310.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BACOPA SERVICES LLC1$179KSep 25, 2026
M & D FORESTRY SERVICE LLC1$145KNov 14, 2025
ECO LOGIC LLC1$94KOct 1, 2026
BRIDGEMONT LLC1$50KOct 5, 2026
BLAISES SKIDSTEER SERVICE INC1$33KAug 17, 2026
MOURNEY, JONATHAN Bunch OK 74931 USA1$30KAug 5, 2026
RX FIRE EFFECTS LLC1$22KOct 1, 2025
SHELBYS GARDEN CENTER, LC Holcomb MO 63852 USA1$12KAug 19, 2026

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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 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 U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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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
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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.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.