Special NoticePosted Jul 31, 2026·Responses due Sep 2, 2026

Notice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Order against Reforestation/NNIS BPA at the Francis-Marion & Sumter National Forests in South Carolina.

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 8

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
115310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12444726Q0067
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
F014
Place
Mountain Rest, SC, USA
Contact
Winston Buchanan (winston.buchanan@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12444726Q0067 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 6, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026, middle of the range Sep 21, 2026.
Measured from 12 past early notices at Forest Service with NAICS 115310 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 31, 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

BPA Call Order Exceeding $20,000 Synopsis Requisition 1174067. The USDA Forest Service (USFS) intends to issue a competitive Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call Order for Reforestation and Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) services on the Francis-Marion and Sumter National Forests in South Carolina. This Call Order will be awarded under multiple award schedule BPAs previously established for these services. The scope of work includes site preparation using manual, mechanical, chemical, or combined methods, planting of various tree, shrub, herbaceous, and grass species, stand improvement act… (show all)

ivities, treatments for non-native invasive species, watershed improvement activities, and the creation of wildlife openings. This notification is not a solicitation and does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of information in response. Procurement is restricted to companies approved for call orders under the Reforestation/NNIS Service Blanket Purchase Agreement for USFS. Approximately twenty businesses will receive this solicitation, which will be issued via email to those listed on the BPA. Any changes to the Call Order RFQ will also be communicated by email to those companies. The point of contact for this requirement is winston.buchanan@usda.gov. The requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the previously solicited BPAs posted on SAM.gov. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

Who won similar work

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

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CR TURNER ENTERPRISES, LLC1$3.5MJul 29, 2026
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS OF THE CAROLINAS, INC1$1.3MSep 30, 2026
FORECON INC1$350KAug 13, 2026
B & B DUGGER, INC.1$322KSep 16, 2026
Carney Wade Potter Plainview AR 72857 USA1$175KJun 25, 2026
AESIC, LLC1$102KAug 31, 2026
TAPPS LAND SERVICES, LLC1$96KMay 29, 2026
NUTTER & ASSOCIATES INC1$87KAug 3, 2026
VIRIDESCENT CONTRACTING, LLC1$71KApr 24, 2025
GREAT SOUTHERN FORESTRY LLC1$62KSep 1, 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.

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