South Fork Well Replacement
Forest Service · USDA FOREST SERVICE-SPOC IM
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1143376 in this department, oldest first.
- Jan 14, 2025 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Jul 17, 2025Award NoticeELBOW GREASE ENTERPRISES, LLC · $49KOpen
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
Pre-Solicitation Synopsis South Fork Well Replacement Rio Grande National Forest 1. This pre-solicitation notice is for information only and is not a commitment by the Government to solicit contractual offers or award contracts. The Government is not soliciting, nor will it accept proposals as a result of this pre-solicitation. If a competitive solicitation is issued in the future, it will be announced via the System for Award Management (SAM) at SAM.gov and interested parties must comply with that announcement. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any questions submitted or infor… (show all)
mation provided as a result of this notice. This is not a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation, and this information is subject to modification and in no way binds the Government to award a contract. 2. Applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 237110, Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction ($39.5 Small Business size standard). 3. Type of Contract to be Awarded: As a result of this pre-solicitation and possible solicitation, the Special Project Operations Center (SPOC), Intermountain Branch, plans to award a firm fixed price contract. 4. Type of Solicitation: The solicitation, if released, will be governed by Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15, "Contracting by Negotiation". 5. Pre-solicitation Posting Period: This pre-solicitation will be posted for 15 calendar days. 6. Contracting Office Points of Contact: Nolan McDowell, Contract Specialist, nolan.mcdowell@usda.gov 7. Contract Description: The purpose of this acquisition is to construct, drill, and develop a new potable water well, perform all necessary water quality analysis for use as a Public Water System (PWS), install an existing submersible pump, and install a new pump control panel for Rio Grande National Forest's South Fork Bunkhouse. Please see attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for additional details on the work to be completed. 8. Project Location: The project site is located near South Fork, Colorado in Rio Grande National Forest. 9. Period of Performance (PoP): The PoP for this project is 60 days after the Notice to Proceed (NTP) is issued. 10. Disclosure of Magnitude: The anticipated magnitude for this project is between $25,000 and $40,000. 11. Type of Set-Aside: Total (100%) small business set-aside. 12. Responses: Interested and capable sources are encouraged to respond to this pre-solicitation with a Statement of Capability. In addition to a Statement of Capabilities, firms responding to this announcement should include company name, Unique Entity Identification (UEI), point of contact, address, and indicate whether they have any small business designations (veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran, 8(a), women-owned, etc.). Responses should be submitted to Nolan McDowell, Contract Specialist, at nolan.mcdowell@usda.gov prior to the deadline in this notice.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA FOREST SERVICE-SPOC IM), same NAICS 237110.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $24K to $27K, median $25K; range $24K to $29K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARLIAMENT LLC | 1 | $29K | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Skinny corp · $AHCO · $3.2B | 1 | $25K | Jul 15, 2026 |
| PEDERSEN EXCAVATING, INC. | 1 | $24K | Mar 18, 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.
- $AHCO reported $3.2B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $25K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Aug 14, 2026PARLIAMENT LLC$29KTepee Work Center Well Pump ReplacementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 15, 2026Skinny corp$25KTepee Work Center Well Pump ProjectMateriality: <0.01% of $AHCO revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 18, 2025PEDERSEN EXCAVATING, INC.$24KCON ENG Bearlodge Shop Sewer RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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 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
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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 2 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.