Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Sep 9, 2026

OTF Courtney Lake Boat Ramp & Access Improvement

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 13

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
237310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12445526Q0131
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
Z2LB
Place
Mass City, MI, USA
Contact
Matthew (Matt) Killian (matthew.killian@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12445526Q0131 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 24, 2026 to Jan 18, 2027, middle of the range Nov 12, 2026.
Measured from 26 past early notices at Forest Service with NAICS 237310 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 18, 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

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A COMPETITIVE BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) CALL ORDER THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY -- IT IS NOT A SOLICITATION. NO QUOTATIONS, PROPOSALS, OR BIDS ARE BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. The BPA Call Order Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be sent to all Small Business vendors with an active USFS Region 9 (R9) Roads Construction and Maintenance BPA for Zone 12 - Ottawa National Forest, in accordance with the Parent BPA terms and conditions. This procurement is restricted to Small Business vendors eligible to compete for BPA Call Orders under th… (show all)

e USFS R9 Roads Construction and Maintenance BPA for Zone 12 - Ottawa National Forest. Only Small Business vendors with an active BPA for the respective zone and an active SAM registration will be eligible for Call Order award consideration. Anticipated Solicitation Number: 12445526Q0131 Anticipated Solicitation Date: 8/19/2026 Anticipated Solicitation Closure Date: 9/9/2026 Contracting Officer: Matthew (Matt) Killian, matthew.killian@usda.gov Procedure used to solicit and award contract/order: BPA Call Order procedures in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.201 and the Parent BPA Project Title: OTF Courtney Lake Boat Ramp & Access Improvement Project Description: This project is for construction services to repair the Courtney Lake boat ramp and access road, on the Ottawa National Forest. The Government intends to issue a BPA Call Order RFQ. A Firm-Fixed-Price Call Order is anticipated to result. Place of Performance: Courtney Lake, Ottawa National Forest Anticipated Award Date: 9/18/2026 Projected Period of Performance: The anticipated Period of Performance is 9/18/2026 through 9/30/2027, dependent on date of award. NAICS: 237310 � Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction PSC: Z2LB � Repair or Alteration of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways Set-aside: Total Small Business Additional Information: This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), or an Invitation for Bid (IFB). No contract or order will be awarded from this notice. The Government is not liable for any vendor effort or cost incurred as a result of this notice, including but not limited to effort and costs associated with vendors� preparation and submission of responses.

Who won similar work

15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA-FS, CSA EAST 13), same product/service code (PSC) Z2LB and NAICS 237310.

Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $99K to $630K, median $341K; range $14K to $3.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VARNER CONSTRUCTION LLC2$373KAug 10, 2026
HCS INC1$3.6MSep 24, 2026
HUOT CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICES, INC.1$1.5MJul 28, 2025
LABODA GRADING INC1$1.4MSep 16, 2025
WILLIAM J. SCHWARTZ & SON, Incorporated1$670KMay 26, 2026
SWAN CONTRACTING LLC1$590KAug 8, 2025
SNOW COUNTRY CONTRACTING INC1$482KMay 27, 2026
AXIS CIVIL CONSTRUCTION LLC1$348KMay 23, 2025
JIM CONSTRUCTION, INC.1$341KJul 9, 2025
ATOAH CONTRACTING LLC1$116KFeb 20, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

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. 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
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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.