Special NoticePosted Aug 13, 2026

S--Intent to Sole Source - Tree pruning and tree and stump removal at East Potomac

Interior (all) · IBC ACQ SVCS DIRECTORATE (00004)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561730
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DOIDFBO260081
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
S208
Place
Not stated
Contact
Clements, Angelina (angelina_clements@ibc.doi.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DOIDFBO260081 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to Mar 13, 2027, middle of the range Dec 18, 2026.
Measured from 56 past early notices at Departmental Offices that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 13, 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 notice of intent to sole source is issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 5.101 and RFO 12.102. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source purchase order with Ross Tree Expert Company under the authority of RFO 12.201-1 and 41 U.S.C. 1901. The Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), a federal shared services provider, is completing this procurement on behalf of the National Park Service (NPS). The purchase order is for tree pruning and tree and stump remov… (show all)

al at East Potomac Park in Washington DC. The NAICS code for this requirement is 561730, Landscaping Services with a size standard of $9.5 million. In accordance with RFO 5.101(d), this notice will be posted for 15 days. Please note, this is not a Request For competitive Quotes (RFQ) and no RFQ will be issued for this requirement.

Who won similar work

59 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Interior (all)), same product/service code (PSC) S208.

Single-winner award sizes (59): middle half $26K to $192K, median $82K; range $3K to $1.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TREE PRO TREE SERVICE INC.3$53KNov 24, 2025
JOHNSON COMMERCIAL MOWING, INC.3$14KAug 26, 2026
CORE ECOLOGY GROUP LLC2$684KJul 16, 2026
GERMRIP LLC2$69KMar 19, 2026
PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.1$1.5MJul 22, 2025
N&A Strategic Services LLC1$1.4MApr 28, 2026
CARROLL TREE SERVICE, INC.1$648KAug 26, 2026
AMERIGRO LANDSCAPE SERVICES, LLC1$495KJul 18, 2025
RICHMOND TREE EXPERTS GA, LLC1$468KSep 24, 2026
VIOLETA GROUNDS MANAGEMENT CO., INC.1$427KSep 16, 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 Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) 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
  • 149 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.