Special NoticePosted Jul 22, 2026·Responses due Aug 7, 2026

Notice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Order against the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA for Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) Treatments on the Cherokee National Forest

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 8

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
115310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1174047
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
F006
Place
Cleveland, TN, USA
Contact
Keith D. Friot (keith.d.friot@usda.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1174047 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 22, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 28, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026, middle of the range Sep 12, 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 22, 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 RFQ 12444726Q0063 The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS) is issuing this notice as a means of complying with USDA Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), SUBPART 412.201-1, requiring that all calls above $20,000 be posted to the Government Point of Entry (GPE). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) BPA for Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) Treatments on the South Zone of the Cherokee National Forest. The LMIR BPA, 12363N23Q4023, is a National BPA tha… (show all)

t consists of a large variety of work including Professional Services, Natural Resources Restoration, Engineering, Project Management, NEPA, Communications, and more. The BPA can be utilized on all Forests and Grasslands and is available for all federal agencies to utilize. This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification. This procurement is restricted to those approved companies eligible for call orders under the LMIR BPA . There are currently 90 businesses that will receive this solicitation. The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on the BPA. Any changes to the Call Order RFQ will also be emailed to those companies listed on the BPA. This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the multiple award schedule BPA continuously solicited on the GPE at: SAM.gov. If contractors are not on the LMIR BPA and wish to join, they can respond to the BPA during the onboarding window which is Oct 1-Oct 31st each year for the life of the BPA. For instructions on how to join the BPA, search �Contract Opportunities� on sam.gov using solicitation number �12363N23Q4023� or emailing the LMIR BPA team for a list of onboarding instructions at SM.FS.lmirbpa@usda.gov.

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA-FS, CSA EAST 8), same NAICS 115310.

Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $62K to $322K, median $96K; range $17K to $3.5M.

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. 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.