Cowboy Hat Stewardship IRSC - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Forest Service · USDA-FS, STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING BRANCH
Forest Service is planning to buy "Cowboy Hat Stewardship IRSC - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA. Responses are due Nov 2, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $774K per award. An award is expected between December 2026 and March 2027.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12363N27Q4000 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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.
Who won similar work
15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA-FS, STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING BRANCH), same product/service code (PSC) F014 and NAICS 113310.
Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $382K to $1.7M, median $774K; range $196K to $9.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| J J EXCAVATION INC | 2 | $6.3M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| SIERRA VALLEY ENTERPRISES LLC | 2 | $1.6M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| CRS TIMBER PRODUCTS, LLC | 2 | $970K | Sep 18, 2026 |
| MILLER TIMBER SERVICES, INC. | 2 | $791K | Aug 31, 2026 |
| PETERSON TIMBER, INC. | 1 | $9.0M | Aug 21, 2026 |
| CROOK LOGGING, INC. | 1 | $2.2M | Jul 24, 2026 |
| RAPID RESPONSE DISASTER SERVICES LLC | 1 | $1.2M | Oct 22, 2026 |
| MONTANA FOREST CONSULTANTS, LLC | 1 | $875K | Sep 25, 2026 |
| QUICKSILVER CONTRACTING CO La Pine OR 97739 USA | 1 | $557K | Sep 8, 2026 |
| GEORGE ELLINGER Alamogordo NM 88310 USA | 1 | $285K | Sep 15, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Oct 22, 2026RAPID RESPONSE DISASTER SERVICES LLC$1.2MDobson Knob - Oldway Ridge Roses Mountain Stewardship IRSC - Region 8- NFs of North CarolinaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026J J EXCAVATION INC$3.3MAlamitos Stewardship SC - R3 Carson National Forest, Camino Real Ranger DistrictNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 25, 2026MONTANA FOREST CONSULTANTS, LLC$875KLincoln Springs Stewardship IRSCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2026J J EXCAVATION INC$3.0MLumbre Stewardship SC - R3 Carson National Forest, Camino Real Ranger DistrictNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2026CRS TIMBER PRODUCTS, LLC$774KLos Pinos DxP IRSC - Pagosa Ranger District, San Juan National ForestNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026GEORGE ELLINGER Alamogordo NM 88310 USA$285KRound 1 Stewardship IRSCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 8, 2026QUICKSILVER CONTRACTING CO La Pine OR 97739 USA$557KCottonwood Fuel Break Stewardship IRSC BPA Call - Region 6, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Lakeview Ranger District, Lakeview, OregonNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 31, 2026MILLER TIMBER SERVICES, INC.$369KDave Wood DxP IRSCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 21, 2026MILLER TIMBER SERVICES, INC.$422KMastodon Stewardship IRSC, R3 Stewardship BPA, Prescott National ForestNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 21, 2026PETERSON TIMBER, INC.$9.0MPromenade Park Stewardship IRSCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.