Pre-solicitationPosted Feb 9, 2026·Responses due Feb 23, 2026

Sam Houston Trail Hardening MUT, Lake Loop Section

Forest Service · Southwestern Regional Office, Region 3

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
237990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
127EAV26R0009
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
Z2PZ
Place
Lufkin, TX, USA
Contact
David Watson (david.l.watson@usda.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 127EAV26R0009 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 9, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Mar 16, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Mar 17, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Mar 26, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Apr 10, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 9, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Aug 12, 2026
    Award Notice
    HYDRA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, LLC · $3.7M
    Open

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 DOES NOT CONSTITUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, REQUEST FOR QUOTE, OR AN INVITATION FOR BID. NO SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Region 3, Procurement and Property Services (PPS), intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a firm?fixed?price Design?Build construction contract for trail hardening and associated drainage and structure improvements on the Lake Loop Section of the Multi?Use Trail (MUT), Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, Region 8. The anticipated requirement will be issued und… (show all)

er RFP Number 127EAV26R0009. The RFP is expected to be posted to Contract Opportunities at https://www.sam.gov/, in February 2026 (third or fourth week). This acquisition is a Design?Build construction procurement conducted in accordance with FAR Part 36 using competitive negotiation procedures under FAR Part 15. The Government intends to award a single firm?fixed?price Design?Build contract. The successful Offeror shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, supplies, supervision, and construction necessary to complete the project in accordance with the Statement of Work. Architect?Engineer services, if required, are incidental to construction and are not being procured under the Brooks Act (40 U.S.C. Chapter 11). This procurement is set aside 100 percent for Small Business concerns. The applicable NAICS code is 237990 � Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.

Who won similar work

16 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Forest Service), same product/service code (PSC) Z2PZ.

Single-winner award sizes (16): middle half $58K to $1.0M, median $295K; range $20K to $3.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SD RESOURCES INC1$3.5MAug 14, 2026
GLOBAL ENGINEERING SERVICES INC1$1.9MMar 24, 2026
L & I FENCE CONSTRUCTION INC1$1.5MMar 24, 2026
L & S Fencing, LLC1$1.1MFeb 3, 2026
CARGILL FENCE CO, LLC1$956KMar 24, 2026
CAROLINA UNDERBRUSHING LLC1$750KMar 23, 2026
TYTAN CONSTRUCTION LLC1$500KMar 24, 2026
BOOM CONCRETE INC1$300KJul 15, 2026
PINSON DENISE Long Beach CA 90808 USA1$291KOct 5, 2026
N5 CONTRACTING, LLC. West Columbia SC 29170 USA1$150KJul 21, 2025

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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.