Special NoticePosted Sep 14, 2026·Responses due Oct 30, 2026

Bighorn National Forest Prospectus for Concessions and Related Granger-Thye Concessions

Forest Service · FOREST SERVICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
713990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
None
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
M1FB
Place
WY, USA
Contact
Andrea Maichak (andrea.maichak@usda.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

Early notice
  • Sep 14, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 6, 2026 to Feb 1, 2027, middle of the range Dec 8, 2026.
Measured from 92 past early notices at Forest Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 14, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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 prospectus is being issued to solicit applications for a concession campground special use permit. A permit or permits to provide high-quality public service in the operation and maintenance of Government-owned recreation facilities located on the Powder River, Medicine Wheel, and Tongue Ranger Districts, Bighorn National Forest, will be issued. The permit or permits will include 31 campgrounds and 2 picnic grounds. A facility tour led by the Forest is scheduled for September 25 and 26, 2026. Interested parties must RSVP to Andrea Maichak at andrea.maichak@usda.gov by Friday, September 18… (show all)

, 2026. All applications must be received by close of business (4:30 p.m.) on Friday, October 30, 2026.

Who won similar work

1514 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Forest Service), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (1480): middle half $36K to $350K, median $95K; range $3K to $240.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC21$1.8MAug 28, 2026
THREE STRIPES CONTRACTING LLC10$954KSep 15, 2026
FORTAZO CORP.8$781KSep 17, 2026
GERMRIP LLC8$707KSep 17, 2026
JUDD BUICK CONSTRUCTION, INC.7$7.6MMay 19, 2026
Xplicit Technologies LLC7$463KApr 30, 2026
GRANITE COMMERCIAL SERVICE LLC6$1.9MJul 15, 2026
THE COBUILDERS LLC6$396KAug 3, 2026
KING MATTHEW R De Pere WI 54115 USA6$168KMay 14, 2026
ABSOLUTE FORESTRY LLC5$9.8MSep 14, 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.