Department of Energy Approved Project Facilitator
Forest Service · USDA FOREST SERVICE
Forest Service wants bids for "Department of Energy Approved Project Facilitator". The work is in USA. Bids are due Nov 13, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $211K per award. An award is expected between November 2026 and December 2026.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12318727Q0010 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
Who won similar work
35 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Forest Service), same NAICS 541330.
Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $79K to $244K, median $211K; range $50K to $15.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATERRA SOLUTIONS, LLC | 3 | $180K | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Tetra Tech, Inc. · $TTEK · $5.1B | 1 | $15.0M | Feb 10, 2026 |
| CENTRAL GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $959K | Aug 6, 2026 |
| MARRERO, COUVILLON & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. | 1 | $250K | Sep 30, 2025 |
| DIVIS CONSULTING, INC. | 1 | $228K | Dec 23, 2024 |
| THOMPSON-GORDON-SHOOK ENGINEERS INC | 1 | $225K | Sep 29, 2025 |
| ATHENA GEOSYNTEC JV Nashville TN 37210 USA | 1 | $198K | Sep 11, 2025 |
| HTW & Associates, P.A. Russellville AR 72801 USA | 1 | $115K | Dec 20, 2024 |
| BETHEL ENGINEERING & CONSULTING LLC | 1 | – + 1 shared | Oct 1, 2025 |
| ALTA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING INC | 1 | – + 1 shared | Oct 1, 2025 |
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.
- $TTEK reported $5.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 10 past awards, $211K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Aug 6, 2026CENTRAL GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC$959K127EAW26F0002 - Meeks Creek Restoration DesignNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 10, 2026Tetra Tech, Inc.$15.0MR1 CERCLA Mine ReclamationMateriality: 0.30% of $TTEK revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2025ALTA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING INC$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025MGE ENGINEERING, INC$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025REID MIDDLETON, INC.$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025SARGENT ENGINEERS INC$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025STEELE ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS LLC$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025SLICHTER UGRIN ARCHITECTURE INC$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025TERRAPHASE ENGINEERING INC$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025ARCHITECTS WEST, INC.$1K (shared ceiling)Northwest Zone Architecture & Engineering Professional Services IDIQShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 1 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.