Pre-solicitationPosted May 29, 2025·Responses due Jun 18, 2025

La Mina Trail Repairs/Construction

Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 12

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
237310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12445225R0030
Set-aside
8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
PSC
Y1QA
Place
PR, USA
Contact
Drew Cranford (andrew.cranford@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12445225R0030 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • May 29, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Jul 24, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 8, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Sep 30, 2025
    Award Notice
    JPI CONSTRUCTION LLC · $11.9M
    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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service requires a contract to provide repairs / construction of the LaMina Trail in the El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico. This work will include the repairs of the trails and bridge structures to include abutments outlined in the forthcoming solicitation. Proposers shall have the ability to complete design requirement either in-house or partnering with a design firm. Construction of the project shall be phased to allow for useability of the trails that have been closed for years. The contract issued will be Firm Fixed Price. The North American I… (show all)

ndustry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237310 � Highway, Street and Bridge Construction Commercial and Institutional Building Construction and the size standard is $45,000,000.00. The Magnitude of Construction of this project IAW FAR 36.204 is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 18 June 2025. The proposal due date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, faxes, etc) will be provided. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. This solicitation is RESTRICTED to 8A Contractors. See FAR 19.805 for further information. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Visit the SAM website at http://www.sam.gov for further information. Contractors can register to be put on an interested vendors list that others can access through the Sam.gov site. It is the Offeror's responsibility to check the Internet address provided as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments. For additional information or assistance, please contact Drew Cranford, Contract Specialist, at Andrew.cranford@usda.gov

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA-FS, CSA EAST 12), same NAICS 237310.

Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $804K to $1.5M, median $1.2M; range $195K to $4.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DAVID INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, LLC1$4.7MOct 8, 2026
RUSSELL BYRD Willis TX 77378 USA1$1.5MDec 17, 2024
KOVILIC CONSTRUCTION CO INC1$1.2MSep 14, 2026
TAG CONTRACTING, INC.1$804KDec 18, 2024
MCGARY CONSTRUCTION LLC1$195KMar 31, 2025

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 5 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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