Region 10 - Alaska Region

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R10-Alaska Region, a civilian sub-agency within the USDA, administers federal contracts and grants supporting forest management, resource stewardship, and land management operations across Alaska. The Region procures construction, maintenance, forestry services, and waste management work while funding grants to state agencies, tribal entities, and regional nonprofits for conservation and natural-resource projects.

Contract activity spans 5,086 awards totaling $488.4 million in combined potential value, with $466.5 million obligated as of the most recent recorded award date in December 2026. Award cadence has slowed recently: 168 awards in 2022, 172 in 2023, and 177 in 2024, declining to 81 in 2025 and 79 year-to-date in 2026. The contractor base is highly fragmented — 1,326 distinct primes have been awarded since 2004, with the top five by award count holding 17 percent of recent awards. Rock-N-Road Construction, Inc. leads by award count with 34 recent awards valued at $12.5 million, followed by Schmolck Mechanical Contractors Inc. with 31 awards and $2.1 million combined potential value. By potential value, Rock-N-Road Construction also dominates at $12.5 million, though the top five by-value primes account for only 7 percent of combined potential value, indicating that value concentration diverges significantly from count concentration — many small-dollar contracts sustain the volume. Fifty-five percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 40 percent are small-business set-asides. HUBZone awards comprise 3 percent of the portfolio, with 8(a) sole source, service-disabled veteran-owned, and woman-owned small business each representing 1 percent or less.

Grant activity encompasses 232 awards obligating $123 million in federal dollars (with $177.6 million total federal and non-federal share combined). Grant cadence declined from 39 awards in 2024 to 33 in 2025 and 13 year-to-date in 2026. Ninety-two distinct recipients have received grants since 2013, with concentrated award activity — the top five recipients hold 38 percent of recent awards by count and 42 percent of federal dollars. Alaska Department of Natural Resources dominates with 37 awards and $36.1 million in federal share, followed at distance by Anchorage, Municipality of Inc ($4.6 million across 2 awards), Shaan-Seet Inc. ($4 million), Koniag, Inc. ($3.5 million), and Sealaska Corporation ($3 million). Grant funding is primarily Project Grants (82 percent of awards) with a smaller share of Cooperative Agreements (18 percent).

Recent contract and grant opportunities in the most-recent-opportunities blocks are not provided in the source data. Firms pursuing forest-service contracts in Alaska should track construction and maintenance solicitations; grant funding favors state natural-resource departments and Alaska Native organizations with demonstrated land-stewardship capacity.