This is a $282,505.45 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Forest Service, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to Marko Construction Group Inc., a minority-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for Task Assignment Service (TAS) 12 1102, which involves ARRA LPNF Forest-Wide Well Drilling services, and was awarded on a sole-source 8(a) basis. The work is to be performed in Goleta, California, with a completion date of September 4, 2015. Marko Construction Group Inc. has previously received other federal contract awards from the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service for construction, maintenance, and repair services at federal facilities in Bakersfield, California.