Indefinite Delivery Contract AG51A8C150004

This indefinite delivery contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, Region 9 - Eastern Region office, to Chris Harner Excavating, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $490,837.20 single-award contract covers a range of road maintenance and construction services on the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. Task orders issued under this IDC vehicle have included summer and spring maintenance work such as road maintenance, culvert replacement, bridge and crossing repair, tree removal, and erosion control. This work supports the Forest Service's natural resource management, recreation, and other program objectives in the region. The contract has been awarded as a total small business set-aside, and past delivery orders were also issued as small business set-asides. The period of performance for this IDC runs through August 2019, with the majority of task orders completed in 2016-2019. By leveraging this existing contract vehicle, the Forest Service's Eastern Region office has been able to efficiently procure road maintenance and construction services from a qualified small business provider to maintain public access infrastructure and natural environments on federal lands.