Forest Service Northern Region 1 Road And Bridge Construction Services

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1-Northern Region awarded a multiple-award Master IDIQ on December 16, 2024, for road and bridge construction services across Forest Service lands in the Northern Region, with ordering authority extending through December 15, 2029.

The vehicle carries a $50 million shared ceiling across all awarded contractors, though the solicitation advertisement originally stated a $150 million potential value. To date, 66 task orders totaling $30.1 million in combined potential value have been awarded, with all obligated dollars ($30.1 million) already spent against orders. Activity spiked in 2025 and 2026, with 30 and 34 orders respectively; only one order was awarded in 2027 through June. The vehicle remains active with three-and-a-half years of ordering authority remaining.

Awarded work spans bridge replacement and reconstruction, road reconditioning and resurfacing, culvert installation and maintenance, drainage improvements, trailhead and recreation area enhancements, and post-fire road stabilization. Recent orders include timber-to-concrete bridge conversions on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Flathead National Forests, road improvements funded under the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), and Emergency Recovery and Forests Operations (ERFO) work on the Custer Gallatin National Forest. Typical task-order values range from under $25 thousand to roughly $3 million, with one mega-order for East Rosebud Road permanent repairs at $2.98 million.

Competition is moderately concentrated among an 18-prime pool. Price Contracting Inc. leads by potential value with $6.7 million across 11 orders; Stone Ridge Construction, Inc. trails at $4.7 million across 12 orders; and Battle Ridge Builders, LLC holds $4.8 million across 3 orders. These three firms account for roughly 40 percent of combined potential value; the long tail of 15 additional primes shares the remainder broadly. About 53 percent of orders are small-business set-asides; 47 percent are unrestricted competitive awards. Roughly 95 percent of funding flows to Forest Service Region 1-Northern Region itself; the remaining 5 percent supports Region 10-Alaska and department-level Forest Service operations. All task orders employ firm fixed pricing. Place of performance concentrates in Montana and northern Idaho across multiple ranger districts and national forests.