GP Road Construction and Maintenance 2016-2019

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region awarded this Master IDIQ on September 15, 2016, to procure road construction and maintenance services for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, with ordering closing on September 16, 2019; this vehicle is no longer active, and no new orders may be placed.

The scope includes roadside brushing and mowing, damaged road repair, ditch cleaning, culvert cleaning and replacement, grading, asphalt patching, major slump and slide removal, aggregate surfacing, and bridge maintenance across Mt. Adams Ranger District, Cowlitz Valley Ranger District, and Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

The vehicle generated 27 task orders between September 2016 and August 2018, with peak activity in 2016 and 2017 (10 orders each year). The combined potential value reached $5.9 million, and all value has been obligated; task orders ranged from $2,500 to $2.4 million, with typical orders in the $40,000 to $100,000 range. The largest award was a delivery order to James Dean Construction Inc. valued at $2.4 million for Forest Road 90 repairs (completed October 2020).

Competition remained concentrated among seven prime contractors. Q. King Trucking & Construction, Inc. captured the plurality, holding 10 orders valued at $3.1 million combined; James Dean Construction Inc. held 2 orders totaling $2.4 million. The remaining five primes—including Ecklund Excavation & Development Inc., McNealy Excavating Inc., and O'Malley Brothers Corp—split the remaining $539 thousand across 15 orders. All ordering was placed by the Forest Service Region 6 directly.

Approximately 63 percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation, while 37 percent were set aside for small business; the small-business orders were concentrated among emergency and minor maintenance work, typically valued under $100,000. Task orders used firm fixed price and labor-hours pricing.

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest intends to acquire road construction and maintenance services. Including but not limited to: roadside brushing and mowing, damaged road repair, ditch cleaning, culvert cleaning, grading, and minor culvert and drainage repair, culvert replacement, asphalt patching, major slump/slide removal, aggregate surfacing, and bridge maintenance. The locations for these projects include Mt. Adams Ranger District, Cowlitz Valley Ranger District, and the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (Region 6).