Great American Outdoors Act MATOC

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded this Master IDIQ on January 1, 2022, to support deferred maintenance projects under the Great American Outdoors Act. Ordering authority remains open through December 31, 2026 — approximately five months of activity remaining. The vehicle has established broad competitive depth: 901 task orders to 98 distinct prime contractors across 46 customer agencies, with combined potential value of $766.9 million and $753.7 million already obligated (98% utilization).

Ordering momentum has slowed markedly. The vehicle issued 220 task orders in 2022 and 275 in 2023, but activity dropped to 180 in 2024, 175 in 2025, and only 51 through mid-July 2026 — signaling either saturation of authorized work or constraints on fund availability as the vehicle approaches its December 2026 sunset. The most recent award came two days ago, indicating ongoing but sparse placement activity.

Scope spans real property construction, maintenance, repair, and alteration across the continental United States and Hawaii, covering NAICS 236 (construction of buildings). Recent orders show heavy emphasis on facility rehabilitation, roof and HVAC system replacement, trail and infrastructure restoration, utility upgrades, disaster recovery work (including post-Hurricane Helene repairs), and water and wastewater system improvements. Work is firm fixed price.

Competition is moderately concentrated among primes but far from dominated. Global Engineering Services, MFS Construction, Hamilton Pacific Chamberlain, Guardian DB Services, and Reilly Construction lead by order count (24% coverage across five firms). By potential value, Ironwood Commercial Builders leads at $42 million across 29 orders, followed by RJS Construction at $39 million and DSL Builders at $29.6 million — these five firms account for 21% of combined potential value. A long tail of 93 smaller primes ensures broad opportunity beyond the top tier.

Customer concentration is more pronounced. Fish and Wildlife Service (139 orders, $62.4 million), National Park Service Northeast Region (121 orders, $65 million), and NPS National Office (71 orders, $94.6 million) together drive nearly half of all task orders. Forest Service R8-Southern Region (65 orders, $60.3 million) and Bureau of Reclamation (48 orders, $38.6 million) round out the top five, collectively representing 49% of the portfolio.

Set-aside structure heavily favors small business: 79% of task orders (711 awards) are total small business set-asides, with 21% unrestricted. Pricing typically runs under $1 million; however, mega-orders do exist — Multnomah Falls Lodge rehabilitation ($6.48 million), Hoover Dam security facility renovation ($4.91 million), Aspen campground water system replacement ($3.95 million), Pisgah National Forest disaster recovery ($3.08 million), and Curry parking lot CERCLA rehabilitation ($3.53 million) represent outliers with multi-year performance periods extending into 2027 or 2028. Standard task durations appear to range from six months to two years, with completion dates scattered across 2026 and 2027.

The intent of this MATOC is to support the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). GAOA established the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on Federal lands.