Hole-In-The-Donut Everglades NPk 2016-2021

The Hole-In-The-Donut Everglades National Park 2016-2021 Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a specialized land clearing and restoration contract focused on managing invasive vegetation in the Hole-In-The-Donut (HID) area of Everglades National Park. The primary objective is to clear former agricultural lands of invasive Brazilian pepper vegetation and remove as much farmed soil as technically feasible. The contract was designed to support the National Park Service's environmental restoration efforts, with a base year and four potential option years for ongoing land management and ecological rehabilitation work.

Between 2016 and 2021, the contract primarily awarded task orders to Kailas Corporation (doing business as Kailas Contractors), with delivery order values ranging from approximately $0 to $5 million. The task orders consistently focused on land clearing services in Homestead, Florida, with most being firm fixed-price contracts. While some task orders were competitively set aside under the 8(a) small business program, others had no specific set-aside designation. The government estimated that contractors would restore between 100 and 350 acres annually, with work concentrated during the dry season (approximately December through May). The Department of the Interior's National Park Service was the primary funding agency, and the work supported the stewardship and maintenance of the 1.5 million-acre Everglades National Park.