Road Construction 2020

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded Road Construction 2020, a Master IDIQ for road construction and reconstruction across six National Forests and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, on February 12, 2021, with a shared ceiling of $25 million. Ordering closed on February 11, 2026—the vehicle is no longer accepting new task orders.

The vehicle was fully obligated as of the most recent data. Thirty-two task orders totaling $25.3 million in combined potential value have been issued, with $25.2 million obligated (100% of combined potential). The solicitation set the vehicle aside for total small business, but awarded task orders show 94% unrestricted and only 6% designated small business—a significant divergence from the original structure. Order activity peaked in 2021 (10 orders) and 2023 (10 orders), then declined to 6 orders in 2022 and 6 again in 2024, with the most recent award in September 2024.

Scope spans clearing, earthwork, structural embankments, drainage structures, pit and quarry development, road base and surfacing, road demolition, and road obliteration. Minor bridge work includes simple span structures up to 80 feet with precast or timber superstructures. Task orders reflect mixed project types: clearing and drainage work, bridge replacements (White River Bridge at $1.2 million, East Fork Woodard Creek Bridge at $899,000, Henline Creek Bridge and MSE Wall at $2.2 million), road repairs funded by disaster relief and Great American Outdoors Act programs, and paving and parking lot improvements. Individual task-order values range from approximately $92,000 to $3.1 million.

Competition concentrates among a small field of regional contractors. Johnson Rock Products Inc., RL Reimers Co, and Bent LLC hold 78% of awarded orders by count and 84% by combined potential value. All orders were placed by the same customer agency—R6 itself—making this a single-customer vehicle. Geographic performance is restricted to the Pacific Northwest region.

Road construction and reconstruction activities to cover multiple projects on the Umpqua, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Willamette, Fremont-Winema, Mt. Hood and Siuslaw National Forests, and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The major categories of work activities required by the contract include clearing, earthwork, structural embankments, drainage structures, pit/quarry development, road base and surfacing, road structure demolition, road structure construction (such as retaining walls and minor bridge work) and road obliteration (decommissioning). Minor bridge work for new construction includes any simple span bridge structure equal to, or less than 80'-0" span length. Bridge superstructure may be precast reinforced concrete, precast-prestressed concrete, or timber. Bridge abutments may be reinforced concrete or timber grade beams, cast-in-place reinforced concrete shallow foundation, precast concrete modular block foundation, geosynthetic reinforced soil foundation, or driven or drilled steel piling foundation with a cast-in-place concrete pile cap.