USDA Forest Service National Tower

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions awarded this Master IDIQ for tower and antenna installation services on July 29, 2013, with ordering closed as of January 28, 2019. The vehicle is no longer active—all 23 task orders have been placed and the combined potential value of $2.3 million is fully obligated.

The scope encompasses turnkey tower solutions including site visits, P.E. certified engineering drawings for self-supporting towers, ground preparation, Motorola R-56 compliant grounding systems with pre- and post-build resistivity testing, antenna procurement and installation, coaxial cable, Polyphaser surge protection, ground bus bars, and mounting hardware. Task orders across Forest Service regions document both geotechnical investigations and tower replacements at named sites (Wenatchee National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Flathead National Forest, and others).

Mcade, LLC dominates the competitive landscape, holding 17 of 23 awards worth $1.9 million combined potential value—roughly 83 percent of vehicle activity. Suhdutsing Telecom, LLC holds 4 orders valued at $309 thousand, and M3 Services, Inc. holds 2 orders worth $45 thousand. All ordering has flowed to the Forest Service Washington Office—no other customer agencies participated.

The set-aside mix is split between unrestricted awards (61 percent of orders, $1.9 million) and competitive 8(a) awards (39 percent of orders, $309 thousand). Individual task orders range from $8,321 to $806,037, with most geotechnical surveys falling in the $8,000–$12,000 band and tower installations in the $66,000–$210,000 range. The largest single order was a five-tower installation at Barton Knob, Orleans, Stoney, Grizzly, and Ruds Roost for $806,037.

Ordering momentum peaked in 2018 with twelve awards placed after years of one to four orders annually. Place of performance spans multiple Forest Service regions nationwide, with representative 2018 work at sites in Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The vehicle closed five years ago and carries no forward opportunity.

Services for tower and antenna installation. The services shall include: site visits, tower and site engineering, P.E. certified drawings for Self-Supporting towers to include total "Turnkey" solution of ground preparation, tower related materials, entry panels, grounding system that meets Motorola R-56 standards and pre-build and post build resistivity testing results, purchase and installation of antennas and related material to include coaxial cable, Polyphasers and ground bus bars and mounting hardware to meet Forest Service standards.