WANF Road Construction 2016-2021

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded this Master IDIQ for road construction and related infrastructure work on Washington State forests, with ordering closing on September 30, 2021. The vehicle is no longer active; the last task order was issued on June 5, 2020, and all $10 million of combined potential value has been obligated. This vehicle is not a pursuit opportunity.

The 84 task orders issued under the vehicle funded culvert replacements, road decommissioning, bridge construction and repair, trail work, erosion control, pavement maintenance, and emergency response projects (BAER and ERFO). Work was performed across multiple Forest Service ranger districts in the Pacific Northwest region. Task-order values ranged from $2,500 minimum guarantees to approximately $647,000, with typical orders in the $50,000 to $350,000 range. Most task orders carried firm fixed-price terms and durations of four to twelve months.

Ordering activity peaked in 2016 and 2017, averaging 24 orders per year before declining to 3 orders in 2020. Ordering volume in 2018–2019 fell to 13–20 orders annually. Nearly all orders (62 of 84, or 74 percent) were unrestricted competitive awards; about 26 percent used small-business set-asides. The single customer was the Forest Service R6 Pacific Northwest Region across all 84 awards.

Competition was moderately concentrated among regional earthmoving and construction firms. Am Excavating LLC led with 18 orders valued at $2.8 million, followed by Cook & Sons Construction, LLC with 10 orders at $2.2 million and Versatile Industries, Inc. with 10 orders at $1.8 million. The top five primes by potential value held 83 percent of the vehicle's combined value; 16 distinct primes competed overall. Morgan & Son Earthmoving, Inc., Delange Enterprises, Inc., and Abidance Inc. completed the principal competitor set, with a long tail of smaller regional contractors holding single or occasional awards.

Road construction on various forests in Washington State. Individual Project Task Orders may include, but are not limited to, the following types of highway, street and bridge construction activities: New road construction; Road reconstruction/restoration; Road decommissioning; Construction of steel, concrete, and timber road bridges; Trail bridges located at trailheads readily accessible by road building equipment; Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)requirements; Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) requirements; Culverts, aquatic passage structures, and ancillary structures; Trailhead construction, trail construction, or other roadbed construction; Erosion type work for roads, stream banks, and lake shore erosion work.