Am Excavating LLC

Am Excavating LLC, an SBA-certified HUBZone small business based in Cle Elum, Washington, provides road construction, maintenance, and infrastructure repair services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor on 141 awards spanning more than two decades. The firm operates as a for-profit partnership and competes predominantly under small-business set-asides, with 100% of its recent awards held as prime positions carrying total small business designations or no set-aside restrictions.

Am Excavating's customer base is highly concentrated within a single federal entity: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 107 of 141 awards and $90.3 million of the $98.9 million combined potential value across the vendor's portfolio — a 91% share of dollars. The Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District represents the second-largest customer with 9 awards valued at $3 million combined, and the Forest Service Washington Office Economic Recovery Operations Center Northwest holds 4 awards worth $2.9 million. The tight geographic focus reflects the vendor's operational base in the Pacific Northwest and its established track record with Forest Service operations across Oregon and Washington national forests.

Am Excavating holds a $49 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Forest Service Region 6 running through June 30, 2033, which serves as the primary vehicle for task-order competition. The vendor also places work under the Forest Service R6 Road Construction indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract and several legacy BPAs and IDIQ vehicles including WANF Road Construction (18 task orders, $2.8 million potential value) and multiple numbered delivery contracts. Representative work includes a $927,218 delivery order awarded August 2025 for disaster-relief construction replacing the Little Rattlesnake Bridge on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest under disaster supplemental funding; a $3.04 million delivery order (March 2023) for the Great American Outdoors Act–funded Denny Creek Franklin Falls parking expansion project; a $1.02 million delivery order (September 2024) for culvert replacement under GAOA funding; and multiple task orders ranging from $43,911 to $117,669 for routine road maintenance, culvert replacement, and equestrian parking construction across national forests in the region.

The vendor's work portfolio breaks down heavily into construction and maintenance of highways and roads: 87 awards under NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), 21 awards under forestry support activities, and 20 under site preparation, with PSC codes reflecting routine construction, maintenance, repair, and equipment rental for road and bridge work. Activity has remained modest and stable — averaging 3.6 awards per year over the past five years, with a recent low of 3 awards in 2024 and 1 award in 2026 year-to-date — indicating a mature, steady-state customer relationship rather than growth trajectory. Five awards (combined potential value $1.6 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete.

Service Contract Inventory data for fiscal years 2022–2024 shows $1.1 million in invoiced federal service-contract revenue in FY2024 across 0.6 full-time equivalents, with no reportable SCI activity in FY2022 or FY2023. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts median $1,103.92 per hour, ranging from $784.58 at the tenth percentile to $1,423.27 at the ninetieth percentile, reflecting higher-skilled labor in construction management and engineering roles. The vendor does not employ subcontractors; 0% of hours across its SCI-reportable prime contracts were performed by named subs. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $29.2 million, representing 29% of combined potential value, indicating significant pipeline and ongoing execution on multiple concurrent task orders against the Forest Service BPA.

Road construction, bridge construction, site preperation