American Resources Group LTD

American Resources Group LTD, based in Carbondale, Illinois, is a for-profit cultural resources management firm that delivers archaeological surveys, heritage assessments, and historic preservation compliance services to the U.S. Forest Service and the Army Corps of Engineers as a prime contractor exclusively—it holds no subcontract work. The company operates entirely through small-business and full-and-open Forest Service Blanket Purchase Agreements, with the vast majority of recent activity concentrated under two regional BPAs and a $50 million single-award national Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA awarded in February 2024.

The Forest Service dominates American Resources Group LTD's customer base, accounting for approximately 89% of awards across three regional offices. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Region 8 (Southern Region) leads by volume with 35 awards valued at $11.9 million combined potential value, followed by Region 9 (Eastern Region) with 29 awards at $10 million. The single $50 million LMIR BPA—awarded by the Forest Service's Washington Office Acquisitions through March 2033—anchors the company's pipeline and dwarfs all other individual awards. The Army Corps of Engineers accounts for 30 awards, though recent transactional values are substantially smaller than Forest Service work. Work spans nine customer agencies overall, but Forest Service regions represent roughly 100% of combined potential value.

American Resources Group LTD's capability set is narrow and specialized: field archaeological surveys, background research, site delineation, National Register of Historic Places eligibility determinations, artifact curation, and compliance reporting under the National Historic Preservation Act. Representative recent awards include a $626,577 BPA call for archaeological and cultural heritage services at Potosi, Missouri under LMIR (June 2026, completion March 2027), a $132,780 Phase I archaeological survey for Mark Twain National Forest under LMIR (December 2025, completion August 2026), and a $179,163 archaeological and cultural heritage services call from Forest Service Region 8 (September 2025, completion July 2026). Task orders across the three primary BPAs range from roughly $26,500 to $179,200 and are structured as firm fixed-price contracts. Performance locations concentrate in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Louisiana across national forests including Ozark-St. Francis, Ouachita, and Mark Twain.

Activity has declined substantially year over year—ten awards in 2022 to one in 2026—though this trajectory reflects completion of episodic task orders rather than loss of standing. The company holds three active parent vehicles: the $50 million LMIR single-award BPA through March 2033, a $900,000 Region 9 historic preservation services BPA through February 2028, and a $7.5 million Region 8 multiple-award archaeological and cultural heritage services BPA (expired December 2026). Only three awards with combined potential value of $939 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. The NAICS footprint centers on Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (55 awards) and All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (13 awards), with PSC coding concentrated on Special Studies and Analysis—Archaeological/Paleontological (74 awards).

CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, ART HISTORY, HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, ETHNOLOGY, ORAL HISTORY; SERVICES: SURVEY, EXCAVATION , MANAGEMENT PLANS, RECORDS SEARCH, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSERVATION, NRHP ASSESSMENTS; MIDWEST, MIDSOUTH,