Back Forty Solutions Inc.

Back Forty Solutions Inc., a small business environmental contractor based in Pensacola, Florida, operates exclusively as a prime contractor delivering vegetation management, invasive species control, habitat restoration, and forestry support services across federal land management agencies. The firm competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, with 100% of its recent awards in prime contractor roles.

Back Forty Solutions is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation with no stated minority ownership designation. The company's capability portfolio centers on ground-based and aerial herbicide application, mechanical and chemical site preparation, tree planting, timber marking and cruising, and invasive species treatment across the Southeastern United States. Representative recent work includes a $50 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the USDA Forest Service (Land Management Integrated Resources program) awarded in July 2026 for natural resources consulting, restoration, project management, and engineering across the United States; a $10 million single-award BPA with the USDA Forest Service Southern Region running through July 2028 for vegetation management on national forests, with recent calls including $86,207.46 for chemical site prep on Bienville National Forest and $55,146.96 for tree planting services; and a $208,448.20 delivery order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command for invasive plant control at Naval Complex Gulfport, Mississippi. Other concrete examples span FWS invasive species control contracts ($72,689.70 for herbicide treatment across 486 acres at Big Branch Marsh and Bogue Chitto refuges; $280,000 for tree seedling planting at Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex with supply of up to 271,440 hardwood seedlings) and Army National Guard work ($28,818.40 for firebreak preparation at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center; $26,432 for DOD reforestation services including broadcast herbicide and pine seedling planting).

Customer concentration is moderate but skewed toward a single large vehicle. The top five funding agencies account for 84% of award count. By potential value, however, concentration is extreme: the Washington Office Acquisitions LMIR BPA alone represents $50 million of the combined $69.1 million portfolio (72% of total potential value). Below that anchor vehicle, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region carries $10.4 million across seven awards; the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command holds $5.3 million across nineteen awards; and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 accounts for $1.3 million across twenty-six awards. The two customer-ranking metrics diverge sharply—FWS Region 4 leads by award count but ranks fourth by dollars—signaling many small purchase orders alongside larger primes at Navy and Forest Service.

Back Forty Solutions places task orders under two named parent vehicles: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (N6945020D0012) with Naval Facilities Engineering Command carrying eighteen task orders valued at $1.3 million, and a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (12444223A0032) with the Forest Service carrying five task orders valued at $230 thousand. The newly awarded $50 million LMIR multiple-award BPA will substantially expand the vendor's vehicle footprint once calls begin.

Activity has been volatile. Awards per year tracked at eleven in 2022, seventeen in 2023, five in 2024, twelve in 2025, and three in 2026 (source snapshot as of early July). Combined potential value across all eighty-five awards sits at $69.1 million, but obligated dollars total only $4.7 million—7% of potential value—reflecting the prevalence of firm-fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders that have not yet been fully invoiced. In the recompete window of the next twenty-four months, ten awards with combined potential value of $800 thousand face ultimate completion, creating modest near-term recompete exposure.

Back Forty Solutions competes exclusively in the 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) NAICS space, with sixty-six of eighty-five awards falling into that category. Secondary work falls under 111320 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating) for sixteen awards. PSC coding reflects environmental and natural resources specialization: Environmental Systems Protection–Pesticides Support dominates with twenty-four awards, followed by Other Environmental Services with eighteen awards and multiple natural resources conservation codes covering aerial fertilization, forest improvement, and habitat restoration work. All task orders and purchase orders examined in the source carry firm fixed-price structure and Total Small Business set-aside designation, with only a handful of Navy delivery orders and FWS awards carrying no set-aside language.