Ricky J Burton

Ricky J Burton, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Kennard, Texas, delivers grounds maintenance and landscaping services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates in NAICS 780700 (Landscaping Services) and PSC Housekeeping — Landscaping/Groundskeeping, with a seventeen-award portfolio totaling $549 thousand in combined potential value, of which $463 thousand (84%) has been obligated.

All recent work is concentrated with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The Forest Service Regional Office for Region 8 (Southern Region) accounts for twelve awards worth $278 thousand, while the Forest Service national office carries five awards worth $271 thousand — collectively representing 100% of awards and 100% of combined potential value. Ricky J Burton performs mowing, grounds maintenance, and landscaping services across multiple Texas national forest locations, including Davy Crockett, Angelina, Sabine, Sam Houston National Forests and Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area. Representative work includes a $168.6 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order (awarded August 1, 2023, completing July 31, 2028) for monthly mowing of 65 acres at Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area and twice-yearly maintenance of the dam area; a $63 thousand purchase order (August 2, 2023, completing July 31, 2028) for grounds maintenance at Angelina and Sabine National Forests in Zavalla, Texas; and a $56.4 thousand purchase order (August 1, 2023, completing July 31, 2028) for landscaping maintenance of Sam Houston National Forest District Compound grounds and security fencing in New Waverly, Texas. More recent work includes a $11.2 thousand purchase order (February 1, 2026, completing January 31, 2028) for administrative office mowing at Davy Crockett National Forest and a $9.8 thousand purchase order (October 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2026) for landscaping and mowing services at the Forest Service Regional Supervisor's Office in Lufkin, Texas.

Activity has been episodic — one award per year from 2021 through 2022, three awards in 2023, then one award in 2025 and one in 2026 — with a five-year history beginning in 2015. Two awards totaling $21 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face potential recompete. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with no documented subcontract activity. All work carries the total small business set-aside designation, and no parent vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, agency-wide IDIQs) appear in the portfolio; Ricky J Burton wins purchase orders through individual Forest Service solicitations rather than vehicles.