Carter Randy

Carter Randy, doing business as RCI Construction, a DBE-certified sole proprietorship based in Mena, Arkansas, performs road construction, repair, and infrastructure maintenance services for the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. RCI Construction operates exclusively as a prime on federal contracts — 100% of its 47 awards across all federal sources are prime awards with zero subcontract footprint — and has concentrated its entire customer base with a single federal agency: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) accounts for 46 of 47 awards (98% by count, 99% of combined potential value).

RCI Construction's capability footprint centers on road construction, repair, and National Forest infrastructure work. Primary NAICS categories are Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (33 awards) and Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (14 awards), with PSC codes concentrated on Highway and Roads Construction, Repair, and Maintenance. Representative work includes a $194,385 delivery order (October 1, 2025) for repair of flood-damaged National Forest Development Road 776A on the Oden Ranger District at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, with completion scheduled April 24, 2026; a $98,340 purchase order (August 26, 2026) for supply and delivery of corrugated steel culverts to the Ouachita National Forest; and a $22,537 delivery order (September 25, 2026) for road repair work in Le Flore, Oklahoma under a Total Small Business set-aside, due February 5, 2027.

RCI Construction holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with USDA Forest Service Region 8, both awarded July 1, 2023, with a completion date of March 31, 2028. The $18 million Ouachita National Forest IDC and the $12 million Ozark National Forest IDC together provide $30 million in ceiling authority for ongoing road construction, clearing, earthwork, drainage, culvert installation, road surfacing, decommissioning, and minor bridge work. Task orders are being issued against these IDCs and predecessor pool contracts; the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis NF Construction vehicle (2013–2018) carried 16 task orders totaling $3.6 million, and the current active IDC AG447UC080070 has generated 14 task orders valued at $1.2 million combined.

Award velocity is low and flat — two awards in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only $8.8 million obligated against $83.8 million in combined potential value across all awards (11% obligation rate). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: only two awards (combined potential value $121 thousand) reach ultimate completion before October 2028. The two active IDCs running through March 31, 2028, represent the primary vehicle for task-order generation and are the primary recompete risk for RCI Construction at that expiration.

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