Cauble & Sons Grading & Stone Work, Inc.

Cauble & Sons Grading & Stone Work, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Brevard, North Carolina, delivers road maintenance, bridge construction, and emergency infrastructure repair services to the USDA Forest Service as a sole-source prime contractor under total small business set-aside vehicles. The company operates as the single awardee on a $49.999 million indefinite delivery contract (IDC 12445224D0060) for National Forest System road maintenance, construction, and minor engineering services across North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina, awarded September 30, 2024, through October 1, 2029.

Cauble & Sons' customer base is entirely concentrated with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region), which accounts for all six awards and $52.3 million in combined potential value. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no identified subcontractors, demonstrating the Forest Service's confidence in its specialized capabilities in emergency disaster recovery and complex terrain infrastructure work. Recent capability work includes a $574.7 thousand delivery order (February 28, 2025) for emergency road repairs to five routes in the Asheville, North Carolina area following Hurricane Helene; a $463.3 thousand order (September 30, 2025) for construction of two replacement bridges on the Pisgah Ranger District destroyed by tropical storm flooding; a $404.5 thousand order (October 6, 2025) for woody debris removal and fill slope remediation on National Forest System Road 63A near Mars Hill, North Carolina; and a $442.5 thousand order (August 10, 2026) for emergency repair of three National Forest System roads (NFSR 479 Bent Creek, NFSR 5000 Wash Creek, and NFSR 142 Hendersonville Reservoir) damaged by Hurricane Helene in September 2024.

Activity is nascent: the vendor received its first federal award in September 2024 and has placed five task orders totaling $2.3 million against the parent IDC since award. Only two awards (combined potential value $906 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, leaving most of the $49.999 million ceiling unopened. The vendor's capability profile aligns to NAICS 237110 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) and PSC R499 (Maintenance Of Highways/Roads/Streets/Bridges/Railways), with work performed on National Forest lands across a five-state region. Firm fixed-price pricing structures and total small business set-aside status define the contract vehicle posture.