Carter DR J H III & Associates Inc.

Carter DR J H III & Associates Inc. (division DR J H Carter III And Associates, Inc.) is a Southern Pines, North Carolina–based small business that operates as a prime contractor delivering environmental consulting, natural resources management, and ecological survey services to federal agencies, with zero subcontract footprint and a total-small-business set-aside posture that anchors 100% of its prime awards.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on red-cockaded woodpecker monitoring, aerial wildlife surveys, land management and natural resources restoration, environmental assessments, and habitat inventory work. Representative work includes a $50 million USDA Forest Service Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded May 2026 (total small business set-aside, running through March 2033) covering professional services, natural resources restoration, engineering, project management, and data management across the United States; a $229,333.80 Total Small Business BPA call from the Department of the Interior Region 8 awarded January 2027 for RCW cluster and tree inventory, group checks, and painting and tagging at New Bern, North Carolina; and a $22,173.84 definitive contract from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded September 2026 for aerial surveys of red-cockaded woodpeckers at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Manns Harbor, North Carolina.

Customer concentration is moderate but heavily skewed by a single large vehicle. The top five customer agencies account for 53% of award count, led by the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southeast Region (12 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 (8 awards, $215 thousand combined potential value). However, potential-value concentration reveals a different picture: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions' single $50 million LMIR BPA accounts for 99% of combined potential value across all 60 awards. The vendor places task orders under four named vehicles: the LMIR BPA (1 task order, $229 thousand), the GSA Professional Services Schedule (7 task orders, $759 thousand), and two Forest Service Indefinite Delivery Contracts (9 task orders combined, $227 thousand). Combined obligated dollars are $3.4 million against $54.5 million potential value, suggesting substantial unexercised ceiling.

The vendor's award trajectory shows dormancy punctuated by recent activity — one award in 2019, one in 2021, one in 2022, then four in 2026 and one in 2027. Three awards (combined potential value $265 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting modest recompete exposure. Work is primarily concentrated in NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services; 26 awards) and PSC code for Natural Resources/Conservation Wildlife Management (16 awards), with supplementary capacity in forestry support and surveying services. Place of performance spans the Southeast, with named work in North Carolina and South Carolina.

J.H. Carter specializes in protected species surveys, preparation of biological and environmental assessments, wetland delineations, permitting, mitigation and land/habitat management, specializes in endangered plants and animals.